Expert practitioners, respected researchers, committed mentors.
Expert practitioners, respected researchers, committed mentors.
Expert practitioners, respected researchers, committed mentors.
Faculty & Research
Our faculty members are renowned scientists, expert clinicians, and engaged community members who remain firmly committed to developing new research, advancing practice, and mentoring the next generation of nurse clinicians and scientists—all for the betterment of humanity.
Our Research & Clinical Strengths
Health Equity for Women & Children
Health Equity for Women & Children includes:
- maternal-child health
- neonatology
- women’s health
- inequities in access
- health outcomes
Person- & Family-Oriented Aging
Major areas of science under this pillar of innovation include:
- aging and gerontology
- self-management of acute and chronic illness
- patient and care partner dyads and caregiving
- culturally tailored interventions to prevent illness
- palliative care
Safety & Quality of Care
Areas of emphasis under this pillar include:
- patient safety, health services research
- workforce development
- outcomes related to quality of nursing care
- healthcare decision-making
- ethics
- realigning health care to match patient values
News Features
Health System Strengthening to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
Diana Bowser & Priya Agarwal-Harding
Findings will inform the health coverage integration and service provision for Venezuelan migrants in Colombia as well as countries grappling with providing services to similar migrant populations around the world.
A lifecourse approach to women's mental health: from fertility to perimenopause
Melissa Pérez Capotosto
A three-part manuscript series.
Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth as they Transition to Adulthood
Diana Bowser
This project is part of a 5-year NIH funded projected Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiatives, which includes the 10 projects that are part of the HEAL Prevention Cooperative (HPC), focused on preventing opioid initiation and escalation among youth and young adults in a variety of settings.
Role of the Human Milk Microbiome on Nutrient Accretion and Brain Development in Preterm Infants
Katherine E. Gregory
Dr. Gregory works extensively with interdisciplinary collaborators, and has completed both human subjects and animal model research, with the goal of discovery at the intersection of nutrition, gut health, and immune mediated outcomes during pregnancy and early childhood.
Taking Care of Us: A Dyadic Intervention for Heart Failure
MPIs: Karen S. Lyons/Christopher S. Lee NIA/NIH, R21, R21AG068715
Our pilot study is comparing two supportive programs for couples living with heart failure—a novel, couple-based, relational program, Taking Care of Us, and a standard educational program, SUPPORT. Each program is delivered by zoom and takes place over approximately two months. The overall goal of the study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of the Taking Care of Us program and its preliminary efficacy on how couples manage heart failure and the physical, mental, and relational health of the couple.
Heart Failure, Symptoms, Activity, and Response (HF STARS)
This program of research is focused on the measurement of biobehavioral factors underpinning the perception and response to symptoms among patients with heart failure. The Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale v.3 (HFSPS) was developed, psychometrically tested, and translated into several languages. The interplay of physiological (e.g. biomarkers, metabolites, heart rate variability), psychological (e.g. depression, anxiety), and clinical factors are being explored in addition to self-report of symptoms using the HFSPS. To support judicious use of health care resources, the purpose of this research is to identify which patients require more intensive medical oversight versus interventions targeting self-care skill.
Individualized CARE for Older Persons With Complex Chronic Conditions in Home Care and Nursing Homes (I-CARE4OLD)
The overall objective of the I-CARE4OLD project is to develop high quality decision support for better prognostication of health trajectories, including treatment impact, in older care recipients with complex chronic conditions using linked real world data.
Project Details
Aging Brain Center Team, Hebrew SeniorLife
Dr. Tabloski’s work focuses on the epidemiology and treatment of various threats to quality of life and function in older adults. This work has involved elucidating risk factors for poor outcomes, the development and testing of non-pharmacologic interventions to improve outcomes, and meta-analyses to determine the impact of specific nursing interventions.
South Boston Community Health Center
Alison Marshall
2005–Present
The South Boston Community Health Center is a federally funded community health center that has served the needs of the South Boston community since 1972. The Health Center's mission is to provide high-quality, accessible health care to any person, regardless of status or ability to pay.
A World-Class Education
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Faculty Excellence
When a nurse or physician asks for permission before examining a sexual assault victim—giving an abused woman back a modicum of control over her body—it is largely because of Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess, whose body of work includes being a consultant for the FBI.
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Clinical Placements
The Connell School maintains partnerships with more than 85 clinical partners—from large hospitals to community health centers—and has a personalized process for pairing students with preceptors who share their interests and experience.
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Our Spaces
Tour our state-of-the-art classrooms and study spaces, as well as the simulation labs and exam rooms where students in all programs learn from hands-on experiences.
CSON faculty are passionate about improving health globally through educating the next generation of nurses. They are dedicated to providing first-rate, individual attention to each student and producing the science that nurses will need to transform health care.
Connell School Faculty Facts & Figures
54
Full-time faculty
11
Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellows
2
Named American Academy of Nursing Living Legends
4
Inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Meet Our Faculty
Learn from scholars committed to the highest standards of teaching, research, and the pursuit of a more just society.
Expert Clinicians
Seventy-two percent of our full-time faculty are active in nursing practice, working in locations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston Children's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, and St. Francis House Boston.