Megan Ranney MD MPH is a practicing emergency physician, researcher, and advocate for innovative approaches to health. Her work focuses on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and population health.
She is the Deputy Dean of the School of Public Health, as well as founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health (https://digitalhealth.med.brown.edu/). She is co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute (www.affirmresearch.org), which creates practical, scalable, and immediate health-based solutions to reduce all forms of firearm-related injuries in the United States. She recently served as co-founder and president of the board for GetUsPPE.org, a startup dedicated to matching donated personal protective equipment to those who need it most. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
She graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in History of Science in 1997. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire prior to attending medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in NYC. She graduated with AOA status and received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award from the Gold Humanism Society on graduation. She completed internship, residency, and chief residency in Emergency Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research and a Master of Public Health, at Brown University.
She is currently the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Professor of Behavioral and Social Science / Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the School of Public Health. She is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She has previously served as an appointed member of HIMSS' mHealth Physician Taskforce, an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and chair of the Firearm Injury Research Technical Advisory Group for the American College of Emergency Physicians. She has been PI or Co-I over a dozen federally funded grants, all focused on technology-based interventions for high risk populations.
Her work has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Fox News.
| Langdon KJ, Ramsey S, Scherzer C, Carey K, Ranney ML, Rich J. "Development of an integrated digital health intervention to promote engagement in and adherence to medication for opioid use disorder." Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 16. |
| Ranney ML, Zeoli AM, Beidas R. "Evidence-Based Solutions to Pediatric Firearm Deaths-The Need for Out-of-the-Box Answers." JAMA Pediatrics, 2020. |
| Diurba, Sofiya, Johnson, Rachel L., Siry, Bonnie J., Knoepke, Christopher E., Suresh, Krithika, Simpson, Scott A., Azrael, Deborah, Ranney, Megan L., Wintemute, Garen J, Betz, Marian E. "Lethal Means Assessment and Counseling in the Emergency Department: Differences by Provider Type and Personal Home Firearms." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2020. |
| Scherzer CR, Ranney ML, Jain S, Bommaraju SP, Patena J, Langdon K, Nimaja E, Jennings E, Beaudoin FL. "Mobile Peer-Support for Opioid Use Disorders: Refinement of an Innovative Machine Learning Tool." Journal of psychiatry and brain science, vol. 5, no. 1, 2020. |
| Kline JA, Burton JH, Carpenter CR, Meisel ZF, Miner JR, Newgard CD, Quest T, Martin IBK, Holmes JF, Kaji AH, Bird SB, Coates WC, Lall MD, Mills AM, Ranney ML, Wolfe RE, Dorner SC. "Unconditional Care in Academic Emergency Departments." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 27, no. 6, 2020, pp. 527-528. |
| Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Riese A, Koehler C, Ybarra M, Cunningham R, Spirito A, Rosen RK. "What Counts?: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents' Lived Experience With Online Victimization and Cyberbullying." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 20, no. 4, 2020, pp. 485-492. |
| Pallin R, Siry B, Azrael D, Knoepke CE, Matlock DD, Clement A, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ, Betz ME. "Hey, let me hold your guns for a while": A qualitative study of messaging for firearm suicide prevention." Behavioral Sciences & the Law, vol. 37, no. 3, 2019, pp. 259-269. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Patena, John V., Dunsiger, Shira, Spirito, Anthony, Cunningham, Rebecca M., Boyer, Edward, Nugent, Nicole R. "A technology-augmented intervention to prevent peer violence and depressive symptoms among at-risk emergency department adolescents: Protocol for a randomized control trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 82, 2019, pp. 106-114. |
| Chun TH, Chernick LS, Ahmad FA, Ranney ML, Shenoi RP, Casper TC, Fein JA, Grupp-Phelan J, McAninch B, Powell EC, Bromberg JR, Linakis JG, Spirito A, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Adolescent Substance Abuse Risk: A Comparison of Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Emergency Department Patients and 2 Nationally Representative Samples." Pediatric Emergency Care , 2019. |
