Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin is an accomplished physician-scientist and public health leader. Trained as an emergency physician and clinical epidemiologist she is a national expert in addressing opioid use disorders and pain management. Her work partners with small businesses and state stakeholders to pioneer innovative solutions to key public health problems. She has called Brown home for nearly two decades, as an emergency physician, doctoral student, faculty member, department chair and academic dean.
Dr. Beaudoin has spent much of her career on the frontlines of the opioid crisis, advancing evidence-based and community-centered approaches to pain management, substance use and recovery. She was one of the first physicians in the nation to serve patients through a mobile drug recovery unit. Operated in partnership with CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, the mobile clinic delivers opioid use disorder treatment, medical care and counseling to individuals suffering from addiction in one of Rhode Island’s underserved communities.
Dr. Beaudoin has authored 190+ peer-reviewed articles, served as a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and she has served as a Senior Medical Advisor to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review providing expert review of time sensitive treatments such as gene therapies and GLP-1 medications for obesity. Dr. Beaudoin serves on the board of directors for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
As interim dean, Dr. Beaudoin leads the school’s strategy to advance its public health mission through education, research and policy translation. Prior to taking office as interim dean, Dr. Beaudoin served two years as academic dean and she has also served as chair of the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Beaudoin continues to practice as a physician, holding appointments at Brown University Health and CODAC Behavioral Healthcare.
| Francis AK, Beaudoin FL, Naidjate SS, Berard-Collins C, Zullo AR. "Comparing Treatment Response Between Older and Younger Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection on Direct-acting Antiviral Agents." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 5, 2020, pp. 35-40. |
| Naganathan S, Meehan-Coussee K, Pasichow S, Rybasack-Smith H, Binder W, Beaudoin F, Musits AN, Sutton E, Petrone G, Levine AC, Suner S. "From Concerts to COVID: Transforming the RI Convention Center into an Alternate Hospital Site in under a Month." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 6, 2020, pp. 8-13. |
| Goldberg EM, Marks SJ, Merchant RC, Nagy JL, Aquilante JA Jr, Beaudoin FL. "How Accurately Do Older Adult Emergency Department Patients Recall Their Medications?." Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020. |
| Scotina AD, Beaudoin FL, Gutman R. "Matching estimators for causal effects of multiple treatments." Statistical methods in medical research, vol. 29, no. 4, 2020, pp. 962280219850858. |
| 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. |
| Jacka B, Beaudoin F, Li Y, Nimaja E, Yedinak J, Samuels E, Marshall BDL. "Objective Outcome Measures in Randomized Clinical Trials of Interventions to Reduce Risk of Opioid Overdose Following Discharge From the Emergency Department: Utility of Administrative Data Linkage." Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2020. |
| Neylan TC, Kessler RC, Ressler KJ, Clifford G, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Zeng D, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Sheikh S, Storrow AB, Punches BE, Mohiuddin K, Gentile NT, McGrath ME, van Rooij SJH, Haran JP, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Pearson C, Sanchez LD, Rathlev NK, Peacock WF, Bruce SE, Joormann J, Barch DM, Pizzagalli DA, Sheridan JF, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Hwang I, Petukhova MV, Sampson NA, Koenen KC, McLean SA. "Prior sleep problems and adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS) of motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study." Sleep, 2020. |
| McLean SA, Ressler K, Koenen KC, Neylan T, Germine L, Jovanovic T, Clifford GD, Zeng D, An X, Linnstaedt S, Beaudoin F, House S, Bollen KA, Musey P, Hendry P, Jones CW, Lewandowski C, Swor R, Datner E, Mohiuddin K, Stevens JS, Storrow A, Kurz MC, McGrath ME, Fermann GJ, Hudak LA, Gentile N, Chang AM, Peak DA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Sergot P, Peacock WF, Diercks D, Sanchez LD, Rathlev N, Domeier R, Haran JP, Pearson C, Murty VP, Insel TR, Dagum P, Onnela JP, Bruce SE, Gaynes BN, Joormann J, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Buysse DJ, Pizzagalli DA, Rauch SL, Harte SE, Young LJ, Barch DM, Lebois LAM, van Rooij SJH, Luna B, Smoller JW, Dougherty RF, Pace TWW, Binder E, Sheridan JF, Elliott JM, Basu A, Fromer M, Parlikar T, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler R. "The AURORA Study: a longitudinal, multimodal library of brain biology and function after traumatic stress exposure." Molecular Psychiatry, vol. 25, no. 2, 2020, pp. 283-296. |
| Moretti, Katelyn, Marqués, Catalina González, Garbern, Stephanie, Mbanjumucyo, Gabin, Uwamahoro, Chantal, Beaudoin, Francesca L., Amanullah, Siraj, Gjelsvik, Annie, Aluisio, Adam R. "Transfusion, mortality and hemoglobin level: Associations among emergency department patients in Kigali, Rwanda." African Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 68-73. |
