Christine Gunn
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Christine Marie Gunn, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 414-1993
cgunn@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Gunn completed her PhD in Health Services Research in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Women's Health Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She holds a secondary appointment at the Boston University School of Public Health in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management.

Dr. Gunn is a health services researcher focused on risk communication, decision-making, and the utilization of evidence-based care. She has conducted an array of research on how patients and providers negotiate the experience of being at risk for cancer and its impact on the utilization of health services. She is particularly interested studying how health literacy impacts health decision-making and behaviors. Dr. Gunn has extensive experience in qualitative research methods, surveys, and mixed methods approaches to studying risk and prevention behaviors.

Dr. Gunn has received funding from AcademyHealth through the New Investigator Small Grant Program to examine women’s perceptions of the Massachusetts breast density notification legislation and its influence on their intentions for future screening. She is the recipient of a K07 career development award from the National Cancer Institute. This award uses community-engaged methods to develop and test a breast cancer screening decision aid in partnership with women with low health literacy. She is also conducting work through the BU-BMC Cancer Center American Cancer Society pilot program that aims to develop patient education to help women understand breast density and has a CTSI pilot award expanding her risk communication work to explore gender and age based differences in risk communication about fentanyl use.

Areas of Interest:
Cancer, Decision-making, Risk communication, Screening and prevention, Breast density, Health services research, health literacy, health disparities

Other Positions

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center - Boston University
  • Member, Center for Excellence in Women’s Health - Boston University
  • Faculty, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Health Services Research
  • University of Western Ontario, MA Field of Study: Kinesiology
  • University of Western Ontario, BSc Field of Study: Health Science

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 2/17/2026

    Loo SS, Ogden SN, Ospina J, Khemraj UD, Cole MB, Gunn CM, Buitron de la Vega P, Clark JA. Experiences of Social Risk Screening in the Safety-Net Among Patients with Mental Health Needs. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Feb 17. PMID: 41703381.

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  • Published on 2/13/2026

    Iuliano K, Papas S, Greco KJ, Adachi-Mejia AM, Knutzen K, Sykes C, Dionne AR, Purvis L, Romano ME, Gunn CM, Rees JR. A qualitative study exploring barriers and motivators influencing home radon testing decisions and behaviors. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 13; 16(1). PMID: 41688679.

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  • Published on 12/27/2025

    St Angelo M, Romano ME, Gallagher L, Gunn CM. Supporting informed decisions about breast cancer screening in communities with known environmental contamination: a pre-post study. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Dec 27; 37(1):11. PMID: 41455034.

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  • Published on 11/20/2025

    Bagley SM, Maschke AD, Harris MTH, Walley AY, Johnson S, Hurstak E, Farley J, Keller SG, McMahan VM, Barrett C, Coffin PO, Gunn CM. A qualitative study exploring motivations for participating in research among women who use opioids. PLoS One. 2025; 20(11):e0336061. PMID: 41264582.

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  • Published on 11/11/2025

    Aliberti GM, Wolfson EA, Gunn CM, Shah SJ, Schonberg MA. Reported Breast MRI Among U.S. Women Undergoing Screening Mammography: a National Cross-Sectional Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Nov 11. PMID: 41217637.

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  • Published on 10/27/2025

    St Angelo M, Stevens CJ, Beidler LB, Emond JA, Tosteson ANA, Gunn CM. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Affect-Based Feeling States Among Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study Guided by the Integrated Screening Action Model. Int J Behav Med. 2025 Oct 27. PMID: 41145781.

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  • Published on 10/21/2025

    Gunn CM, Boyer N, Sheikh S, Lee JM, Woloshin S, Specht JM, Hubbard RA, Bowles EJA, Su YR, Tosteson ANA. Patient and Physician Perspectives on Using Risk Prediction to Support Breast Cancer Surveillance Decision Making. Med Decis Making. 2026 Jan; 46(1):35-46. PMID: 41117001.

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  • Published on 8/20/2025

    Ma G, Scully MG, Luo J, Feng JH, Gunn CM, diFlorio-Alexander RM, Tosteson ANA, Kraft SA, Marrero WJ. Modeling the impact of social determinants on breast cancer screening: a data-driven approach. Front Med (Lausanne). 2025; 12:1644287. PMID: 40909461.

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  • Published on 3/25/2025

    Ash RW, Carpenter-Song E, Sosin AN, Moen EL, Gunn C. The role of place-based consciousness in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A survey analysis across rural and urban subgroups in the U.S. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May; 373:118019. PMID: 40179571.

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  • Published on 3/3/2025

    Beidler LB, Zayhowski K, Nahorniak M, Loo S, Gignac GA, Wang C, Gunn CM. Perceptions and Use of Germline Genetic Testing Among Patients With Prostate Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Oct; 21(10):1468-1474. PMID: 40030090.

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