Burgess on true crime
In an episode of the podcast Surviving the Survivor, Professor Ann Burgess interviewed the daughter of a serial killer about the investigation into the murders of four students in Idaho.
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Addressing disparities in genomic healthcare
Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Andrew Dwyer was named a Macy Faculty Scholar, joining a select cohort of educators in medicine and nursing in career development and implementation of a scholarly project.
Edmonds comments on family health program
On NPR’s All Things Considered and WGBH News, Associate Professor Joyce Edmonds commented on the Nurse-Family Partnership model, in which a nurse is designated for low-income, first-time parents from pregnancy until the child turns two.
Health equity and racial healing
The National Collaborative for Health Equity accepted Leah Gordon, associate dean for inclusive excellence, diversity, and belonging, into the second cohort of its Culture of Health Leaders Institute for Racial Healing, which is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Howard receives tenure
Elizabeth Howard was promoted to full professor with tenure.
Faculty pen Boston Globe op-ed
Instructor Alison Marshall, Assistant Professor Monica O’Reilly-Jacob, and Assistant Professor of the Practice Patricia Underwood responded to a Boston Globe article with a letter to the editor outlining the contributions of nurse practitioners and their “potential to mitigate the physician shortage.”
Faculty named to MCNP Board
Two newly elected members of the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Board of Directors are part-time faculty member Colleen McGauley (Region I) and Assistant Professor of the Practice Sherri St. Pierre (Region IV).
Faculty host conference at BC
Associate Professor of the Practice Aimee Milliken and Assistant Professor Melissa Uveges conducted a one-day conference—Using the Liberal Arts to Explore and Heal from Moral Distress—for BC students.
Health care workforce
On the Marketplace Morning Report, Assistant Professor Monica O’Reilly-Jacob weighed in on personnel needs in the health care sector.
NIH/NICHHD grant
Assistant Professor of the Practice Melissa Pérez Capotosto was awarded a Diversity Supplement Grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Alzheimer’s film screen at BC
Associate Professor Patricia Tabloski, together with School of Social Work faculty and a person whose family was affected by Alzheimer’s disease, screened the documentary Alzheimer’s: A Life Interrupted at Boston College in February.