Rachel Pozzar, PhD, RN, FNP-BC in

Rachel Pozzar, PhD, RN, FNP-BC

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Associate Professor of Nursing at Northeastern University
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Rachel Pozzar is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University and a Nurse Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her research focuses on developing digital health interventions to improve patient-centered cancer care, communication, and symptom science. Colleagues describe her work as thorough, thoughtful, and impeccable, and she is a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Associate Professor of Nursing
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Digital Health Interventions
Her research is focused on creating and testing scalable digital health tools, such as the Collaborative Agenda-Setting Intervention (CASI), to improve cancer care and patient communication.
Patient-Centered Care
A core theme of her work is promoting high-quality, patient-centered cancer care, with a focus on patient-reported outcomes and shared decision-making.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Associate Professor of Nursing
Northeastern University
11-2024
Associate Director, Bioinformatics & Technology Core
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
7-2021
Nurse Scientist
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
7-2021 - 8-2025
Instructor In Medicine
Harvard Medical School
7-2019 - 7-2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Media appearances

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Rachel Pozzar, PhD, RN (Interview). Featured in YouTube
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Rachel Pozzar, PhD, RN on BOLSTER trial | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2015 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Northeastern University
2009 - 2012
Master of Science (M.S.)
Boston College
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