ECHO

The ECHO Research Group at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Pulmonary Center brings together a diverse community of faculty, researchers, clinicians, fellows, and trainees focused on improving care delivery and outcomes across pulmonary, allergy, sleep, and critical care medicine. We foster a collaborative and intellectually engaging environment where researchers at all career stages develop ideas, build collaborations, and advance their work.

Through mentorship, didactic training, research collaboration, career development, and partnership-building (within ECHO and across departments and institutions), we support the development of clinical and translational research and promote a culture of inquiry, innovation, and shared progress.

Goals

1. Build a collaborative research community for fellows, other trainees, and faculty pursuing clinical, translational, and health services research.
2. Support research development and success by providing mentorship, collaboration, teaching sessions, feedback, and opportunities to develop and advance research projects.
3. Foster career development for researchers at all stages, including helping trainees navigate clinical research training, grant applications, and career decisions; while also supporting faculty in developing independent research programs.
4. Develop the next generation of physician-scientists and research leaders by providing opportunities to learn, collaborate, mentor others, and build the skills needed for successful academic careers in research.

Leadership and Faculty

Leadership

	Lauren Kearney Dr. Lauren Kearney is a pulmonary and critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Her research focuses on community-engaged approaches to improving lung cancer prevention and care, with a particular emphasis on tobacco cessation, lung cancer screening, and reducing health disparities. Her work integrates community engagement, mixed methods, and implementation science to co-design and evaluate interventions with patients and communities.
	Divya Anjana Shankar Dr. Divya Shankar is a pulmonary and critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Her research focuses on improving the quality and equity of care for patients with interstitial lung disease. She uses large clinical and administrative databases to study patterns of care and outcomes, with a long-term goal of applying implementation science to improve delivery of evidence-based care.
	Justin Rucci Dr. Justin Rucci is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and Investigator at the VA Boston Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research. He uses  a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate ICU care practices, and to characterize how healthcare technologies affect physician experience and patient care. His long-term goal is to create an integrated ICU learning health system that applies data generated from routine patient care to drive impactful research and promote implementation of evidence-based ICU practices.

 

Other Faculty

• Nicholas Bosch
• Kari R. Gillmeyer
• Anica C. Law
• Renda S. Wiener
• George J. O’Connor
• Kevin L. Wilson
• Elizabeth S. Klings
• Stephanie Robinson
• Justin K. Lui
• Jingzhou Zhang
• Andrew J. Wilson
• Eric Garshick
• Alexis Gallardo Foreman
• Andrew Admon