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Susan Gennaro

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Susan Gennaro

Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-2703

Email: susan.gennaro@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Le Moyne College
  • M.S., Pace University
  • Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Interests

Perinatal nursing practice; perinatal education; stress in families with preterm infants; global women鈥檚 health

Expertise

  • Maternal Care
Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Susan Gennaro, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a professor at the Connell School of Nursing, and was the school's Dean from July 1, 2008鈥揓une 30, 2021. Dr. Gennaro was previously the Florence and William Downs Professor of Nursing Research at the College of Nursing, New York University, and also served on the 艾可直播of the schools of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Alabama in Birmingham, and Medical University of South Carolina.听She is an internationally known perinatal nurse researcher who has helped to change perinatal nursing practice based on her work on the antecedents and consequences of stress in families with preterm infants. This work has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Office of Women鈥檚 Health Research, and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Dr. Gennaro has conducted research in Malawi, Uganda, and the United States. She served as a grant reviewer for Sigma Theta Tau International and the Association of Women鈥檚 Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), as a member of the permanent study section in nursing at NIH, and on the National Advisory Council for NINR from 2012鈥�2016.

Current Research

Co-Principal investigator of an RO1 grant sponsored by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities at NIH. This grant is a randomized trial investigating聽interventions to improve mental health and promote healthy lifestyle choices among minority women who have increased anxiety, stress, or depression.

Selected Publications

  • Simonelli, M. C., Gennaro, S., O鈥機onnor, C., & Doyle, L. (2021). Women Construct Their Birth Narratives and Process Unplanned Cesarean Births Through Storytelling. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatal Nursing, 50(1), 30-39.听
  • Gennaro, S. (2020). Chapter 10: Publishing for Global Authors. In Anatomy of Writing for Publication (4th ed., Vol. 4). Sigma Theta Tau International聽
  • Gennaro, S., O鈥機onnor, C., McKay, E. A., Gibeau, A., Aviles, M., Hoying, J., & Melnyk, B. M. (2020). Perinatal Anxiety and Depression in Minority Women. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 45(3), 138-144.
  • Melnyk, B. M., Gennaro, S., Szalacha, L., Hoying, J., O鈥機onnor, C., Cooper, A., Gibeau, A. (2020). Randomized Controlled Trial of the COPE-P Intervention to Improve Mental Health, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Birth and Post-Natal Outcomes of Minority Pregnant Women: Study Protocol with Implications. Contemporary Clinical Trials.
  • O鈥機onnor, C. & Gennaro, S. (2017). Preventing Prematurity: Preconception, Prenatal and Postpartum Nursing Care. March of Dimes Online Continuing Education Modules.听
  • Myles, M., Gennaro, S., Dubois, N., O鈥機onnor, C. & Roberts. K. (2017). Nutrition of Black Women during Pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatal Nursing, 46, e83-e94.听
  • Gennaro, S., O鈥機onnor, C., & Marx, M. (2017). Global Health of Babies and Children. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing.听
  • Gennaro, S., O鈥機onnor, C., Melnyk, B., Gibeau, A., Nadel, E. (2016). Improving Prenatal Care for Minority Women. MCN: American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 41(3), 147-153.
  • Ruiz, J., Gennaro, S., O鈥機onnor, C., Dwivedi, A., Gibeau, A., Keshinover, T., & Welsh, T. (2016). CRH as a Predictor of Preterm Birth in Minority Women. Biologic Research in Nursing, 18(3), 316-21.
  • Gennaro, S. (2016). Changing Challenges and Evolving Opportunities in Nursing Education. Nursing for Women鈥檚 Health, 20(5), 443-445聽

Currently funded grant:

Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for High-Risk Minority Pregnant Women: A RCT

Principal Investigator, Gennaro, S., Melnyk, B

Funded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. R01MD012770 $3,407,309

Please see full CV for previously funded grants.

Professional Activities

Editor, Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2007-present

Selected Appointments & Awards

Lenore Williams Award from Penn Women鈥檚 Professional Network 2005

McClure Scholar, New York University Medical Center, 2007

Best of Nursing Outlook Award, Excellence in Education, 2009

Visionary Leader Award, University of Alabama, 2010

International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Inducted 2013 (Sigma Theta Tau International)

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