Marva Valerie Foster PhD, RN
Voluntary Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (401) 359-8968mfoster2@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Biography
Dr. Foster is a nurse scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine, in the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is a Research Investigator in the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at the Boston, Massachusetts VA Medical Center. Her research interests include digital health technology, management of cardiovascular and cardiovascular related diseases, implementation science and health equity. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, her Master’s in Nursing Education from the University of Rhode Island, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rhode Island College. Dr. Foster was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Medical Informatics at VA Boston Healthcare System.
Education
Nursing, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2017
Nursing, MS, University of Rhode Island, 2008
Nursing, BS, Rhode Island College, 1998
Publications
Bart N, Mull HJ, Higgins M, Sturgeon D, Hederstedt K, Lamkin R, Sullivan B, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M. Development of a Periprocedure Trigger for Outpatient Interventional Radiology Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. J Patient Saf. 2023 Apr 01; 19(3):185-192. PMID: 36849447.
Published on 2/21/2023Higgins MCSS, Seren A, Foster MV, Sturgeon DJ, Bart N, Hederstedt K, Friefeld A, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Branch-Elliman W, Mull HJ. Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race. Radiology. 2023 May; 307(3):e220619. PMID: 36809217.
Published on 12/20/2022Foster M, Xiong W, Quintiliani L, Hartmann CW, Gaehde S. Preferences of Older Adult Veterans With Heart Failure for Engaging With Mobile Health Technology to Support Self-care: Qualitative Interview Study Among Patients With Heart Failure and Content Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Dec 20; 6(12):e41317. PMID: 36538348.
Published on 12/1/2022Khanna A, Fix GM, Anderson E, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Foster M, Smith JG, Vimalananda VG. Towards a framework for patient-centred care coordination: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 01; 12(12):e066808. PMID: 36456025.
Published on 9/28/2022Uchmanowicz I, Wleklik M, Foster M, Olchowska-Kotala A, Vellone E, Kaluzna-Oleksy M, Szczepanowski R, Uchmanowicz B, Reczuch K, Jankowska EA. Digital health and modern technologies applied in patients with heart failure: Can we support patients' psychosocial well-being? Front Psychol. 2022; 13:940088. PMID: 36275212.
Published on 8/12/2022McInnes DK, Dunlap S, Fix GM, Foster MV, Conti J, Roncarati JS, Hyde JK. Longitudinal high-frequency ethnographic interviewing to simulate and prepare for intensive smartphone data collection among veterans with homeless experience. Front Digit Health. 2022; 4:897288. PMID: 36033637.
Published on 5/1/2020Foster M, Tasnim Z. Data Science and Graduate Nursing Education: A Critical Literature Review. Clin Nurse Spec. 2020 May/Jun; 34(3):124-131. PMID: 32250994.
Published on 2/26/2020Foster M, Albanese C, Chen Q, Sethares KA, Evans S, Lehmann LS, Spencer J, Joseph J. Heart Failure Dashboard Design and Validation to Improve Care of Veterans. Appl Clin Inform. 2020 01; 11(1):153-159. PMID: 32102107.
Published on 9/1/2019Foster M, Gilbert M, Hanson D, Whitcomb K, Graham C. Use of Simulation to Develop Teamwork Skills in Prelicensure Nursing Students: An Integrative Review. Nurse Educ. 2019 Sep/Oct; 44(5):E7-E11. PMID: 30339558.
Published on 8/15/2019Quintiliani LM, Foster M, Oshry LJ. Preferences of mHealth app features for weight management among breast cancer survivors from underserved populations. Psychooncology. 2019 10; 28(10):2101-2104. PMID: 31368197.