Lauren Kearney MD

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-6805
lekearn@bu.edu

Biography

Dr. Kearney is a pulmonary and critical physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and faculty at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She is also affiliated with VA Boston Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research (CHOIR). Her clinical and research efforts focus on engaging communities to design, implement, and study interventions that are culturally tailored, relevant, and effective. Her goal is to reduce health disparities in lung cancer prevention including tobacco use and screening.

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Education

Medicine, MD, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine

BS, Boston College

Publications

Published on 12/1/2025

Kearney LE, Pendergast JN, Sista A, Barker AM, Abrams S, Wilder FG, Chatelain L, Eliacin J, Fix GM, Wiener RS. What a Peer-Led, Community-Engaged Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Study Taught Us About Reaching Black Veterans. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1547-1551. PMID: 41338708.

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Published on 12/1/2025

Kearney LE, Brady JE, Pendergast J, Barker AM, Fix GM, Caverly TJ, Tanner NT, Tosi H, Tarren A, Do NV, Elbers D, Wiener RS. Proactive, Prediction-Driven Outreach for Lung Cancer Screening: Development and Feasibility of a Population Management Toolkit. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1536-1546. PMID: 41338707.

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Published on 11/25/2025

Kearney L, Carter-Bawa L, Wiener RS. A Digital Direct-to-Patient Intervention Shows Promise to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Rates: Multilevel Strategies Remain Essential. JAMA. 2025 Nov 25; 334(20):1799-1801. PMID: 41115001.

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Published on 10/27/2025

Hill B, Hailu H, Kandel P, Kearney L, Jenkinson B, Maepioh A, Nugent R, Callaway L, Griffiths A, Siale T, Tome R, Skouteris H. Weight-inclusive maternity care: An approach to reduce weight stigma and improve pregnancy and birth outcomes. Midwifery. 2026 Jan; 152:104648. PMID: 41192146.

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Published on 7/27/2025

Khalesi H, Jenkinson B, Kearney L, Callaway L, Hill B. Understanding larger-bodied women's experiences of maternity care: A pilot evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an online photovoice approach. Midwifery. 2025 Sep; 148:104534. PMID: 40749273.

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Published on 7/23/2025

Wu A, Nguyen T, Do H, Chen F, Marquez H, Zolla J, Cohen R, Mattie K, Digesu C, Merritt J, Nuccio N, Wilson KC, Ieong M, Kearney LE. Transitioning From Race-Specific to Race-Neutral Reference Equations for Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation at a Large Safety Net Hospital System. Chest. 2026 Jan; 169(1):194-204. PMID: 40712949.

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Published on 3/23/2025

Barker AM, Wiener RS, Reisman J, Kearney L, Dones M, Fix GM. Black US military veterans respond favourably to a booklet using narratives to normalise shared decision-making. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2025 Jun; 9:100606. PMID: 40230583.

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Published on 11/22/2024

Boudreau JH, Bolton RE, Núñez ER, Caverly TJ, Kearney L, Sliwinski S, Herbst AN, Slatore CG, Wiener RS. Veterans' Lung Cancer Risk Conceptualizations versus Lung Cancer Screening Shared Decision-Making Conversations with Clinicians: A Qualitative Study. Med Decis Making. 2025 Jan; 45(1):86-96. PMID: 39575828.

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Published on 10/7/2024

Bolton RE, Núñez ER, Boudreau J, Kearney LM, Ryan SK, Herbst A, Slatore C, Wiener RS. "We don't get that information right back to us unless it's a full-blown cancer": Challenges coordinating lung cancer screening across healthcare systems. Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb; 60(1):e14384. PMID: 39375035.

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Published on 8/20/2024

Kearney LE, Belancourt P, Katki HA, Tanner NT, Wiener RS, Robbins HA, Landy R, Caverly TJ. The Development and Performance of Alternative Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1222-1232. PMID: 39159457.

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