| Betz ME, Ranney ML, Knoepke CE, Johnson RL, Pallin R, Miller M, Wintemute GJ. "Dementia and Firearms: an Exploratory Survey of Caregiver Needs." J GEN INTERN MED, 2019. |
| Cunningham RM, Ranney ML, Goldstick JE, Kamat SV, Roche JS, Carter PM. "Federal Funding For Research On The Leading Causes Of Death Among Children And Adolescents." Health Affairs, vol. 38, no. 10, 2019, pp. 1653-1661. |
| Mueller, Kristen L., Ranney, Megan L. "Our Lane Needs All of Us." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 115-116. |
| Pallin R, Spitzer SA, Ranney ML, Betz ME, Wintemute GJ. "Preventing Firearm-Related Death and Injury." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 170, no. 11, 2019, pp. ITC81-ITC96. |
| Cunningham RM, Carter PM, Ranney ML, Walton M, Zeoli AM, Alpern ER, Branas C, Beidas RS, Ehrlich PF, Goyal MK, Goldstick JE, Hemenway D, Hargarten SW, King CA, Massey L, Ngo Q, Pizarro J, Prosser L, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara F, Rupp LA, Sigel E, Savolainen J, Zimmerman MA. "Prevention of Firearm Injuries Among Children and Adolescents: Consensus-Driven Research Agenda from the Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium." JAMA Pediatrics, 2019. |
| Bulger EM, Kuhls DA, Campbell BT, Bonne S, Cunningham RM, Betz M, Dicker R, Ranney ML, Barsotti C, Hargarten S, Sakran JV, Rivara FP, James T, Lamis D, Timmerman G, Rogers SO, Choucair B, Stewart RM. "Proceedings from the Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Death and Disability in the US." Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 229, no. 4, 2019, pp. 415-430.e12. |
| Pisani AR, Kanuri N, Filbin B, Gallo C, Gould M, Lehmann LS, Levine R, Marcotte JE, Pascal B, Rousseau D, Turner S, Yen S, Ranney ML. "Protecting User Privacy and Rights in Academic Data-Sharing Partnerships: Principles From a Pilot Program at Crisis Text Line." Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 21, no. 1, 2019, pp. e11507. |
| Peters, Jessica R., Mereish, Ethan H., Krek, Maya A., Chuong, Adam, Ranney, Megan L., Solomon, Joel, Spirito, Anthony, Yen, Shirley. "Sexual orientation differences in non-suicidal self-injury, suicidality, and psychosocial factors among an inpatient psychiatric sample of adolescents." Psychiatry Research, vol. 284, 2019, pp. 112664. |
| Magid KH, Ranney ML, Risica PM. "Using the theory of planned behavior to understand intentions to perform bystander CPR among college students." Journal of American College Health, vol. 69, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-6. |
| Ranney M, Karb R, Ehrlich P, Bromwich K, Cunningham R, Beidas RS, FACTS Consortium. "What are the long-term consequences of youth exposure to firearm injury, and how do we prevent them? A scoping review." J Behav Med, vol. 42, no. 4, 2019, pp. 724-740. |
| Ranney ML, Betz ME, Dark C. "#ThisIsOurLane - Firearm Safety as Health Care's Highway." New England Journal of Medicine, 2018. |
| Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Gaines BA, Lapidus G, Ranney ML, Spirito A, Parnagian C, Baird J. "Alcohol and Other Drug Use in a Sample of Admitted Adolescent Trauma Patients." Journal of substance abuse and alcoholism, vol. 6, no. 2, 2018. |
| Jiang Y, Ranney ML, Sullivan B, Hilliard D, Viner-Brown S, Alexander-Scott N. "Can Statewide Emergency Department, Hospital Discharge, and Violent Death Reporting System Data Be Used to Monitor Burden of Firearm-Related Injury and Death in Rhode Island?." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2018. |
| Bennett CL, McDonald DA, Hurwitz S, Zheng H, Nadel E, Ranney ML. "Changes in Sex, Race, and Ethnic Origin of Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians From 2007 to 2017." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018. |
| Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Dunsiger S, Guthrie KM, Spirito A, Boyer EW, Cunningham RM. "Emergency department text messaging for adolescent violence and depression prevention: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Psychological Services, vol. 15, no. 4, 2018, pp. 419-428. |
| Mello, Michael J., Bromberg, Julie R., Baird, Janette, Wills, Hale, Gaines, Barbara A., Lapidus, Garry, Ranney, Megan L., Parnagian, Christina, Spirito, Anthony. "Feasibility and Acceptability of an Electronic Parenting Skills Intervention for Parents of Alcohol-Using Adolescent Trauma Patients." Telemedicine and e-Health, 2018. |
| Betz, Marian E., McCourt, Alexander D., Vernick, Jon S., Ranney, Megan L., Wintemute, Garen J. "Firearms and Dementia." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 169, no. 10, 2018, pp. 740. |
| Betz ME, McCourt AD, Vernick JS, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ. "Firearms and Dementia." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 169, no. 10, 2018, pp. 740. |
| Betz ME, McCourt AD, Vernick JS, Ranney ML, Maust DT, Wintemute GJ. "Firearms and Dementia: Clinical Considerations." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 169, no. 1, 2018, pp. 47-49. |
