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Melissa P茅rez Capotosto

Associate Professor of the Practice

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Melissa P茅rez Capotosto

Ph.D., WHNP-BC

Contact

Maloney Hall 356

Telephone: 617-552-4258

Email: melissa.perez@bc.edu

Education

  • B.S.N. Villanova University
  • M.S. Boston College
  • Ph.D. Boston College
  • Post Doctorate Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (Life course Epidemiology)

Research Interests

Pre-conception counselling, fertility-awareness based methods, maternal/child health

Expertise

  • Maternal Care
  • Health Equity Minority Health

Profile

Melissa P茅rez Capotosto, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, is an听associate professor of the practice at the Connell School of Nursing. She earned a master's degree and a doctoral degree from Boston College.听P茅rez Capotosto works as a women's health nurse practitioner in the obstetrics and gynecology departments at Daniel Driscoll-Neponset Health Center and Tufts Medical Center. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a labor and delivery nurse at Boston Medical Center and at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.听

P茅rez Capotosto鈥檚 program of research is the examination of fertility-awareness based method (FABMs) use among women seeking pregnancy.

Awards

  • 2023 Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, Connell School of Nursing听
  • 2022 Doctoral Dissertation Award, Connell School of Nursing
  • 2022 Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, Connell School of Nursing
  • 2022 Mentorship Award from Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing Program, Connell School of Nursing
  • 2021听Spirit of Sigma听Award, Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
  • 2021 Excellence in Teaching & Clinical Practice,听Connell School of Nursing
  • 2020听Eastern Nursing Research Society Poster Award

Selected Publications

  • *P茅rez Capotosto, M.,听Corcoran, E., Burgess, A., Rifas-Shiman, S., Chavarro, J.& Oken, E. (2023) Anxiety and depression symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum among parous women with history of infertility.听Fertility and Sterility听120(6)听1252-1254.
  • *Stujenske, T., Mu, Q.,听P茅rez Capotosto, M.,听& Bouchard, T. (2023). Survey analysis of quantitative and qualitative menstrual cycle tracking technologies.听听Medicina 2023, 59, 1509.
  • *Wang, S., Minguez-Alarcon, L.,听P茅rez Capotosto, M., Mitsunami, M., Gaskins, A., Charlton, B., Hart, J., Rich-Edwards, J. & Chavarro J. (2023). Pregnancy intention, changes in pregnancy intention, and pregnancy incidence among female nurses in North America.听JAMA Netw Open,6(5):e2311301.听
  • *P茅rez Capotosto, M.,听& Fu, M.R. (2022). A pilot qualitative case study of women's experiences with fertility-awareness based methods to achieve pregnancy.听The Linacre Quarterly,90听(1) 82-93
  • P茅rez Capotosto, M.听&听O鈥橰eilly-Jacob M. (2021). Promoting fertility awareness to improve the appropriate use of infertility treatment: considerations for the Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act.听Women鈥檚 Healthcare,听9听(5) 18-21.听
  • P茅rez Capotosto, M., Lee, C. S., Jurgens, C. Y., Wang, S., Mitsunami, M., Charlton, B. M., & Chavarro, J. E. (2022). Predictors of Fertility-Awareness-Based Method Use among Women Trying to Conceive and Women Contemplating Pregnancy, Nursing Research, 72(5) 355-362.
  • Perez Capotosto, M. (2021). An Integrative Review of Fertility Knowledge and Fertility-Awareness Practices among Women Trying to Conceive.听Nursing for Women鈥檚 Health, 25听(3) 198-206.
  • Perez Capotosto, M.听& Jurgens, C. (2020). Exploring Fertility Awareness Practices among Women Seeking Conception.听Nursing for Women鈥檚 Health, 24听(6) 413-420.

Clinical Practice

  • Daniel Driscoll- Neponset Health Center
  • Tufts Medical Center
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