Tracy A. Battaglia MPH
Adjunct Professor, General Internal Medicine
Professor, Community Health Sciences
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 638-8036tracy.battaglia@bmc.org
trbattag@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
BU-BMC Cancer Center
Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Dr. Battaglia is a primary care clinician-investigator internationally recognized for her collaborative, innovative approaches to addressing health disparities among women historically marginalized. As director of the Women’s Health Unit and Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, associate chief of research for GIM and co-director of community engagement for the BU Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI), she has led the development of foundational infrastructure to support community-engaged methods in translational science. Her own research focuses on engaging with community to increase access to care for at-risk women, including ground-breaking work on the role of oncology patient navigators. Through her participation on several National Cancer Institute cooperative groups, she contributed to the 2012 Commission on Cancer Accreditation Standard requiring navigation services in cancer centers. As founding chair of the National Navigation Roundtable, she partners across sectors for sustainable navigation workforce. She currently leads a city-wide NIH study connecting multiple hospitals to reduce breast cancer disparities in Boston and contributed to two BU CTSI funding cycle renewals as well as Boston Medical Center’s participation in the HEALing Communities Study, an $89m award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to evaluate community-driven approaches to reduce opioid deaths in Massachusetts communities.
Other Positions
Websites
Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
Boston University School of Medicine Center of Excellence in Women's Health
Education
Medicine, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
Public Health, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
Psychology, BA, Boston University
Publications
Brédy GS, Schemm JA, Battaglia TA, Murray Horwitz ME. Pre-pregnancy, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Health and Social Concerns of Haitian Immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Apr 24. PMID: 40268849.
Published on 4/17/2025Barocas JA, Aldridge A, Adkins KF, Barbosa C, Battaglia TA, Bush J, Castry M, Corry G, Clarke T, El-Bassel N, Figueroa W, Freedman DA, Freisthler B, Gibbons B, Gibson EB, Glasgow L, Harlow K, Huerta TR, Hunt T, Johnson R, Larimore E, Linas BP, Luckey JM, Montoya I, Murphy SM, Oga E, Onuoha E, Orme S, Ryan D, Schackman BR, Seiber EE, Singer M, Speer D, Starbird L, Tin Y, Villani J, Walsh SL, Watson C, Zarkin GA, McCollister K. An economic analysis of community costs incurred to implement the communities that HEAL intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths in four states. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Jul 01; 272:112671. PMID: 40311556.
Published on 4/11/2025Gilbert L, Chahine R, Chandler R, Feaster DJ, Kim E, Aldridge A, Bagley S, Balvanz P, Fernandez S, Rock P, Vickers-Smith RA, Villani J, Battaglia T, Brown J, Bush H, Chase RP, Collins T, D'Costa L, Damato-MacPherson C, David JL, Defiore-Hyrmer J, Freeman PR, Glasgow L, Hammerslag LR, Hotchkiss J, Hunt T, Hussain S, Kamanu V, Knott C, Knudsen HK, LaRochelle M, Laudate A, Lyons M, McMullan J, Nakayima J, Schackman BR, Slavova S, Tan S, Vandergrift N, Walters ST, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Freisthler B, Oga E, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Winhusen J, Jackson R, El-Bassel N. The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control randomized controlled trial. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Jun; 140:104798. PMID: 40220509.
Published on 1/1/2025Rajabiun S, Cabral HJ, Chen CA, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Dugas JN, Amburgey D, Fitzgerald M, Lemon SC, Haas JS, Freund KM, Battaglia T. Cost and activity analysis for a citywide patient navigation intervention to engage underserved patients in breast cancer treatment: Findings from the Translating Research Into Practice study. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35671. PMID: 39748471.
Published on 12/22/2024Murray Horwitz ME, Dugas JN, McCloskey L, So-Armah K, Yarrington CD, Buitron de la Vega P, Benjamin EJ, Battaglia TA. Associations between Health-Related Social Needs and Postpartum Linkage to Care. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Apr; 68(4):707-716. PMID: 39716509.
Published on 10/1/2024Richman IB, Battaglia TA. Evaluating Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening With Simulation Modeling. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Oct 01; 184(10):1232-1233. PMID: 39186297.
Published on 9/12/2024Sprague Martinez L, Sharma N, John J, Battaglia TA, Linas BP, Clark CR, Hudson LB, Lobb R, Betz G, Ojala O'Neill SO, Lima A, Doty R, Rahman S, Bassett IV. Publisher Correction: Long COVID impacts: the voices and views of diverse Black and Latinx residents in Massachusetts. BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 12; 24(1):2483. PMID: 39267034.
Published on 9/11/2024Gunn CM, Kressin NR, Battaglia TA, Schonberg MA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Tosteson ANA. Testing a Breast Cancer Screening Decision aid Designed for Health Literacy Accessibility. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec; 39(16):3360-3362. PMID: 39261341.
Published on 8/21/2024Sprague Martinez L, Sharma N, John J, Battaglia TA, Linas BP, Clark CR, Hudson LB, Lobb R, Betz G, Ojala O'Neill SO, Lima A, Doty R, Rahman S, Bassett IV. Long COVID impacts: the voices and views of diverse Black and Latinx residents in Massachusetts. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 21; 24(1):2265. PMID: 39169314.
Published on 7/9/2024Lemon SC, LeClair AM, Christenson E, Amburgey D, FitzGerald M, Cabral H, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Clark CR, Wang FQ, Ross J, Ohrenberger E, Haas JS, Freund KN, Battaglia TA. Implementation of social needs screening for minoritized patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer: a mixed methods evaluation in a pragmatic patient navigation trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jul 09; 24(1):783. PMID: 38982469.
Media Mentions
Published on 10/13/2022
Navigating the Black-White Divide in Breast Cancer Deaths
Published on 8/4/2022
Patient Navigators Key in Closing Equity Gaps in Cancer Treatment
Published on 10/26/2020
Breast Cancer Survival Should Not Be Black or White
Published on 4/22/2020
Coronavirus Thank-you Notes from the BU Community
Published on 10/7/2018
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