| Gottlieb, Michael, Dehon, Erin, Jordan, Jaime, Bentley, Suzanne, Ranney, Megan, Lee, Sangil, Khandelwal, Sorabh, Santen, Sally. "Getting Published in Medical Education: Overcoming Barriers to Scholarly Production." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018, pp. 1-6. |
| Gottlieb M, Dehon E, Jordan J, Bentley S, Ranney ML, Lee S, Khandelwal S, Santen SA. "Getting Published in Medical Education: Overcoming Barriers to Scholarly Production." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-6. |
| Martin TJ, Ranney ML, Dorroh J, Asselin N, Sarkar IN. "Health Information Exchange in Emergency Medical Services." Applied Clinical Informatics, vol. 9, no. 4, 2018, pp. 884-891. |
| Anand RS, Stey P, Jain S, Biron DR, Bhatt H, Monteiro K, Feller E, Ranney ML, Sarkar IN, Chen ES. "Predicting Mortality in Diabetic ICU Patients Using Machine Learning and Severity Indices." AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings AMIA Summit on Translational Science, vol. 2017, 2018, pp. 310-319. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Bromberg, Julie, Hozey, Alyssa, Casper, T. Charles, Mello, Michael J., Spirito, Anthony, Chun, Thomas H., Linakis, James G. "Problem Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Teens Seen in a National Sample of Emergency Departments." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 18, no. 6, 2018, pp. 650-654. |
| Kimmel HJ, Brice YN, Trikalinos TA, Sarkar IN, Ranney ML. "Real-Time Emergency Department Electronic Notifications Regarding High-Risk Patients: A Systematic Review." Telemedicine and e-Health, 2018. |
| Ali S, Ranney ML, Jarman AF. "Transient Orbital Compartment Syndrome Caused by Spontaneous Lamina Papyracea Dehiscence." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 101, no. 1, 2018, pp. 30-32. |
| Ranney ML, Fletcher J, Alter H, Barsotti C, Bebarta VS, Betz ME, Carter PM, Cerdá M, Cunningham RM, Crane P, Fahimi J, Miller MJ, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Vogel JA, Wintemute GJ, Waseem M, Shah MN, ACEP Technical Advisory Group on Firearm Injury Research, a Subcommittee of the ACEP Research Committee. "A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 69, no. 2, 2017, pp. 227-240. |
| Jiang Y, Ranney ML, Seaberry J, Shea LM, Sullivan B, Viner-Brown S. "Assault Injury and Homicide Death Profile in Rhode Island, 2004-2014." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-28. |
| Donovan, Elizabeth, Ranney, Megan L., Patry, Emily J., McKenzie, Michelle, Baird, Janette, Green, Traci C. "Beliefs About a Complementary and Alternative Therapy–Based Chronic Pain Management Program for a Medicaid Population." Pain Medicine, vol. 18, no. 9, 2017, pp. 1805-1816. |
| Mumma BE, Chang AM, Kea B, Ranney ML, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Committee. "Career Development Awards in Emergency Medicine: Resources and Challenges." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2017. |
| Donovan E, Ranney ML, Reid AM, Baird J, Green TC. "Chronic Pain in the Emergency Department." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 100, no. 2, 2017, pp. 25-29. |
| Ranney ML, Goldstick J, Eisman A, Carter PM, Walton M, Cunningham RM. "Effects of a brief ED-based alcohol and violence intervention on depressive symptoms." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 46, 2017, pp. 44-48. |
| Knoepke, Christopher, Allen, Amanda, Ranney, Megan, Wintemute, Garen, Matlock, Daniel, Betz, Marian. "Loaded Questions: Internet Commentersu2019 Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 18, no. 5, 2017, pp. 903-912. |
| Chai PR, Carreiro S, Ranney ML, Karanam K, Ahtisaari M, Edwards R, Schreiber KL, Ben-Ghaly L, Erickson TB, Boyer EW. "Music as an Adjunct to Opioid-Based Analgesia." Journal of Medical Toxicology, vol. 13, no. 3, 2017, pp. 249-254. |
| Betz ME, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ. "Physicians, Patients, and Firearms: The Courts Say "Yes"." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 166, no. 10, 2017, pp. 745-746. |
| Yen, Shirley, Ranney, Megan L., Tezanos, Katherine M., Chuong, Adam, Kahler, Christopher W., Solomon, Joel B., Spirito, Anthony. "Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Adolescents: Results From an Open Development Trial." Behavior Modification, 2017, pp. 145445517748559. |
| Patton, Desmond U., Patel, Sadiq, Hong, Jun Sung, Ranney, Megan L., Crandall, Marie, Dungy, Lyle. "Tweets, Gangs, and Guns: A Snapshot of Gang Communications in Detroit." Violence and Victims, vol. 32, no. 5, 2017, pp. 919-934. |
| Patton DU, Patel S, Hong JS, Ranney ML, Crandall M, Dungy L. "Tweets, Gangs, and Guns: A Snapshot of Gang Communications in Detroit." Violence, vol. 32, no. 5, 2017, pp. 919-934. |
| Choo, Esther K., Guthrie, Kate Morrow, Mello, Michael J., Wetle, Terrie Fox, Ranney, Megan L., Tapé, Chantal, Zlotnick, Caron. "I Need to Hear From Women Who Have 'Been There'": Developing a Woman-Focused Intervention for Drug Use and Partner Violence in the Emergency Department." Partner Abuse, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, pp. 193-220. |
