Scarlett Bellamy
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Scarlett Bellamy, ScD

Chair and Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2222
bellamys@bu.edu
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Biography

Scarlett Bellamy will join the SPH community as Chair and Professor of Biostatistics on July 1st, 2023. Prior to her arrival at BU she was a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Before joining Drexel University in 2016, Bellamy spent 15 years at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Perelman School of Medicine, where she was a professor of biostatistics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Hampton University, and completed her doctoral training in biostatistics at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Much of Bellamy’s research centers on evaluating the efficacy of interventions in longitudinal behavioral modification trials, including cluster- and group-randomized trials. She is particularly interested in applying this methodology to address health disparities for a variety of clinical and behavioral outcomes, including HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, and health-promoting behaviors.

Bellamy previously served as the co-principal investigator of the Data Coordinating Center for the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program at UPenn, which aimed to improve respiratory outcomes during the first year of life after preterm birth. She was also PI of the Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop at the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society (ENAR). This federally funded initiative aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in graduate training and professional careers in biostatistics.

In 2016, Bellamy was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). The designation has been an honor for nearly 100 years, and under ASA bylaws, only one-third of one percent of the total association membership may be elected as fellows each year.

In 2017, Bellamy served as the president of ENAR. She also currently serves as a statistical collaborator for the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Education

  • Harvard University, ScD Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Hampton University, BA Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Harvard University, SM/ScM Field of Study: Biostatistics

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Publications

  • Published on 3/17/2025

    Roth AM, Bartholomew TS, Ward KM, Groves A, Mazzella S, Bellamy S, Amico KR, Carrico AW, Ironson G, Krakower D. Preferential Initiation of Long-Acting Injectable Versus Oral HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Women Who Inject Drugs. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 17; 80(3):621-625. PMID: 39347705.

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  • Published on 9/27/2024

    Shangani S, Winter MR, Shea M, Kim TW, So-Armah K, Magane KM, Bellamy SL, Saitz R, Stein MD. Social Vulnerability and Mental Health Among People with HIV and Substance Use: The Role of Race. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 28(12):4094-4105. PMID: 39327395.

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  • Published on 11/1/2023

    Kim S, Jemmott LS, Icard L, Teitelman AM, Kelly TA, O'Leary A, Ngwane Z, Bellamy S, Jemmott JB. Long-term mediation of a sexual risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents. Health Psychol. 2023 Nov; 42(11):810-821. PMID: 37883037.

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  • Published on 8/1/2023

    Chhatre S, Hoffmire CA, Bellamy SL, Agha AZ, Dichter ME. Relationship between Veterans Crisis Line risk rating and subsequent suicidal self-directed violence among veteran callers: A gender comparison. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2023 Oct; 53(5):739-747. PMID: 37526407.

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  • Published on 2/8/2023

    Musicus AA, Gibson LA, Bellamy SL, Orr JA, Hammond D, Glanz K, Volpp KG, Schwartz MB, Bleakley A, Strasser AA, Roberto CA. Effects of Sugary Beverage Text and Pictorial Warnings: A Randomized Trial. Am J Prev Med. 2023 May; 64(5):716-727. PMID: 36764835.

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  • Published on 8/3/2022

    Rivera-González AC, Roby DH, Stimpson JP, Bustamante AV, Purtle J, Bellamy SL, Ortega AN. The impact of Medicaid funding structures on inequities in health care access for Latinos in New York, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Health Serv Res. 2022 Dec; 57 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):172-182. PMID: 35861151.

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  • Published on 5/23/2022

    Dichter ME, Chhatre S, Hoffmire C, Bellamy S, Montgomery AE, McCoy I. Variation in call volume to the Veterans Crisis Line by women and men veterans prior to and following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Jul; 151:561-563. PMID: 35636032.

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  • Published on 1/5/2022

    Kutney-Lee A, Bellamy SL, Ersek M, Medvedeva EL, Smith D, Thorpe JM, Brooks Carthon JM. Care processes and racial/ethnic differences in family reports of end-of-life care among Veterans: A mediation analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Apr; 70(4):1095-1105. PMID: 34985133.

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  • Published on 12/15/2021

    Dichter ME, Krishnamurti LS, Chhatre S, Hoffmire CA, Monteith LL, Bellamy SL, Iverson KM, Montgomery AE, Agha A, McCoy I. Gender differences in veterans' use of the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL): Findings from VCL call data. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2022 Jan-Feb; 74:65-70. PMID: 34923376.

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  • Published on 10/25/2021

    Tran NK, Van Der Pol B, Shrestha R, Bazzi AR, Bellamy SL, Sherman SG, Roth AM. Limited Risk Compensation Among Women Who Inject Drugs: Results From the Project Sexual Health Equity Preexposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Study in Philadelphia. Sex Transm Dis. 2022 May 01; 49(5):e64-e66. PMID: 34694276.

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