Melissa Sutherland, PhD, FNP-BC

Office

Cushing Hall 421
617-552-8814
melissa.sutherland.1@bc.edu

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

• PhD - University of Virginia
  
• MS - Binghamton University
• BSN - Binghamton University
  
• BS - Cornell University
  

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Laughon, K., Sutherland, M., & Parker, B. (In Press). A brief intervention for STI prevention among battered women shows promise. Public Health Nursing.
• Campbell, J.C., Glass, N., Sharps, P.W., Laughon, K., Yragui, N., & Sutherland, M.A. (In Press). Research on intimate partner violence and femicide, attempted femicide, and pregnancy associated femicide. Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly.
  
• Rhee, H., Hollen, P.J., Belyea, M.J., & Sutherland, M.A. (2008). Decision-making program for rural adolescents with asthma: A pilot study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 23(6), 439-50.
• Campbell, J.C., Glass, N., Sharps, P.W., Laughon, K., Yragui, N., & Sutherland, M.A. (2007). Research on intimate partner violence and femicide, attempted femicide, and pregnancy associated femicide. In K.A. Kendall-Tackett & S. Giacomoni (Eds.), Intimate partner violence. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
• Laughon, K., & Sutherland, M.A. (2007). Intimate partner violence against rural women: Severity and consequences. Rural Clinician Quarterly, Newsletter of the National Rural Health Association.
• Sutherland, M. (2007). Profile in practice- Rural health considerations. In J.L. Creasia & B.J. Parker (Eds.), Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice. (pp. 409- 410). St. Louis, MI: Mosby.
• Rhee, H., Hollen, P.J., Sutherland, M., & Rakes, G. (2007). A pilot study of decision-making quality and risk behaviors in rural adolescents with asthma. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, 20(2), 93-104.
• Fahs, P. S., Baron, M. A., Dura, A., Folks, T., Fronczek, A, Kasey, L.T., Morgan, L.L., Srnka-Debnar, F., & Sutherland, M. (2004). Effectiveness of the FAST program on knowledge of stroke in a rural population. Preventive Medicine, 39 (S1-6).
• Grabo, T., Sutherland, M., & Story, J. (2003). Factors affecting women’s health in rural areas. In M.S. Collins (Ed.), Teaching/learning activities for rural community-based nursing practice (pp. 112-127). Decker School of Nursing, Helene Fuld Summer Institute for Rural Community Health Nursing.
  

Dr. Sutherland is a new assistant professor at the Connell School of Nursing. Before joining the faculty she was practicing as a nurse practitioner at an STD clinic in New York. She completed her dissertation in May 2008 at the University of Virginia. Her dissertation was titled "Dissociation, violence and risk reducing behaviors in women" and examined lifetime violence, dissociative experiences and safer sex practices in a sample of women. She worked as a maternal/child nurse and a community health nurse before pursuing her master's in community health nursing. Dr. Sutherland's research focuses on violence against women and the health consequences of the violence.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intimate partner violence, STDs/HIV, health consequences of violence

APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS       

• 2006 National Research Service Award
• 2006-2008 National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health, 08/06 - 06/08 1F31NR010091-01: Dissociation, violence and risk reducing behaviors in women