| Ranney ML, Freeman JR, Connell G, Spirito A, Boyer E, Walton M, Guthrie KM, Cunningham RM. "A Depression Prevention Intervention for Adolescents in the Emergency Department." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 401-10. |
| Jiang Y, Ranney ML, Perez B, Viner-Brown S. "Burden of Violent Death on Years of Life Lost in Rhode Island, 2006-2013." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 51, no. 5S3, 2016, pp. S251-S259. |
| Roszko, Paul J. D., Ameli, Jonathan, Carter, Patrick M., Cunningham, Rebecca M., Ranney, Megan L. "Clinician Attitudes, Screening Practices, and Interventions to Reduce Firearm-Related Injury." Epidemiologic reviews, 2016, pp. mxv005. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Peimer, Clayton A. "Commentary on “Physician-Rating Web Sites: Ethical Implications”." The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 41, no. 1, 2016, pp. 111-2. |
| Ranney ML, Duarte C, Baird J, Patry EJ, Green TC. "Correlation of digital health use and chronic pain coping strategies." mHealth, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 35. |
| Turcotte Benedict F, Amanullah S, Linakis JG, Ranney M. "Emergency Department Utilization Among Assault-Injured Youth: Implications for Youth Violence Screening." Pediatric Emergency Care , 2016. |
| Betz ME, Ranney ML, Wintemute GJ. "Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: "Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Acceptable Solution"." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, 2016, pp. 91-3. |
| Affinati S, Patton D, Hansen L, Ranney M, Christmas AB, Violano P, Sodhi A, Robinson B, Crandall M, from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Injury Control and Violence Prevention Section and Guidelines Section. "Hospital-based violence intervention programs targeting adult populations: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma evidence-based review." Trauma surgery & acute care open, vol. 1, no. 1, 2016, pp. e000024. |
| Riese A, Gao H, Baird J, Mello MJ, Ranney ML. "Including Youth Violence Screening on Previsit Questionnaires and the Effect on Other Health Risk Behavior Discussions." Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 56, no. 3, 2016, pp. 284-287. |
| Ranney ML, Peimer CA. "Online emergency department ratings, patient satisfaction and the age-old issue of communication." BMJ quality & safety, vol. 25, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-2. |
| Rising KL, Carr BG, Hess EP, Meisel ZF, Ranney ML, Vogel JA. "Patient-centered Outcomes Research in Emergency Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 23, no. 4, 2016, pp. 497-502. |
| Wintemute, Garen J., Betz, Marian E., Ranney, Megan L. "Physicians, Patients, and Firearms." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 165, no. 12, 2016, pp. 893. |
| Wintemute GJ, Betz ME, Ranney ML. "Physicians, Patients, and Firearms." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 165, no. 12, 2016, pp. 893. |
| Whiteside LK, Russo J, Wang J, Ranney ML, Neam V, Zatzick DF. "Predictors of Sustained Prescription Opioid Use After Admission for Trauma in Adolescents." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 58, no. 1, 2016, pp. 92-7. |
| Ranney ML, Patena JV, Nugent N, Spirito A, Boyer E, Zatzick D, Cunningham R. "PTSD, cyberbullying and peer violence: prevalence and correlates among adolescent emergency department patients." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 39, 2016, pp. 32-38. |
| Resko SM, Reddock EC, Ranney ML, Epstein-Ngo Q, Mountain SK, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. "Reasons for Fighting among Violent Female Adolescents: A Qualitative Investigation from an Urban, Midwestern Community." Social Work in Public Health, vol. 31, no. 3, 2016, pp. 99-112. |
| Ranney ML, Chang B, Freeman JR, Norris B, Silverberg M, Choo EK. "Tweet Now, See You In the ED Later? Examining the Association Between Alcohol-related Tweets and Emergency Care Visits." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 23, no. 7, 2016, pp. 831-4. |
| Thorsen, Margaret M., Patena, John V., Guthrie, Kate Morrow, Spirito, Anthony, Ranney, Megan L. "Using High-Risk Adolescents′ Voices to Develop a Comprehensible Cognitive Behavioral Therapy–Based Text-Message Program." Behavioral Medicine, vol. 44, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-11. |
| Wintemute GJ, Betz ME, Ranney ML. "Yes, You Can: Physicians, Patients, and Firearms." Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 165, no. 3, 2016, pp. 205-13. |
| Ranney ML, Thorsen M, Patena JV, Cunningham RM, Boyer EW, Walton MA, Spirito A, Zatzick DF, Morrow K. "You need to get them where they feel it": Conflicting Perspectives on How to Maximize the Structure of Text-Message Psychological Interventions for Adolescents." Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2015, 2015, pp. 3247-3255. |
