Rebecca Rudel DrPH, MPH, RD
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 638-8052rrudel@bu.edu
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Biography
Dr. Rudel is an implementation scientist and evaluator focused on the intersection between clinical care and public health. She uses implementation science frameworks and methods to evaluate programs and interventions that aim to improve quality of and access to care for underserved and vulnerable populations. She has extensive experience designing and undertaking process and outcome evaluations for a variety of healthcare-based interventions, including an on-site produce market and a mobile health clinic. Methodologically, Dr. Rudel has expertise in mixed methods evaluations with an intensive focus on qualitative analysis. With a background as a dietitian, Professor Rudel combines her clinical and research expertise to design and evaluate interventions to improve health outcomes. She also takes an equity lens to her work, aiming to create an environment where all people have the ability to achieve optimal health.
Education
Leadership/Policy Analysis and Management, DPH/DrPH, Boston University
Nutrition/Food Science, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Psychology, BA, Tufts University
Publications
Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Fielman SB, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. A Qualitative Study of A Health Center-Based Mobile Produce Market. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 47(3):134-142. PMID: 38771169.
Published on 5/20/2024Byhoff E, Rudel R, Taylor LA. Thoughtful Investing in Social Care Management: The Cause of, and Solution to, All of Life's Problems. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 47(3):203-211. PMID: 38771174.
Published on 4/16/2024Bittermann T, Goldberg DS, Rudel RK, Byhoff E. Liver disease etiology and race/ethnicity are associated with neighborhood food insecurity risk in US candidates for liver transplant. Liver Transpl. 2024 Oct 01; 30(10):1086-1090. PMID: 38619399.
Published on 4/12/2024Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. Factors Associated With Uptake of an Open Access Health Center-Based Mobile Produce Market: A Case for Expanded Eligibility. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Apr 12. PMID: 38615994.
Published on 12/27/2023Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. Healthcare-based food assistance programmes in the United States: a scoping review and typology. J Nutr Sci. 2023; 12:e128. PMID: 38155805.
Published on 1/1/2022Fan X, Rudel R, Berger M, Hershman M, Seres D. General Nutrition Principles. In: Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology. 7th ed. Wiley. 2022.
Published on 1/1/2022Lysen L, Rudel R, Robinson D. Nutrition in Weight Management. In: Raymond JL, Morrow K, eds. Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process.16th ed. Elsevier. 2022.
Published on 7/17/2020Burgermaster M, Rudel R, Seres D. Dietary Sodium Restriction for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Intervention Outcomes and Behavioral Determinants. Am J Med. 2020 Dec; 133(12):1391-1402. PMID: 32682866.
Published on 1/1/2020Lysen L, Rudel R, Robinson D. Nutrition in Weight Management. In: Raymond JL, Morrow K, eds. Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process.15th ed. Elsevier. 2020.
Published on 2/26/2014Donovan NJ, Amariglio RE, Zoller AS, Rudel RK, Gomez-Isla T, Blacker D, Hyman BT, Locascio JJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Marshall GA, Rentz DM. Subjective cognitive concerns and neuropsychiatric predictors of progression to the early clinical stages of Alzheimer disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Dec; 22(12):1642-51. PMID: 24698445.