Connell School of Nursing

Catherine Yetter Read, PhD, RN

associate dean, undergraduate programs
associate professor

Catherine Yetter Read

Office

Cushing Hall 202 G
617-552-6418
readca@bc.edu



educational history

  • PhD - University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • MSN - Salem State College
  • MS - University of Illinois, Urbana
  • BSN - University of Illinois, Chicago


selected publications

  • Underwood, P.C., & Read, C.Y. (in press). Genetic association studies in nursing practice and scholarship. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
  • Read, C.Y., Green, R.C., & Smyer, M.A. (Eds.). (2008). Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Read, C.Y., Roberts, J.S., Linnenbringer, E. & Green, R.C. (2008). Genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease: The REVEAL Study. In C.Y. Read, R. C. Green, & M. A. Smyer (Eds.), Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Read, C.Y., Perry, D.J. & Duffy, M.E. (2005). Design and psychometric evaluation of the Psychological Adaptation to Genetic Information Scale, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 37(3), 203-208.
  • Read, C.Y. (2005, June). Members Participate in “Aging, Genetic Technology, & the Future” Conference.” Massachusetts Report on Nursing, 3(2), 19.
  • Read, C.Y., Dylis, A.M., Mott, S.R, & Fairchild, N. (2004). Promoting integration of genetics core competencies into entry-level nursing curricula. Journal of Nursing Education, 43 (8), 376-380.
  • Read, C.Y. (2004). Using the Impact of Event Scale to evaluate the psychological response to being a phenylketonuria gene carrier. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 13(3), 207-219.
  • Read, C.Y. (2004). Conducting a client-focused survey using email. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 22(2), 83-89.
  • Read, C. Y,. & Charbonneau, R. M. (2004). Phenylketonuria. In P.L. Jackson Allen & J.A. Vessey (Eds.), Primary care of the child with a chronic condition (4th ed., pp. 667-681). St. Louis: C.V. Mosby.
  • Waisbren, S.E., Rones, M., Read, C.Y., Marsden, D., & Levy, H. L. (2004). Brief report: Predictors of parenting stress among parents of children with biochemical genetic disorders. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29(7), 565-570.
  • Read, C. Y. (2003). The demands of biochemical genetic disorders: A survey of mothers of children with mitochondrial disease or phenylketonuria. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 18(3), 181-186.
  • Waisbren, S. E., Read, C. Y., Ampola, M., Brewster, T., et al. (2002). Newborn screening compared to clinical identification of biochemical genetic disorders. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 25, 599-600.
  • Read, C. Y. (2002). Pharmacogenomics: An evolving paradigm for drug therapy. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 11(3), 122-124.
  • Read, C. Y. (2002). Reproductive decisions of parents of children with metabolic disorders. Clinical Genetics, 61(4), 268-276.


international presentations

  • Genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease: Impact on health behaviors.  17th annual ISONG (International Society of Nurses in Genetics) Conference, Toronto, Ontario. 2004.


Catherine Read, PhD, RN is Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program and Associate Professor of Adult Health at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Her research interests include health promotion and psychological adaptation in persons with or at risk for genetic disease, and genetics in nursing education. She teaches pathophysiology and topics in genetics.

Dr. Read is a Senior Scientist at the Center for Nursing Excellence (www.brighamandwomens.org/cne) at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is active in ISONG (International Society of Nurses in Genetics, (www.isong.org), and a member of the Board of Health in Burlington, MA (www.burlington.org/clerk/BOH/boh.htm).

research interests

Health promotion and psychological adaptation in persons with or at risk for genetic disease; genetics in nursing education; genetic counseling as a nursing intervention


appointments & awards

  • Leadership for Academic Nursing Program fellow, AACN, 2006.
  • Francis Cabot Lowell Young Alumni Award for Health Professions, UMass Lowell, 2002.
  • Journal Review Board:
    - MEDSURG Nursing: the Journal of Adult Health
    - Clinical Nurse Specialist
    - Western Journal of Nursing Research