| Choo E, Ranney M, Wetle T, Morrow K, Mello M, Squires D, Tapé C, Garro A, Zlotnick C. "Attitudes Toward Computer Interventions for Partner Abuse and Drug Use Among Women in the Emergency Department." Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, vol. 14, no. 2, 2015, pp. 95-104. |
| Wintemute G, Ranney M. "Emergency physicians and firearm violence." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 65, no. 5, 2015, pp. 595-9. |
| Riese A, Gjelsvik A, Ranney ML. "Extracurricular Activities and Bullying Perpetration: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample." Journal of School Health, vol. 85, no. 8, 2015, pp. 544-551. |
| Chai PR, Wu RY, Ranney ML, Bird J, Chai S, Zink B, Porter PS. "Feasibility and Acceptability of Google Glass for Emergency Department Dermatology Consultations." JAMA Dermatology, vol. 151, no. 7, 2015, pp. 794-6. |
| Rosen RK, Ranney ML, Boyer EW. "Formative research for mhealth HIV adherence: the iHAART app." Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2015, 2015, pp. 2778-2785. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Limkakeng, Alexander T., Carr, Brendan, Zink, Brian, Kaji, Amy H. "Improving the Emergency Care Research Investigator Pipeline: SAEM/ACEP Recommendations." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 7, 2015, pp. 849-851. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Meisel, Zachary F., Choo, Esther K., Garro, Aris C., Sasson, Comilla, Morrow Guthrie, Kate. "Interview-based Qualitative Research in Emergency Care Part II: Data Collection, Analysis and Results Reporting." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 9, 2015, pp. 1103-1112. |
| Birnbaum F, Lewis D, Rosen RK, Ranney ML. "Patient engagement and the design of digital health." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 6, 2015, pp. 754-6. |
| Patton, Rikki, Lau, Chung Hin (Joshua), Blow, Frederic C., Ranney, Megan L., Cunningham, Rebecca M., Walton, Maureen A. "Prevalence and Correlates of Depression and Drinking Behaviors Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults in a Suburban Emergency Department." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 51, no. 1, 2015, pp. 34-40. |
| Riese A, Mello MJ, Baird J, Steele DW, Ranney ML. "Prompting Discussions of Youth Violence Using Electronic Previsit Questionnaires in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 15, no. 3, 2015, pp. 345-52. |
| Choo EK, Garro AC, Ranney ML, Meisel ZF, Morrow Guthrie K. "Qualitative Research in Emergency Care Part I: Research Principles and Common Applications." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 9, 2015, pp. 1096-1102. |
| Ranney, Megan L, Genes, Nicholas. "Social media and healthcare quality improvement: a nascent field." BMJ Qual Saf, vol. 25, no. 6, 2015, pp. 389-391. |
| Bohnert, Kipling M., Walton, Maureen A., Ranney, Megan, Bonar, Erin E., Blow, Frederic C., Zimmerman, Marc A., Booth, Brenda M., Cunningham, Rebecca M. "Understanding the service needs of assault-injured, drug-using youth presenting for care in an urban Emergency Department." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 41, 2015, pp. 97-105. |
| Cunningham, Rebecca M., Carter, Patrick M., Ranney, Megan, Zimmerman, Marc A., Blow, Fred C., Booth, Brenda M., Goldstick, Jason, Walton, Maureen A. "Violent Reinjury and Mortality Among Youth Seeking Emergency Department Care for Assault-Related Injury." JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 169, no. 1, 2015, pp. 63. |
| Ranney ML, Choo EK, Cunningham RM, Spirito A, Thorsen M, Mello MJ, Morrow K. "Acceptability, language, and structure of text message-based behavioral interventions for high-risk adolescent females: a qualitative study." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 55, no. 1, 2014, pp. 33-40. |
| Cunningham RM, Ranney M, Newton M, Woodhull W, Zimmerman M, Walton MA. "Characteristics of youth seeking emergency care for assault injuries." Pediatrics, vol. 133, no. 1, 2014, pp. e96-105. |
| Madsen TE, Riese A, Choo EK, Ranney ML. "Effects of a web-based educational module on pediatric emergency medicine physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding youth violence." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 5, 2014, pp. 615-22. |
| Ranney ML, Suffoletto B. "Extending our reach: use of mHealth to support patients after emergency care." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 63, no. 6, 2014, pp. 755-6. |
| Ranney ML, Locci N, Adams EJ, Betz M, Burmeister DB, Corbin T, Dalawari P, Jacoby JL, Linden J, Purtle J, North C, Houry DE. "Gender-specific research on mental illness in the emergency department: current knowledge and future directions." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1395-402. |
