In addition, she continues to maintain her clinical competence as a Nurse Practitioner working in the Urgent Care department at the hospital. She recently served as the co-director of the Northeast Regional VA Nursing Alliance (NERVANA) a unique consortium between the Boston and Bedford VA hospitals and six academic institutions.

Her background is diversified and includes clinical expertise in a wide variety of clinical settings. She is a seasoned academic who continues to teach both graduate and undergraduate nursing courses. Her research expertise focus areas includes: health promotion, post partum depression and Complementary and Alternative/Integrative health therapies and more recently, Traumatic Brain Injury(TBI).

Dr. St. Pierre has served on the local chapter boards of SigmaTheta Tau, International in both Florida and Boston. She is the current President of the Alpha Chi chapter at Boston College. Dr. St. Pierre has published in peer reviewed journals and has also written book chapters on health promotion, complementary therapies and wellness for nursing texts. Dr. St. Pierre has been a strong advocate for advancing the role of the nurses and nurse practitioners in many ways and has received many awards and recognition for her work and professional commitment. She was honored with the "New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner of the Year" award in 2001 and in 2008, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She was recently inducted as a distinguished practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in 2011. Dr. St. Pierre received her Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Northeastern University, her Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in Nursing from Boston College. Feel free to contact Dr. St. Pierre at saintlydoc@aol.com.