The Boston Children’s Hospital Global Nursing Fellowship offers education and experiential learning in the delivery of pediatric health care in resource-constrained settings. Global nursing fellows have the opportunity to partner with nurses and clinicians globally to promote excellence in pediatric clinical care, education, advocacy, and research.
This unique two-year fellowship is open to BCH nurses who meet the application criteria and have a strong desire to gain experience in global pediatric health care delivery. The fellowship provides structure, funding, and protected time for nurses to develop leadership skills and expand professional nursing experience through the development, implementation, and evaluation of high-quality, high-impact global health projects. Fellows have the opportunity for experiential learning in the development, management and evaluation of programs and projects to improve child health and promote quality nursing care in resource-constrained settings.
Mary O’Connor began her career at Boston Children’s Hospital as a Clinical Assistant in 2019, furthering her role at BCH as a Staff Nurse following her graduation from Salve Regina University in 2020. She has since worked as a nurse on the Inpatient Neuroscience unit for 6 years, earning certifications in both pediatric and neuroscience nursing. Mary has an interest in education and health literacy and aims to complete the Global Health Nursing fellowship to broaden her knowledge base about the world of Global Health while fulfilling her passion for empowering under resourced patients and families. Mary hopes to influence the world of health equity by embracing humility, curiosity, and teamwork in new practice settings.
Megan Adelstein has been a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care unit at Boston Children's Hospital for the last three years. Prior to receiving her Nurse Practitioner degree, she worked as a Critical Care nurse in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care unit. Megan’s passion for Global Health began when she spent two months in Kenya in after completing her bachelor’s degree. In Kenya, she worked at a rural clinic providing community outreach and education on vaccines and CPR. She also volunteers in the community with the Department of Children and Families as a volunteer case reviewer. Megan is looking forward to applying what she has learned throughout her career to improve access to health care in underserved communities throughout the world.
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Phuc has been a dedicated staff nurse in the stem cell transplant unit since 2016 and was promoted to Staff Nurse Level II in 2023. Her leadership in fall prevention on the Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant program, since 2018, has been instrumental in achieving a remarkable record of 442 days without any falls or injuries. Her guidance led to the successful implementation of several key initiatives in this area. In addition to her clinical duties, Phuc plays a pivotal role in onboarding and orienting new nurses within our unit. She also serves as a clinical instructor at a local university, where her exceptional ability to simplify complex information greatly benefits nursing students and less experienced registered nurses. As a Global Health Fellow, Phuc is committed to fostering collaborative relationships across borders, exchanging best practices, and contributing to the global effort to enhance care standards for pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients in Vietnam. Her dedication and passion continue to drive improvements in patient care both locally and internationally.
Tiffany has a diverse background in advanced practice nursing, bedside pediatric critical care, nursing education and leadership. Tiffany joined Boston Children’s Hospital in 2019 with the distinct honor of participating in the highly competitive Cardiovascular and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program. After successful completion of the rigorous training program, she was granted a full-time position in the Ambulatory Cardiology Department where she cares for patients in the preoperative clinic and general cardiology clinic. Additionally, she cares for post-cardiovascular surgical patients on the Acute Care Cardiology Unit.
Throughout Tiffany's professional journey, she has committed herself to improving the care of underrepresented communities. She has participated in a collaborative “Hospitals for Humanity”, a team of international physicians, nurses and pharmacists, to provide open heart surgeries in Nigeria. Additionally, she has participated in numerous local community blood pressure screenings and health care summits/educational offerings. Tiffany looks forward to continuing impactful work in the global community, especially for children with congenital heart defects.
Lisa has worked in the Hematology/Oncology/HSCT programs at Boston Children's for 38 years, and has been a nurse leader in pediatric oncology collaborations in Tanzania, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Myanmar and Ghana. Since its inception in 2015, Lisa served as director of the BCH Global Nursing Fellowship, which aims to support pediatric health by sharing best nursing practices in clinical care, education, research and advocacy. She holds an MSN in Nursing Administration from Northeastern University, an MPH in Healthcare Management from Harvard School of Public Health. Lisa's global health focus is nursing leadership and education, along with the implementation of baseline nursing standards in low and mid resource countries. She served on the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) Nurse Steering Committee from 2017-2021 and was the chair from 2018-2021. Lisa is enrolled in the Nursing PhD program at U Mass Boston, with a focus on Health Policy and Population Health. Her research interest is on disparities in the delivery of pediatric oncology care.
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Eva Gómez, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPN is Senior Director of the Nursing Career Lattice Program/Patient Care Diversity, Inclusivity, and Professional Advancement for Nursing and Patient Care Services at Boston Children’s Hospital. Previously Eva worked as Senior Professional Development Specialist in the Clinical Education and Informatics Department at Boston Children’s Hospital. She serves in multiple roles including co-leading the Global Health Nursing Fellowship.
Eva is co-chair of Hispanic Outreach, Latinos, Amigos & Allies (HOLA) employee-led group. She is also actively involved with the Boston Children’s Hospital Nursing Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity Forum, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Council and Hospital Culture Council. She is a member of the Association for Nurses in Professional Development, Society of Pediatric Nurses and Sigma Theta Tau. In 2020 she was appointed as Assistant Director for Inclusion for the Academy for Teaching and Educational Innovation and Scholarship at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Eva is a PhD student at UMass Boston in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Her research interest and dissertation work are focused on organizational health literacy and how organizations can address the health literacy needs of the population.
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Ashley Birch, RN, MSN, CPNP earned both her BSN and MSN at Regis College and has been a nurse practitioner at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) since 2015, where she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient neurosurgery. Prior to that she worked in stroke research at Massachusetts General Hospital and in Rhode Island in Pediatric Sedation. As a nurse practitioner at BCH Ashley has focused her practice on caring for patients with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida and has been privileged to work in the multidisciplinary Spina Bifida clinic. She serves on the board for the Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England (SBAGNE) and is a founding board member of the Non-Profit NeuroKids. Ashley has had 5 years of experience in Africa, South America and the Caribbean working with children with neurosurgical conditions, focusing mainly on children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Much of this work was accomplished as part of her Global Nursing Fellowship. Currently, Ashley is working with both NeuroKids and the Caribbean Neurosurgery Foundation to improve care of children with neurosurgical conditions.
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