| Kim DJ, Choo EK, Ranney ML. "Impact of gender on patient preferences for technology-based behavioral interventions." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 5, 2014, pp. 593-9. |
| Lee MH, Ranney ML, Zink BJ. "Misclassification of emergency department visits distracts from the real issue." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 9, 2014, pp. 17. |
| Carreiro S, Smelson D, Ranney M, Horvath KJ, Picard RW, Boudreaux ED, Hayes R, Boyer EW. "Real-Time Mobile Detection of Drug Use with Wearable Biosensors: A Pilot Study." Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2014. |
| Choo EK, Benz M, Rybarczyk M, Broderick K, Linden J, Boudreaux ED, Ranney ML. "The intersecting roles of violence, gender, and substance use in the emergency department: a research agenda." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1447-1452. |
| Chai PR, Wu RY, Ranney ML, Porter PS, Babu KM, Boyer EW. "The virtual toxicology service: wearable head-mounted devices for medical toxicology." Journal of Medical Toxicology, vol. 10, no. 4, 2014, pp. 382-7. |
| Choo EK, Ranney ML, Chan TM, Trueger NS, Walsh AE, Tegtmeyer K, McNamara SO, Choi RY, Carroll CL. "Twitter as a tool for communication and knowledge exchange in academic medicine: A guide for skeptics and novices." Medical Teacher, 2014, pp. 1-6. |
| Ranney ML, Sankoff J, Newman DH, Fenton A, Mukau L, Durston WE, Ballard DW, Wintemute G. "A call to action: firearms, public health, and emergency medicine." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 61, no. 6, 2013, pp. 700-2. |
| Taggart IH, Ranney ML, Howland J, Mello MJ. "A systematic review of emergency department interventions for college drinkers." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, 2013, pp. 962-8. |
| Ranney ML, Choo EK, Spirito A, Mello MJ. "Adolescents' preference for technology-based emergency department behavioral interventions: does it depend on risky behaviors?." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 29, no. 4, 2013, pp. 475-81. |
| Gallagher SS, Cruz TH, Ranney ML. "Advocacy: translating injury research into policy." Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, vol. 19, no. 5, 2013, pp. 366. |
| Ranney ML, Walton M, Whiteside L, Epstein-Ngo Q, Patton R, Chermack S, Blow F, Cunningham RM. "Correlates of depressive symptoms among at-risk youth presenting to the emergency department." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 35, no. 5, 2013, pp. 537-44. |
| Ranney ML, Fenton A, Sankoff J, Wintemute G. "In reply." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 62, no. 4, 2013, pp. 434-5. |
| Houry D, Ranney ML. "Public scholarship and the role for injury practitioners." Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, vol. 19, no. 4, 2013, pp. 296. |
| Whiteside LK, Ranney ML, Chermack ST, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM, Walton MA. "The overlap of youth violence among aggressive adolescents with past-year alcohol use-A latent class analysis: aggression and victimization in peer and dating violence in an inner city emergency department sample." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 74, no. 1, 2013, pp. 125-35. |
| Ranney ML, Daya M. "Twitter and resuscitation education: is this the future?." Resuscitation, vol. 84, no. 2, 2013, pp. 147-8. |
| Choo EK, Ranney ML, Aggarwal N, Boudreaux ED. "A systematic review of emergency department technology-based behavioral health interventions." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 3, 2012, pp. 318-28. |
| Choo EK, Ranney ML, Wong Z, Mello MJ. "Attitudes toward technology-based health information among adult emergency department patients with drug or alcohol misuse." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 43, no. 4, 2012, pp. 397-401. |
| Baird J, Ranney ML, Mello MJ. "Comment on the paper by Suffoletto et al. entitled: Text-message-based assessments and brief intervention for young adults discharged from the emergency department." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 36, no. 3, 2012, pp. 395-7. |
| Ranney ML, Choo EK, Wang Y, Baum A, Clark MA, Mello MJ. "Emergency department patients' preferences for technology-based behavioral interventions." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 60, no. 2, 2012, pp. 218-27.e48. |
| Choo, Esther K., Ranney, Megan L., Mello, Michael J., Clark, Melissa A., Charest, Tina, Garro, Christine Followill, Bertsch, Karina, Larsen, Saskia, Zlotnick, Caron. "High risk health behaviors and healthcare access among female adult entertainment club employees." Women & Health, vol. 52, no. 7, 2012, pp. 646-57. |
| Ranney ML, Madsen T, Gjelsvik A. "Predictors of being unsafe: participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2006 intimate partner violence module." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 84-102. |
| Ranney ML, Mello MJ. "A comparison of female and male adolescent victims of violence seen in the emergency department." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 41, no. 6, 2011, pp. 701-6. |
