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Mari-Lynn Drainoni

Research Professor in the Section of Infectious Diseases in the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, Research Director of the Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences at Boston University
drainoni@bu.edu
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Mari-Lynn Drainoni, M.Ed., Ph.D., is Research Professor in the Section of Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine in the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is also Research Director of the Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences at Boston University. Dr. Drainoni’s areas of expertise include the conduct of implementation research, qualitative research methods and mixed method studies with a focus on integrating research into practice in safety net settings. Her specific studies have focused on the content areas of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C, as well as substance use, antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic stewardship, and integrating screening for social determinants of health into clinical practice. Dr. Drainoni has conducted numerous implementation studies to integrate research into practice, studies evaluating demonstration programs for at-risk populations, and mixed methods studies that include both surveys involving primary data collection and qualitative data collection and analysis. Dr. Drainoni also is the Implementation Science Lead on the Providence-Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and Implementation Science Lead on the Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Program on Substance Use and HIV and an AHRQ/PCORI funded learning health systems center. Dr. Drainoni’s passion is for mentoring junior faculty towards independence in implementation research.

Publications

  1. Byhoff E, Rudel RK, Burgun R, Silva S, Lichkus J, Drainoni M.  A community engaged implementation mapping approach to increase SNAP participation in a diverse Latine community, Translational Behavioral Medicine, in press. 
  2. Tamlyn AL, Barnes SJ, Na Y, White HF, Spence MC, Lindus BP, Drainoni M. You're building trust, you're building rapport”: A Reflexive Evaluation of Health-Focused Community Engagement, Journal of Community Engagement, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, in press. 
  3. Silver S, Jones KC, Hook K, Crable EL, George ER, Serwint JR, Austad K, Walkey AJ, Drainoni M. Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process, BMC Health Services Research, 2024 Dec 18;24(1):1592. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-12034-4. PMID: 38826210; PMCID: PMC11142356.
  4. Austad K, Thai C, Zavatti A, Nguyen N, Bautista-Hurtado D, Kenney P, Lugo N, Lee JH, Lanney H, Xuan Z, Cordova-Ramos EG, Drainoni M, Jack B. Tools to Improve Discharge Equity: Protocol for the Pilot TIDE Trial, Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2025-02-01, Volume 43, Article 101419. doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101419.
  5. Walters S, Drainoni M, Oga E, Byard J, Chandler RK.  Solving the “last mile” problem in overdose prevention, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2024. Available online 28 September 2024.  doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112453.
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