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LauraEllen Ashcraft is a Researcher affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania's Division of General Internal Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. She specializes in implementation science, focusing on bridging research innovations into real-world healthcare practices. She earned her MSW from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work (2013) and a PhD in Social Work (2021), with a focus on community organizing and social administration.
Her research emphasizes health equity, chronic pain management, and telemedicine efficacy. Notable work includes a landmark study on telemedicine programs published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, which analyzed 10 programs and 222 interviews with healthcare providers. She also founded the Pittsburgh Dissemination and Implementation Science Collaborative (DISC), now with over 150 members, to advance interdisciplinary collaboration in implementation science.
- Awards: NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Predoctoral Fellowship (TL1), 2019
- Grants: Collaborative research on chronic pain management with multidisciplinary mentors.
Her work spans hospital-based interventions, such as a brochure distribution project across nine medical centers, and advocacy for accessible healthcare communication strategies.