| Ranney ML, Rennert-May E, Spitzer R, Chitai MA, Mamlin SE, Mabeya H. "A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns." Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, vol. 28, no. 11, 2011, pp. 927-31. |
| Ranney ML, Whiteside L, Walton MA, Chermack ST, Zimmerman MA, Cunningham RM. "Sex differences in characteristics of adolescents presenting to the emergency department with acute assault-related injury." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 18, no. 10, 2011, pp. 1027-35. |
| Ranney ML, Mello MJ, Baird JB, Chai PR, Clark MA. "Correlates of motorcycle helmet use among recent graduates of a motorcycle training course." Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 42, no. 6, 2010, pp. 2057-2062. |
| Ranney ML, Verhoek-Oftedahl W, Rommel J, Mello MJ. "Analysis of intentional and unintentional injuries caused by firearms and cutting/piercing instruments among Providence youth, Nov 2004-Dec 2007." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 92, no. 6, 2009, pp. 200-3. |
| Ranney ML, Odero W, Mello MJ, Waxman M, Fife RS. "Injuries from interpersonal violence presenting to a rural health center in Western Kenya: characteristics and correlates." Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, vol. 15, no. 1, 2009, pp. 36-40. |
| Broderick KB, Ranney ML, Vaca FE, D'Onofrio G, Rothman RE, Rhodes KV, Becker B, Haukoos JS. "Study designs and evaluation models for emergency department public health research." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 11, 2009, pp. 1124-31. |
| Ranney ML, Mello MJ, Baird J. "Helmet use among 510 injured motorcyclists in a state with limited helmet laws." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 91, no. 4, 2008, pp. 100-2. |
| Arnold LK, Alomran H, Anantharaman V, Halpern P, Hauswald M, Malmquist P, Molyneux E, Rajapakse B, Ranney M, Razzak J. "Knowledge translation in international emergency medical care." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 11, 2007, pp. 1047-51. |
| Ranney ML, Gee EM, Merchant RC. "Nonprescription availability of emergency contraception in the United States: current status, controversies, and impact on emergency medicine practice." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 47, no. 5, 2006, pp. 461-71. |
| Krosin MT, Klitzman R, Levin B, Cheng J, Ranney ML. "Problems in comprehension of informed consent in rural and peri-urban Mali, West Africa." Clinical Trials, vol. 3, no. 3, 2006, pp. 306-13. |
| Ranney M, Partridge R, Jay GD, Rozzoli DE, Pandey P. "Rabies antibody seroprotection rates among travelers in Nepal: "rabies seroprotection in travelers"." Journal of Travel Medicine, vol. 13, no. 6, 2006, pp. 329-33. |
My research focuses on:
(a) the design and use of technology to facilitate behavioral health among vulnerable populations
(b) violence prevention
ONGOING:
Emergency Department Predictive Analytics for High-Risk Patients
Advance-CTR (PI: Ranney) 5/18-4/19
Role: Principal Investigator, 10% FTE
A Technology-Augmented Intervention to Prevent Peer Violence & Depressive Symptoms Among At-Risk Emergency Department Adolescents
NICHD R01HD093655 (PI: Ranney) 3/18-2/23
Role: Principal Investigator, 30% FTE
Building Research Capacity for Firearm Safety Among Children
NICHD R24HD087149 (PI: Cunningham) 9/17-8/22
Role: Co-investigator, 10% FTE
Bullying Prevention Intervention for Adolescent Primary Care Patients
NICHD R21 HD088739 (PI: Ranney) 8/16-7/18
Role: Principal Investigator, 10% FTE
A Patient Decision Aid to Augment Lethal Means Counseling for Suicidal Patients
NIMH (PI: Betz) 7/17-6/19
Role: Consultant
Creating a Non-ACGME Fellowship in Digital Innovation in Health Care and Education
Academic Development Award, UEMF (PI: Pensa) 6/17-5/19
Role: Mentor
Understanding the Interplay of Social Context and Physiology on Psychological Outcomes in Trauma-Exposed Adolescents
NIMH R01 MH108641 (PI: Nugent) 7/16-3/21
Role: Co-investigator, 20% FTE
Text-message-based depression prevention for high-risk youth in the ED
NIMH K23 MH095866 (PI: Ranney) 4/13-2/18
Role: Principal Investigator, 75% FTE
COMPLETED:
An e-Parenting Skills Intervention to Decrease Injured Adolescents' Alcohol Use
NIAAA R21 AA024185 (PI: Mello) 9/15 – 8/17
Role: Co-investigator, 5% FTE
Optimizing Patient Engagement in a Novel Pain Management Initiative (OPEN)
PCORI (PI: Green) 3/14-2/17
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% FTE
Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Adolescents
NIMH R34 MH101272 (PI: Yen) 8/13-7/16
Role: Co-investigator
Depression & Violence in Teen Girls: An ED-based Study
SAEM Research Training Grant (PI: Ranney) 1/12-12/13
Role: Principal Investigator
Cellphone Intervention to Increase Mental Health Service Use by Teen ED Patients
NIH Loan Repayment Program (PI: Ranney) 7/11-6/13
Role: Principal Investigator
A Longitudinal Curriculum in Public Health for Emergency Medicine Residents
American Association of Medical Colleges (PI: Schweigler) 1/08-9/12
