Meet the Research Team
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Dr. Edwin Boudreaux is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry and Quantitative Health Sciences and is the Executive VIce Chair of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Louisiana and his PHD from Louisiana State University. He is a widely published author and has several NIH grants in the areas of behavioral medicine, health psychology and emergency medicine. His research interest areas include: substance cessation, suicide prevention, health informatics. |
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Dr. Carreiro is an emergency medicine physician, medical toxicologist and digital health researcher. She is a 2009 graduate of New York Medical College, and completed her emergency medicine residency in 2013 at Brown University. She completed a medical toxicology fellowship in 2015, and received a PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2022, both at the University of Massachusetts. She is currently an Associate Professor, Director of the Tox(In)novation Lab, and Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Her current research program focuses on developing digital therapeutics for substance use disorder, understanding how patients use and engage with technology, and leveraging digital technology to promote health equity. She is the principal investigator multiple industry and federally funded research grants, including several awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. |
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Dr. Haran is an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine and an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology. He is a graduate of the UMass Chan Medical School and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency. He more recently received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School for which he focused on utilizing microbiome centered investigations to prevent healthcare-associated diseases in the elderly. Dr. Haran is an NIH funded investigator who’s research interests include: 1) stemming the spread of Clostridium difficile infection and colonization among nursing home residents and hospitalized elders; 2) preventing the transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms within the hospital setting; 3) implementing novel treatment guidelines to reduce unnecessary antibiotic usage; and 4) utilizing biomarkers in viral and bacterial respiratory infections. |
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Dr. Darling is a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and the Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his Residency and Research Fellowship at the UMass Chan Medical School and also obtained an MSc in clinical investigation. Dr. Darling is a past recipient of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Young Investigator-Basic Science award and the SAEM Research Training Grant. He has received funding from the NIH, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and several industry and academic partners. His research interests include acute medical and surgical disease with a focus on cardiovascular research (acute heart failure), and traumatic injuries. |
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Dr. O'Connor is an emergency physician and health services researcher at UMass Chan Medical School with expertise in prehospital care and community paramedicine. Her career goal is to improve patient care delivery by developing and studying complementary mobile and digital solutions that bring healthcare into the community. |
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Dr. Akie is an emergency medicine physician and faculty member in Emergency Medicine. |
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Dr. Bradley is is an emergency medicine physician and faculty member in Medical Toxicology. His PhD research focused on basic mechanisms of gene regulation in bacterial pathogens. |
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Dr. Davis-Martin is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine and Community Health. She has diverse clinical experience in a variety of medical settings, including the emergency department (ED), primary care, and hospital-based specialty clinics. She is predominantly a researcher with several NIH grants focused on enhancing detection of suicidality, using innovative technology to increase access to evidence-based treatments for suicide risk, using wearable biosensors to improve monitoring of alcohol withdrawal and detoxification, and improving care transitions throughout the healthcare system.
In addition to her research, as Director of the UMass ED’s Behavioral Health Service, she supervises clinicians providing SBIRT in the UMass ED system for patients with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. She also provides clinical care at Hahnemann Family Health Center as an integrated behavioral health provider. Her clinical interests and expertise include mindfulness- and acceptance-based behavior therapies, evidence-based suicide prevention, health behavior change, motivational interviewing, sleep disorders, and LGBTQIA+ care.
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Dr. Kan is a clinical researcher and emergency physician whose work centers on pharmacoepidemiology, trauma care, and quality improvement. He focuses on evaluating the safety and effectiveness of healthcare interventions for older adults and medically complex populations, with particular attention to trauma care and addressing disparities in anticoagulant and reversal agent use. By leveraging large-scale administrative data and advanced statistical methods, Dr. Kan's long-term goal is to advance patient-centered care by identifying disparities, improving care delivery, and informing evidence-based policies that enhance health outcomes and equity. |
