Doctorally Prepared Nurses
Patty Martin Arcari, PhD, RN, CNS
Director of the Calm Mother, Happy Child Program
Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine
Tel. 617 732-9751 Email: Pmarcari@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Mindfulness Meditation, Parenting, and Nursing Staff support.
Paul Arnstein, RN, C; PhD; APRN-BC; FNP-C
Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Relief
Patient Care Services; W-646
Tel. 617 724-8517 E-mail: pmarnstein@partners.org
Areas of interest: Pain management
Anne-Marie Barron, PhD, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hematology-Oncology/BMT, Ellison 14
Tel: 617 724-5410 E-mail: ambarron@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Psychosocial and spiritual aspects of nursing practice, meaning and illness and the understanding and alleviation of suffering; therapeutic touch; end of life concerns
Virginia Capasso, PhD, APRN, BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wound Care Program
The Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development
Co-Director, MGH Wound Care Center
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Tel: 617 726-3836 E-mail: vcapasso@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Cutaneous wound healing; measurement of wound size and pro-healing milieu; pain management lived experience of topical wound therapy; care of patients with peripheral vascular disease undergoing vascular surgical and interventional radiology procedures
Diane L. Carroll, PhD, APRN, BC, FAHA
Yvonne L. Munn Nurse Researcher
The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Tel: 617 724-4934 E-mail: dcarroll3@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Human responses to cardiovascular illness and treatment; quality of life; alternative therapies; nursing interventions; electronic nursing documentation
Amanda Bulette Coakley, PhD, RN
Staff Specialist
Nurse Scientist
Tel: 617 726-5334 E-mail: abcoakley@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Therapeutic touch; complimentary modalities; patient responses to surgery, pet therapy, documentation and clinical judgment
Patricia Dykes, PhD, RN
Senior Nurse Informatician
Information Systems
Tel. 781 416-9258 E-mail: Pdykes@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Emerging technologies and infomatics tools for interactive health communication; evidence-based practice; patient education
Jane Flanagan, PhD, APRN
General Clinical Research Center
Tel: 617 726-3294 E-mail: Jflanagan@partners.org
Area of Interest:
Joan Gallagher, EdD, RNCS-ANP, AOCN
Tel: E-mail: jgallagher@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Oncology; implant/iodine therapy; sexuality; chemotherapy; wound and skin care; venous access devices; quality of life and system management
Alice A. Gervasini, PhD, RN
Trauma Program Nurse Manager
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Tel: 617 726-8916 E-mail: agervasini@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Trauma; critical care; epidemiology; immuno-supression; systems development; pre-hospital management
Christina M. Graf, PhD, RN
Tel: 617 724-7677 E-mail: cgraf@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Administrative and financial management; health policy; nursing workforce
Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN
Senior Nurse Scientist
The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Professor of Nursing, Boston College
Tel: 617 724-9340 E-mail: djones@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Primary care; language development and informatics; clinical reasoning; instrument development (FHPAST); patient responses to ambulatory surgery; theory development (Rogers, Newman); innovative practice model development and evaluation research
Susan M. Lee, PhD, RN
Associate Nurse Scientist
The Institute for Patient Care
Tel: 617-724-3534 E-mail: slee40@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Transformation in nurse/patient dyads; quality nursing outcomes; professional practice environment; evaluation research.
Ellen K. Mahoney, DNSc, RN, FGSA
Senior Nurse Scientist
The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Professor of Nursing, Boston College
Tel: 617 726-3111 E-mail: EKMahoney@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Care of older adults; coping with chronic illness; caregiver preparedness; symptom management; quality of life & quality of care for persons with Alzheimer's disease; intervention research; mentoring nurse researchers
Victoria J. Morrison, PhD, RN, CIC
Staff Nurse White 11
Assistant Professor, Salem State College
Tel: 617 726-3348 E-mail: Vmorrison@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Infection control and epidemiology; emergency preparedness; qualitative research; smallpox preparedness; health policy
Donna Perry, PhD, RN
Associate Nurse Scientist
The Institute for Patient Care
Founders House 320
Tel: 617 724-0340 E-mail: djperry@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Areas of Interest: Transcendent pluralism; intercultural relations; peace building; global health; Lonergan studies; health disparities
Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN
Nurse Manager
Endoscopy Unit/Blake 4
Tel: 617 726-8955 E-mail: apeterslewis@partners.org
Areas of Interest:
Laurel E. Radwin,RN, PhD
Yvonne L. Munn Nurse Researcher
Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Tel. 617 726-1018; E-mail: Lradwin@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Quality of Care, Patient-Centered Nursing Interventions, Desired Health Outcomes, Clinical Expertise, Health Services Research, Grounded Theory, Instrument Development, Quality Health Outcomes Model
Barbara Roberge, PhD, APRN, BC Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Coordinator, Geriatric Nursing
Massachusetts General Hospital Senior Health Practice
Adjunct Faculty, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Nurse Scientist Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Tel: 617 726-4611 E-mail: broberge@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Nurse Sensitive Outcomes of Care and Predicting Risk for Older Hospitalized Adults, Medicare Health Policy, Impacting Nursing Care of Older Adults During Transitions, Continuum of Care Issues
Ellen Robinson, PhD, RN
The Institute for Patient Care, Patient Care Services
Tel: 617 724-1765 E-mail: erobinson@partners.org
Areas of Interest: bioethics; qualitative research; end of life treatment; empirical and ethical considerations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation as life-sustaining treatment; surrogate decision making, advance care planning.