Role: Consultant
Patient Attitudes toward Technology-based Behavioral Health Interventions in the Emergency Department
UEMF Small Projects Grant (Co-PI: Ranney/Choo) 8/10-6/11
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Feasibility Study of Brief Motivational Interventions to Increase Motorcycle Helmet Use in the Emergency Department
UEMF Small Projects Grant (PI: Ranney) 3/09 – 12/09
Role: Principal Investigator
Determinants of Youth Motorcycle Helmet Use in Rhode Island
American Public Health Association (PI: Ranney) 9/08 – 8/09
Role: Principal Investigator
Brief Motivational Interventions to Increase Motorcycle Helmet Use in the Emergency Department
NIH Loan Repayment Program (PI: Ranney) 9/08 – 8/10
Role: Principal Investigator
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MPH | Brown University |
| 2004 | MD | Columbia University |
| 1997 | AB | Harvard University |
Rhode Island Woman of the Year - GoLocalProv, 2021
Outstanding Leadership in Healthcare, awarded by U.S. Representative David Cicilline - 2020
Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow - 2019
ACEP Policy Pioneer Award - 2019
Rhode Island Medical Women of the Year Award - 2019
Bruce Selye Research Award, Lifespan Health System - 2018
Spokesperson of the Year, American College of Emergency Physicians - 2018
Physician CARES Award, The Miriam Hospital - 2018
Outstanding Investigator Award, University Emergency Medicine Foundation - 2017
Technology Innovation Award, University Emergency Medicine Foundation - 2016
Providence Business News "Forty Under Forty" - 2015
RI Bioscience Award, Tech Collective - 2014
Faculty Research Award, Department of Emergency Medicine - 2014
Outstanding Physician Award, Department of Emergency Medicine - 2014
Editor, Annals of Emergency Medicine - 2013-present
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians - 2011
Loan Repayment Award for Clinical Research, National Institutes for Health - 2008-2013
Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award - June 2010
Haffenreffer Award - June 2008
Gregory D. Jay Resident Research Award -June 2008
Daniel L. Savitt Resident Teaching Award - June 2008
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Beaudoin, Francesca | Academic Dean of School of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Research) |
| Chen, Elizabeth | Interim Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Choo, Esther | Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Clark, Melissa | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Guthrie, Kate | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Huang, Jeff | Associate Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science |
| Jennings, Ernestine | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Linakis, James | Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine |
| Marshall, Brandon | Chair of Epidemiology, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Mello, Michael | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Nugent, Nicole | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics |
| Riese, Alison | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Medical Science |
| Rosen, Rochelle | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Samuels, Elizabeth | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
| Sarkar, Neil | Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Strong, David | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Turcotte-Benedict, Frances | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Yen, Shirley | Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Zlotnick, Caron | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Medicine |
Selected leadership roles include:
Aspen Global Leadership Network, 2019-present.
AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute (previously the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine), co-founder.
* Chief Research Officer, 2018-2021
* Senior Strategic Advisor, 2021-present
GetUsPPE, Co-founder and president of the Board, 2020-present.
HIMSS, mHealth Physician Task Force, appointed member, 2014-2017
Institute of Medicine, Digital Learning Collaborative, appointed member, 2014-2016.
Society for the Advancement of Violence & Injury Research (SAVIR), Advocacy Committee, 2010-2015.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), Board of Directors, 2017-2020.
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Sub-Committee Chair, Public Health and Injury Prevention Committee, 2016-present;
Chair, Trauma and Injury Prevention Section, 2012-2014.
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Editor, 2013-2021.
| M.D. | - |
Pre-Clinical Elective on Digital Health, Alpert Medical School. Faculty Director, 2016-2018.
Injury as a Public Health Problem (PHP 2170). Course Director, 2012-2015.
Independent Study (BIOL 1970). Instructor/mentor, 2009-present.
Community Health Rotation, research mentor: 2008-2015.
