{"id":5332,"date":"2025-02-12T18:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/?page_id=5332"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:49:22","slug":"echo-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/research\/echo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ECHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ECHO Research Group at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Build a collaborative research community for fellows, other trainees, and faculty pursuing clinical, translational, and health services research.<\/li>\n<li>Support research development and success by providing mentorship, collaboration, teaching sessions, feedback, and opportunities to develop and advance research projects.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\"><\/ol>\n<p><strong><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Areas of Research<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our research teams use diverse research methods to study a broad range of pulmonary and critical care content areas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Methods &amp; Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Epidemiology (including molecular and genetic epidemiology)<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative Methods (including classic biostatistical approaches, econometrics, quasi-experimental causal inference models, target-trial emulation)<\/li>\n<li>Qualitative Methods (including focus groups, semi-structured interviews)<\/li>\n<li>Mixed Methods Studies<\/li>\n<li>Survey Research<\/li>\n<li>Community Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Implementation Science<\/li>\n<li>Quality Improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical Research Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical Care<\/li>\n<li>Interstitial Lung Disease<\/li>\n<li>Lung Cancer<\/li>\n<li>COPD<\/li>\n<li>Asthma<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary Hypertension<\/li>\n<li>Military\/Occupational Exposures and Lung Disease<\/li>\n<li>Alpha-1 Anti Trypsin Deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Venous Thromboembolic Disease<\/li>\n<li>Lung Diseases Related to Systemic Conditions (e.g., Scleroderma, Sickle Cell Disease)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Leadership and Faculty<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"1124\" height=\"157\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 250px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2026\/10\/Lauren-Kearney-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Lauren Kearney\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5812 size-full\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Lauren.Kearney\">Lauren Kearney<\/a><br \/>\nDr. Lauren Kearney is a pulmonary and critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &amp; 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2026\/09\/Divya-Shankar-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Divya Shankar\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5787 size-full\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/DivyaAnjana.Shankar\">Divya Anjana Shankar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Divya Shankar is a pulmonary and critical care physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &amp; 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2023\/08\/Justin-Rucci-454x636.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Justin Rucci\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4490 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2023\/08\/Justin-Rucci-454x636.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2023\/08\/Justin-Rucci-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pulmonarycenter\/files\/2023\/08\/Justin-Rucci.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Justin.Rucci\">Justin Rucci<\/a><br \/>\nDr. Justin Rucci is a pulmonary and critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine, and Investigator at the VA Boston Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research. He uses\u00a0 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Faculty <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Nicholas.Bosch\">Nicholas Bosch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Kari.Gillmeyer\">Kari R. Gillmeyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Anica.Law\">Anica C. Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Renda.Wiener\">Renda S. Wiener<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/George.OConnor\">George J. O&#8217;Connor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Kevin.Wilson\">Kevin L. Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Elizabeth.Klings\">Elizabeth S. Klings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Stephanie.Robinson\">Stephanie Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/JustinK.Lui\">Justin K. Lui<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Jingzhou.Zhang\">Jingzhou Zhang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Andrew.Wilson\">Andrew J. Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Eric.Garshick\">Eric Garshick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Alexis.Foreman\">Alexis Gallardo Foreman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Andrew Admon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fellows<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Viviana Reyes Pinzon<\/li>\n<li>Esther Saul<\/li>\n<li>Hind Ghazalah<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Fair<\/li>\n<li>Adriana Flores<\/li>\n<li>Douglas O\u2019Connell<\/li>\n<li>Alyse Reichheld<\/li>\n<li>Robert Fain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ECHO Research Group at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\u2019s 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. 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