| Moretti, Katelyn, Marqués, Catalina González, Garbern, Stephanie, Mbanjumucyo, Gabin, Uwamahoro, Chantal, Beaudoin, Francesca L., Amanullah, Siraj, Gjelsvik, Annie, Aluisio, Adam R. "Transfusion, mortality and hemoglobin level: Associations among emergency department patients in Kigali, Rwanda." African Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 68-73. |
| Mauck MC, Linnstaedt SD, Bortsov A, Kurz M, Hendry PL, Lewandowski C, Velilla MA, Datner E, Pearson C, Domeier R, Fillingim RB, Beaudoin FL, Ting JP, McLean SA. "Vitamin D insufficiency increases risk of chronic pain among African Americans experiencing motor vehicle collision." PAIN, vol. 161, no. 2, 2020, pp. 274-280. |
| Bernstein MH, Magill M, Weiss AP, Kaptchuk TJ, Blease C, Kirsch I, Rich JD, Becker SJ, Mach S, Beaudoin FL. "Are Conditioned Open Placebos Feasible as an Adjunctive Treatment to Opioids? Results from a Single-Group Dose-Extender Pilot Study with Acute Pain Patients." Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, vol. 88, no. 6, 2019, pp. 380-382. |
| Lawrence AC, Burke C, Brister J, Ferrante D, Beaudoin FL. "Evaluating the Impact of Hospital Closure on Local Emergency Department Operations." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 5, 2019, pp. 37-42. |
| Goedel WC, Marshall BDL, Samuels EA, Brinkman MG, Dettor D, Langdon KJ, Mahoney LA, Merchant RC, Nizami T, O'Toole GA, Ramsey SE, Yedinak JL, Beaudoin FL. "Randomised clinical trial of an emergency department-based peer recovery support intervention to increase treatment uptake and reduce recurrent overdose among individuals at high risk for opioid overdose: study protocol for the navigator trial." BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 11, 2019, pp. e032052. |
| Bernstein MH, Beaudoin FL, Magill M. "Response to FDA Commissioner's statement on Dsuvia approval." Addiction, vol. 114, no. 4, 2019, pp. 757-758. |
| Strauss DH, Santhanam DR, McLean SA, Beaudoin FL. "Study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of duloxetine for the treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal pain: altering the transition from acute to chronic pain (ATTAC pain)." BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 3, 2019, pp. e025002. |
| Beaudoin FL. "Combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen is no different than low-dose opioid analgesic preparations in relieving short-term acute extremity pain." BMJ evidence-based medicine, 2018. |
| Madsen TE, McLean S, Zhai W, Linnstaedt S, Kurz MC, Swor R, Hendry P, Peak D, Lewandowski C, Pearson C, O'Neil B, Datner E, Lee D, Beaudoin F. "Gender Differences in Pain Experience and Treatment after Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Secondary Analysis of the CRASH Injury Study." Clinical Therapeutics, vol. 40, no. 2, 2018, pp. 204-213.e2. |
| Bernstein MH, Magill M, Beaudoin FL, Becker SJ, Rich JD. "Harnessing the placebo effect: a promising method for curbing the opioid crisis?." Addiction, vol. 113, no. 11, 2018, pp. 2144-2145. |
| Beaudoin FL, Rosellini AJ, Bortsov A, McLean SA. "Health care utilization following motor vehicle collision is poorly stratified by chronic pain risk: Lessons from the CRASH study." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018. |
| Michopoulos V, Maples-Keller J, Roger EI, Beaudoin FL, Sumner JA, Rothbaum BO, Hudak L, Gillespie CF, Kronish IM, McLean SA, Ressler KJ. "Nausea in the peri-traumatic period is associated with prospective risk for PTSD symptom development." Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. |
| Zullo AR, Zhang T, Beaudoin FL, Lee Y, McConeghy KW, Kiel DP, Daiello LA, Mor V, Berry SD. "Pain Treatments After Hip Fracture Among Older Nursing Home Residents." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 19, no. 2, 2018, pp. 174-176. |
| Beaudoin FL, Gutman R, Zhai W, Merchant RC, Clark MA, Bollen KA, Hendry P, Kurz MC, Lewandowski C, Pearson C, OʼNeil B, Datner E, Mitchell P, Domeier R, McLean SA. "Racial differences in presentations and predictors of acute pain after motor vehicle collision." PAIN, vol. 159, no. 6, 2018, pp. 1056-1063. |
| Beaudoin FL, Janicki A, Zhai W, Choo EK. "Trends in opioid prescribing before and after implementation of an emergency department opioid prescribing policy." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 36, no. 2, 2018, pp. 329-331. |
| Haran JP, Wilsterman E, Zeoli T, Beaudoin FL, Tjia J, Hibberd PL. "Elderly patients are at increased risk for treatment failure in outpatient management of purulent skin infections." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 35, no. 2, 2017, pp. 249-254. |
| "Opioid Prescribing by Emergency Physicians and Risk of Long-Term Use." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 376, no. 19, 2017, pp. 1895-1896. |
| Beaudoin FL, Rich JD. "Opioid Prescribing by Emergency Physicians and Risk of Long-Term Use." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 376, no. 19, 2017, pp. 1895-6. |
| Beaudoin FL, Gutman R, Merchant RC, Clark MA, Swor RA, Jones JS, Lee DC, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, McLean SA. "Persistent pain after motor vehicle collision: comparative effectiveness of opioids vs nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs prescribed from the emergency department-a propensity matched analysis." PAIN, vol. 158, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1. |
