RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health promotion and psychological adaptation in persons with or at risk for genetic disease; genetics in nursing education; excellence and diversity in baccalaureate nursing education

BIOGRAPHY
Catherine Read, Ph.D., RN is associate dean of the undergraduate program, associate professor of adult health, and director of the "Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing" program at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College.

Dr. Read is a senior scientist at the Center for Nursing Excellence (www.brighamandwomens.org/cne) at Brigham and Women's Hospital and is active in ISONG (International Society of Nurses in Genetics, (www.isong.org).

SELECTED APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

• 2010 - present - Editorial Review Board, Genetics/Genomics Competency Center, National Human Genome Research Institute
• 2010 - Founders Award for Excellence in Genetic Nursing Education, International Society of Nurses in Genetics
• 2010 - Award of Distinguished Service, Burlington, MA, Board of Health
• 2010 - Connell School of Nursing Innovations Award, Boston College CSON
• 2006 - Leadership for Academic Nursing Program fellow, AACN

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Read, C., Vessey, J. A., Amar, A., Cullinan, D. M. (accepted). The challenges of inclusivity in baccalaureate nursing programs. To appear in Journal of Nursing Education.
• Read, C. (2011). Semester abroad opportunities in baccalaureate nursing programs. Journal of Professional Nursing, 27(4).
• Lea, D. H., Skirton, H., Read, C., Williams, J. K. (2011). Implications for Educating the Next Generation of Nurses on Genetics and Genomics in the 21st Century. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(1), 3-12.
• Underwood, P.C., & Read, C.Y. (2008). Genetic association studies in nursing practice and scholarship. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 37 (3), 203-208.
  
• Read, C.Y., Green, R.C., & Smyer, M.A. (Eds.). (2008). Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  

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