Marva Valerie Foster PhD, RN
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 Optimization 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
Nursing, MS, University of Rhode Island
Nursing, BS, Rhode Island College
Publications
Williams MS, Levine GN, Kalra D, Agarwala A, Baptiste D, Cigarroa JE, Diekemper RL, Foster MV, Gulati M, Henry TD, Itchhaporia D, Lawton JS, Newby LK, Rogers KC, Soni K, Tamis-Holland JE. 2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Apr 30; e000140. PMID: 40305583.
Published on 4/25/2025Sullivan BA, Foster MV, Hwang A, Sturgeon DJ, Kit L, Hayward-Lundy SH, Lamkin RP, Redd A, Friedman HR, Mull HJ. Development of an Electronic Patient Safety Surveillance Model to Efficiently Identify Potential Adverse Events for Gastrointestinal Endoscopies. Gastrointest Endosc. 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40288695.
Published on 4/22/2025Williams MS, Levine GN, Kalra D, Agarwala A, Baptiste D, Cigarroa JE, Diekemper RL, Foster MV, Gulati M, Henry TD, Itchhaporia D, Lawton JS, Newby LK, Rogers KC, Soni K, Tamis-Holland JE. 2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 22. PMID: 40310322.
Published on 11/16/2024Ayeni C, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M, Higgins MCSS, Hederstedt K, Bart N, Mull HJ. Potentially Preventable Adverse Events in Ambulatory Interventional Radiology: Results from a National Multisite Retrospective Medical Record Review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Mar; 51(3):223-228. PMID: 39799069.
Published on 6/28/2024Hwang AR, Mesfin N, Kogut M, Foster MV, Shin MH, Sturgeon DJ, Mull HJ. Percutaneous Lung Biopsy Prevalence and Use of the Lung CT Scan and Reporting Data System in the Veterans Health Administration Lung Cancer Screening Program. Chest. 2024 Nov; 166(5):1254-1257. PMID: 38945357.
Published on 4/22/2024Foster M, Fix GM, Hyde J, Dunlap S, Byrne TH, Sugie NF, Kuhn R, Gabrielian S, Roncarati JS, Zhao S, McInnes DK. Capturing the Dynamics of Homelessness Through Ethnography and Mobile Technology: Protocol for the Development and Testing of a Smartphone Technology-Supported Intervention. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Apr 22; 13:e53022. PMID: 38648101.
Published on 12/27/2023Mull HJ, Foster MV, Higgins MCSS, Sturgeon DJ, Hederstedt K, Bart N, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Ayeni C, Branch-Elliman W, Malloy PC. Development and Validation of an Electronic Adverse Event Model for Patient Safety Surveillance in Interventional Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 May; 21(5):752-766. PMID: 38157954.
Published on 8/25/2023Foster M, Etchin A, Pope C, Hartmann CW, Emidio O, Bosworth HB. The Impact of COVID-19 on Hypertension and Hypertension Medication Adherence Among Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups: A Scoping Review. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2023 Nov; 25(11):385-394. PMID: 37624472.
Published on 6/8/2023Hederstedt K, Mesfin N, Higgins MCSS, Sturgeon DJ, Branch-Elliman W, Foster MV, Mull HJ. Variation in Incidence of Pneumothorax Complications After Percutaneous Lung Biopsies Among Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. CHEST Pulmonary. 2023; 1(1):100005.
Published on 2/25/2023Bart 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.