| Beaudoin FL, Merchant RC, Clark MA. "Prevalence and Detection of Prescription Opioid Misuse and Prescription Opioid Use Disorder Among Emergency Department Patients 50 Years of Age and Older: Performance of the Prescription Drug Use Questionnaire, Patient Version." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 24, no. 8, 2016, pp. 627-36. |
| Henderson AW, Beaudoin FL, Mello MJ, Baird J. "Prevalence of Sedating Medication Use Among Older Drivers Presenting in the Emergency Department." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 99, no. 1, 2016, pp. 15-9. |
| Beaudoin FL, Banerjee GN, Mello MJ. "State-level and system-level opioid prescribing policies: The impact on provider practices and overdose deaths, a systematic review." Journal of opioid management, vol. 12, no. 2, 2016, pp. 109-18. |
| Henderson AW, Babu KM, Merchant RC, Beaudoin FL. "Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Older Adult Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department Patients." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 98, no. 3, 2015, pp. 28-31. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Merchant, Roland C., Janicki, Adam, McKaig, Donald M., Babu, Kavita M. "Preventing Iatrogenic Overdose: A Review of In–Emergency Department Opioid-Related Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 65, no. 4, 2015, pp. 423-431. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Baird, Janette, Liu, Tao, Merchant, Roland C. "Sex Differences in Substance Use Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: Prevalence, Severity, and Need for Intervention." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1307-1315. |
| Choo EK, Beauchamp G, Beaudoin FL, Bernstein E, Bernstein J, Bernstein SL, Broderick KB, Cannon RD, D'Onofrio G, Greenberg MR, Hawk K, Hayes RB, Jacquet GA, Lippmann MJ, Rhodes KV, Watts SH, Boudreaux ED. "A research agenda for gender and substance use disorders in the emergency department." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1438-46. |
| Beaudoin, Francesca L., Lin, Charlie, Guan, Wentao, Merchant, Roland C. "Low-dose ketamine improves pain relief in patients receiving intravenous opioids for acute pain in the emergency department: results of a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 11, 2014, pp. 1193-202. |
| Swenson DW, Lourenco AP, Beaudoin FL, Grand DJ, Killelea AG, McGregor AJ. "Ovarian torsion: Case-control study comparing the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography and computed tomography for diagnosis in the emergency department." European Journal of Radiology, vol. 83, no. 4, 2014, pp. 733-8. |
| Beaudoin FL, Straube S, Lopez J, Mello MJ, Baird J. "Prescription opioid misuse among ED patients discharged with opioids." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 32, no. 6, 2014, pp. 580-5. |
| Beaudoin FL, Haran JP, Liebmann O. "A comparison of ultrasound-guided three-in-one femoral nerve block versus parenteral opioids alone for analgesia in emergency department patients with hip fractures: a randomized controlled trial." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 6, 2013, pp. 584-91. |
| Haran, John Patrick, Beaudoin, Francesca Lynn, Suner, Selim, Lu, Shan. "C-reactive protein as predictor of bacterial infection among patients with an influenza-like illness." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 31, no. 1, 2013, pp. 137-44. |
| Beaudoin FL, Merchant RC, Lincoln J, Gardiner F, Liebmann O, Cohn J. "Bedside ultrasonography detects significant femoral vessel overlap: implications for central venous cannulation." CJEM, vol. 13, no. 4, 2011, pp. 245-50. |
| Beaudoin FL, Valente JH. "Delayed post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography perforation presenting as scrotal subcutaneous emphysema." The Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 40, no. 1, 2011, pp. e15-7. |
| Leytin V, Beaudoin FL. "Reducing hip fractures in the elderly." Clinical interventions in aging, vol. 6, 2011, pp. 61-5. |
| Beaudoin FL, Nagdev A, Merchant RC, Becker BM. "Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks in elderly patients with hip fractures." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 28, no. 1, 2010, pp. 76-81. |
| Poissant SF, Beaudoin F, Huang J, Brodsky J, Lee DJ. "Impact of cochlear implantation on speech understanding, depression, and loneliness in the elderly." Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, vol. 37, no. 4, 2008, pp. 488-94. |
| Braun B, Sharoff C, Chipkin SR, Beaudoin F. "Effects of insulin resistance on substrate utilization during exercise in overweight women." Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 97, no. 3, 2004, pp. 991-7. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PhD | Brown University |
| 2006 | MD | University of Massachusetts |
| 2002 | MS | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 2000 | BS | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| PHP 1680K - Introduction to Conducting Clinical Research |
| PHP 2090A - Research Grant Writing for Public Health-Part A |
| PHP 2950 - Doctoral Seminar in Public Health |
