Susan Kelly-Weeder, PhD, MS, RNCS, FNP
assistant professor - community health
Office
Cushing Hall 420
617-552-8018
kellywee@bc.edu
educational history
- PhD - Univerisity of Massachusetts, Lowell
- MS - University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- MS - Simmons College
publications
- Kelly-Weeder, S. (in press). Binge drinking in college-aged women. American Academy of Nurse Practitoners.
- Kelly-Weeder, S., & Cox, C.L. (2006). The impact of lifestyle risk
factors on female infertility. Women & Health, 44(4), 1-23.
- Kelly-Weeder, S. & O’Connor, A.(2006). Modifiable risk factors for impaired fertility in women. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 18(6), 268-276
Dr. Susan Kelly-Weeder is a family nurse practitioner and
an Assistant Professor in Nursing in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston
College. She has over twenty years of clinical and teaching experience in
nursing with a particular interest in family health issues. Dr. Kelly-Weeder
received her PhD in Nursing and Health Promotion from the University of
Massachusetts Lowell in 2004 where her dissertation examined risk factors
for infertility in women. Her current areas of research include predictors
of fertility impairment in African-American women, the psychosocial aspects
of an infertility diagnosis, and risk reduction strategies for women.
research interests
Women's experiences with infertility, women's health and health risk reduction in women, disordered eating, binge drinking in college aged women, disordered eating and alcohol use in college aged women.
appointments & awards
- 2007 Boston College Faculty Fellowship Award
- 2005 National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) New Researcher’s Award: Predictors of Impaired Fertility in African-American Women
- 2004 University of Massachusetts Lowell: Dean’s Award