Lynda-Tyer Viola, PhD, RNC OB Clinical Nurse Specialist/Blake 14
Tel: 617 724-3608 E-mail: ltyerviola@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Co-morbid disease in pregnancy; HIV positive mothers; factors that affect maternal mortality in Africa
Doctoral Candidates
Clara Gona, PhD(c), RN, NP
Tel: 617 726-9720 E-mail: cgona1@partners.org
Area of interest: Women living with HIV
Karen Hopcia, Sc.D(c), APRN, BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
White 13, General Clinical Research Center
Tel: 617 724-1610 E-mail: khopcia@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Nurses working conditions; policy implications and outcomes for occupational injury; cost-effectiveness analysis
Sara E. Dolan Looby, PhD(c), RN, ANP
Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner
Program in Nutritional Metabolism
Ph: 617 726-1423 E-mail: slooby@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Metabolic complications in HIV-infected women, specifically bone density and cardiovascular risk; lifestyle intervention among HIV-infected women; predictors of adherence among HIV-infected women; health promotion and education for HIV-infected women
Mary Indeglia Norato, PhD(c), RN
Nurse Practitioner
Women’s Health/Blake 10
Tel: 617 724-6700 E-mail: mnoratoindeglia@partners.org
Areas of Interest: The role, value, and future of advanced practice nursing in the primary care setting; how APNs and patients express this role and relate to each other in PC; whether the presence (or lack of) the feeling of “being known” by the APN in PC influences health-related behaviors; the role of caring in PC and its relation to time available in the patient encounter; collaborative PC practice models
Deb Mulloy, PhD(c), RN
Office of Quality and Safety
Tel: 617 726-0167 E-mail: Dmulloy1@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Patient safety; policy
Laura Rossi RN, DSc(c), CS
Staff Specialist
Office for Quality and Safety
Tel: 617 726-8310 E-mail:lrossi@partners.org
Areas of interest: Recovery from a coronary event, patient and family education, care redesign and organizational culture
Jackie Somerville, PhD(c), RN
Associate Chief Nurse
Nursing Administration/Founders House 1
Tel: 617 724-6317 E-mail: jsomerville@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Patient’s perceptions of being “known” by nurses and exploring if a relationship exists between this perception and patient outcomes
Kathleen Walsh,PhD(c), RN, CEN
Case Manager
Case Management/Founders 7
Tel: 617 726-3666 E-mail: kwalsp@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Emergency nursing; nurse presence
Deborah Washington, PhD(c), RN
Director of Diversity
Patient Care Services/White 7
Tel: 617 724-7469 E-mail: dwashington1@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Effect of race/ethnicity on clinical decision making.
Nurses In a Doctoral Program
Lillian Ananian, RN, MSN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Medical ICU
Tel: 617 726-2307 E-mail: Lananian@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Nursing attitudes and beliefs about morbidly obese acutely ill patients; ethics
Kim Francis, MSN, APRN-BC
Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
Ellison 13 & Blake 13
Tel. 617 726-0328 E-mail: Kfrancis2@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Neonatal pain scale that is user friendly; Parent's perceptions of the NICU; Nurse’s perceptions of the most valuable pain cues in infants
Brian French, RN, C, MS
Professional Development and Education Manager
The Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development
FND 320D
Tel. 617 724-7843 E-mail: Bfrench@partners.org
Areas of interest: Clinical decision making, nursing education, clinical simulation
Catherine Griffith, APRN-BC; CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery; Blake 8/ Ellison 8
Tel. 617 724-3886 E-mail: Cgriffith@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Methods for Diffusion of Innovation related to the unity of knowledge in evidence based practice; Barriers to patient learning after cardiac surgery
Ruthann Rockwell Looper, RN, MSN, APRN-BC
Staff Nurse
Endoscopy
Tel: 617 726 3732 E-mail: rrockwell@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Family adaptation to military induced separation (deployments of career and reserve soldiers); Child mental health in military families; Child mental health in families of divorce
Donna Slicis, APRN, BC
Staff Nurse
PreAdmission Clinic
Tel: 617 724-1668 E-mail: dslicis@partners.org
Areas of Interest: Family care giving strain; literacy issues; advanced care planning and partnering with patients in health coaching
Margaret Doyle Settle, RNC, MS
Nurse Manager
Newborn Family Unit/ELL 13
Tel: 617 726-9340 E-mail: msettle@partners.org
Mary Sullivan
GCRC
Tel: E-mail: Msullivan4@partners.org
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