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Melissa Uveges

Assistant Professor

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Melissa Uveges

Ph.D., M.A.R., RN

Contact

Maloney Hall 375

Telephone: 617-552-6418

Email: melissa.uveges@bc.edu

Education

  • B.S.N., University of Florida
  • M.A.R., Yale Divinity School
  • M.S.N., Yale University
  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests

Improving the health of children and their families impacted by genetics conditions; clinical and research ethics; social and cultural factors that influence health

Expertise

  • Genetics & Genomics
  • Ethics
  • Family Health
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Profile

Melissa Uveges, Ph.D., M.A.R., RN, HEC-C, is an assistant professor at the Connell School of Nursing. Her research and work focus on improving the care of children with genetic conditions, as well as the health and care experience of their families.

Dr. Uveges has worked as a bioethics consultant at Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY), as well as a registered nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at several academic teaching hospitals, most recently at Johns Hopkins Children鈥檚 Center in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Uveges received postdoctoral research training in genetics and ethics at Harvard Medical School after earning her Ph.D. in nursing at Johns Hopkins University and studying ethics, policy, management, and leadership at Yale University. She has served on hospital ethics committees and working groups at Advent Health Orlando (FL), Yale-New Haven Hospital (CT), Montefiore Medical Center (NY), and Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD). She is a current member of 艾可直播 Children鈥檚 Hospital, Ethics Advisory Committee.

Dr. Uveges is a member of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), and International Family Nursing Association IFNA). She has received numerous research and scholarship awards from institutions and other organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Southern and Eastern Nursing Research Societies (SNRS & ENRS), Rockefeller University, and the March of Dimes.

Selected Appointments and awards

  • 2016: Dissertation Grant Award, Sigma Theta Tau
  • 2016: Graduate Nursing Award, March of Dimes
  • 2013:聽Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of Florida
  • 2011:聽Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing,聽V.N.A. of South Central Connecticut

Selected Publications

  • Uveges, M. K., Smith, H. S., Pereira, S., Genetti, C., McGuire, A. L., Beggs, A. H., 鈥� BabySeq Project Team. (2024). Family Genetic Risk Communication and Reverse Cascade Testing in the BabySeq Project. Genetics in Medicine鈥�(3), 101350.
  • Uveges, M. K., Hamilton, J. B., Pados, B. F., Thayer, W. M., Hinds, P. S., & Nolan, M. T. (2024). Being a 鈥淕ood Parent鈥� to a NICU Infant with a Major Congenital Anomaly. Advances in Neonatal Care, 24(1), 14鈥�26.
  • Peterson, J. K., Rudd, N. A., Clarke, S., Gelb, B. D., Kasparian, N. A., Kazazian, V., 鈥� on behalf of the American Heart Association Pediatric Cardiovascular Nursing Committee, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. (2024). Trisomy 21 and Congenital Heart Disease: Impact on Health and Functional Outcomes from Birth through Adolescence: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(19), e036214. Advance online publication.
  • Meyer, E., Lamiani, G., Uveges, M., McLeaod-Sordjian, R., Mitchell, C., Truog, R., 鈥� Milliken, A. (2024). Everyday Clinical Ethics: Essential Skills and Educational Case Scenarios. HEC Forum. Advance online publication.
  • Gidding, S. S., Ballantyne, C. M., Cuchel, M., de Ferranti, S., Hudgins, L., Jamison, A., 鈥� Wang, Y. (2024). It is Time to Screen for Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the United States.. Global Heart, 19(1), 43.
  • Pereira, S., Gutierrez, A. M., Robinson, J. O., Christensen, K. D., Genetti, C. A., Blout Zawatsky, C. L., 鈥� McGuire, A. L. (2023). Parents鈥� Decision-Making Regarding Whether to Receive Adult-Onset Only Genetic Findings for their Children: Findings from the BabySeq Project. Genetics in Medicine, 25(3), 100002.
  • Katapodi, M. C., Pedrazzani, C., Barnoy, S., Dagan, E., Fluri, M., Jones, T., 鈥� Uveges, M.K., Dwyer, A. A. (2024). ACCESS: An Empirically-Based Framework Developed by the International Nursing CASCADE Consortium to Address Genomic Disparities through the Nursing Workforce. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 1337366.
  • Uveges, M. K., & Milliken, A. (2024). Nurses鈥� Ethical Obligations when Caring for Patients with Limited English Proficiency. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 35(1), 66鈥�74.
  • Martin, M., Kendall, S., & Uveges, M. K. (2023). Traumatic Brain Injury, Dysphagia, and the Ethics of Oral Intake. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 34(3), 255鈥�262.
  • Marron, J., & Uveges, M. (2023). Ethical Considerations in Palliative Care. In C. K. Ullrich, & E. J. Roeland (Eds.) Palliative Care for Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders: A Clinical Guide (pp. 229鈥�241). Springer.
  • Green, R. C., Shah, N., Genetti, C. A., Yu, T., Zettler, B., Uveges, M. K., Ceyhan-Birsoy, O., Lebo, M. S., Pereira, S., Agrawal, P. B., Parad, R. B., McGuire, A. L., Christensen, K. D., Schwartz, T. S., Rehm, H. L., Holm, I. A., Beggs, A. H., & BabySeq Project Team (2023). Actionability of Unanticipated Monogenic Disease Risks in Newborn Genomic Screening: Findings from the BabySeq Project. American Journal of Human Genetics, 110(7), 1034鈥�1045.
  • Grace, P. J., & Uveges, M. K. (2023). Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Bond, S., Castle, J. E., Uveges, M. K., & Grace, P. J. (2023). Nursing Ethics and Advanced Practice: Palliative and End of Life Care Across the Lifespan. In Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Grace, P. J., & Uveges, M. K. (2023). Nursing Ethics and Advanced Practice: Women鈥檚 Health/Gender-Related Care and Midwifery. In Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Grace, P. J., & Uveges, M. K. (2023). Research Ethics: Advanced Practice Roles and Responsibilities. In Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Grace, P., Milliken, A., & Uveges, M. K. (2022). Neonatal and Pediatric Acute and Palliative Care. In Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration. Springer Science and Technology.
  • Pereira, S., Gutierrez, A. M., Robinson, J. O., Christensen, K. D., Genetti, C. A., Blout Zawatsky, C. L., 鈥� McGuire, A. L. (2023). Parents鈥� Decision-Making Regarding Whether to Receive Adult-Onset Only Genetic Findings for Their Children: Findings from the BabySeq Project. Genetics in Medicine, 25(3), 100002.
  • Grace, P., Milliken, A., & Uveges, M. (2022). Neonatal and Pediatric Acute and Palliative Care. In International Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science and Technology.
  • Uveges, M., & Dwyer, A. A. (2022). Genetics: Nurses Roles and Responsibilities. In International Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science and Technology.
  • Dwyer, A. A., Uveges, M., Samantha, D., & Neil, S. (2022). Advancing Qualitative Rare Disease Research Methodology: A Comparison of Virtual and In-Person Focus Group Formats. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 17(1), 354.
  • Milliken, A., & Uveges, M. K. (2022). Nurses鈥� Ethical Obligations Toward Unvaccinated Individuals. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 33(2): 220鈥�226.
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