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Andrew A. Dwyer

Associate Professor

Profile

Dr. Dwyer is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with 20+ years of experience in endocrinology and translational research at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston and the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) in Switzerland. He is an associate professor of nursing at Boston College and investigator at the MGH-Harvard Center for Reproductive Medicine. His clinical focus is male reproductive endocrinology, rare disorders of growth/puberty, and transitional care. He has worked in interprofessional research teams, has authored/co-authored more than 100 articles and presents internationally. He holds leadership positions in several professional organizations, was inducted into the National Academies of Practice and the American Academy of Nursing, and serves on the Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Board. Dr. Dwyer is an NIH-funded researcher who utilizes patient engagement and digital solutions to develop person-centered approaches to care and overcome genomic health disparities.

Selected Grants

  • 1 P50 HD104224-01 NICHD “Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Center for Reproductive Medicine” 
  • 1 R03 TR003533-01 NCATS "Identifying predictors of reversal for congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism” 
  • Schiller Institute Grant for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship “Developing Culturally-Tailored Interventions to Overcome Genomic Health Disparities in Communities of Color”

Selected Appointments & Awards

  • Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council 
  • MGH - Harvard Center for Reproductive Medicine 
  • Munn Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital 
  • Visiting Professor, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) 
  • Faculty, RaDIZ Rare Diseases Summer School (Switzerland) 
  • Associate Editor, Human Reproduction

Professional Activities

  • Cochrane Collaboration - Member
  • Endocrine Nurses Society (ENS) - Research Committee Chair
  • European Society of Endocrinology - Past member Nurses Working Group
  • European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) - past Vice-chair, Nurses Working Group
  • Federation of International Nurses in Endocrinology (FINE) - Organizing Committee
  • Global Genomic Nursing Alliance (G2NA) - Steering Committee
  • HYPOHH Patient Group - Steering Committee
  • International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) - Global Membership Committee
  • Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society (PENS) - Research Chair
  • Sigma Theta Tau (Alphi Chi chapter) - Clinical Research Chair