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Ashley Longacre

Assistant Professor of the Practice

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Ashley (Holmes) Longacre, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor of the practice at the Connell School of Nursing and an epidemiologist. Much of her training focused on statistical and epidemiologic methods, including the measurement, analysis, and interpretation of dietary and cancer data. Her dissertation research suggested that inflammation may be an underlying mechanism through which diet may act to modulate the development of colorectal neoplasms. Dr. Longacre also worked with collaborators in Denmark to publish the first population-based descriptive data on colorectal cancer recurrence risk, which could be used to guide the type and extent of adjuvant therapy and follow-up plans in certain patient groups.

Most recently, she served as an epidemiologist within the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and JSI Research and Training Institute. At MDPH, she developed several data collection tools for substance addiction programs serving schools, at-risk youth, individuals receiving medications for opioid use disorder, and individuals in recovery. Dr. Longacre received her Ph.D. from Emory University, M.P.H. from George Washington University, and BA from Duke University.

Selected Publications

  • van de Water, B., Renning, K., Nyondo, A., Sonnie, M., Longacre, A. H., Ewing, H., … Mann, J. (2024). Development and Initiation of a Preceptor Program to Improve Midwifery and Nursing Clinical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. BMC Nursing, 23(1), 365.
  • van de Water, B., Longacre, A., Hotchkiss, J., Sonnie, M., Mann, J., & Lemor, E. (2024). Implementing the Organizational Readiness for Change (ORIC) Survey during a Novel Midwifery Preceptor Program in Sierra Leone: Stakeholder Results. BMC Health Services. Advance online publication.
  • van de Water, B., Renning, K., Nyondo, A., Longacre (Holmes), A.,Ìýet al. Development and initiation of a preceptor program to improve midwifery and nursing clinical education in sub-saharan Africa: protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Nursing, 23, 365 (2024). 
  • Yigletu, S., Tendulkar, S. A., Longacre (Holmes), A., Abdelmenan, S., Tadesse, A., Berhane, H. Y., & Kosinski, K. C. (2022). Key Correlates of Exclusive Breastfeeding at Three Timepoints: Evidence from Ethiopia. Reproductive, Female and Child Health.
  • Yigletu, S., Kosinski, K.C., Kuah, A., Alfaro, K.,ÌýHolmes, A.C., Tendulkar, S.A. (2021). Collaboration Toward One Collective Goal: A Mixed-Methods Study of Short-Term Learning Outcomes and Long-Term Impacts Among Students Participating in an Undergraduate Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Course. Front. Public Health.
  • Holmes, A.C., Riis, A.H., Erichsen, R., Fedirko, V,, Ostenfeld, E.B., ... Lash, T.L. (2017) Descriptive Characteristics of Colon and Rectal Cancer Recurrence in a Danish Population-Based Study. Acta Oncology 56(8), 1111-1119.

Selected Presentations

  • Longacre (Holmes), A. (2023, June 20). Integrating Nutrition and Health: The Role of Health Care Provider Education [Conference Presentation]. °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ Summit: Advancing Food Is Medicine Approaches, °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥, MA, United States.
  • Hotchkiss, J., Longacre (Holmes), A., Mann, J., Sonnie, M., Lemor, E., & van de Water, B. (2023, October 6). Using the Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change (ORIC) Survey for Two Schools of Midwifery in Sierra Leone to Predict Effectiveness of a Midwifery Preceptor Program. Sigma Region 15 Nursing Research Symposium, °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥, MA, United States.