Associate Professor of Nursing
Associate Chair of Baccalaureate Nursing
B.S.N. Boston College
M.S. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D. Boston College
annemarie.barron@simmons.edu

Dr. Barron teaches a number of courses: Psychiatric Nursing; Leadership and Management; Nursing Research, and Caring at the End of Life. As well, she integrates psychosocial content across the undergraduate and graduate curricula. Dr. Barron's teaching, practice, and research interests are focused on meaning and illness and the understanding and alleviation of suffering. Her central goals in nursing education are to guide and support students as they develop perspectives and skills that enable them to offer healing presence in the lives of their patients.

Dr. Barron currently practices part-time as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist on the Inpatient Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital where she consults with the staff on the psychosocial dimension of oncology care. Dr. Barron holds an appointment as Faculty Nurse Scientist at the Yvonne Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her current research focus is on Promoting the Integration of Therapeutic Touch in Nursing Practice on an Inpatient Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Dr. Barron and co-investigator, Dr. Amanda Coakley, recently presented the Therapeutic Touch research at Middle East Cancer Consortium in Cyprus. At The Dana Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Barron is collaborating on two research studies: Facing the Challenges of Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant with Mindfulness Meditation: A Pilot Study; and Disclosure: Effects on Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer.

• Barron, A.M. and White, P. (2005). Consultation. In A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, and C. Hanson
  (Eds.), Advanced nursing practice (third edition). St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders. (pp. 225-255).
• Barron, A.M. (2005). Suffering, growth and possibility: Health as expanding consciousness in
  end-of-life care. In C. Picard and D. Jones (Eds.), Giving voice to what we know: Margaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness in practice, research, and education. (pp. 41-52) Boston: Jones and Bartlett.
• Barron, A.M. (2007). Margaret Newman's theory and research method: A case illustration. In
  C. Roy and D. Jones (Eds.), Nursing knowledge development and clinical practice. New York: Springer Publication.
• Barron, A.M. (2008). Promoting the Integration of Therapeutic Touch in Nursing Practice on an Inpatient Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. International Journal for Human Caring, 12, 2, pp. 81-89.
• Barron, A.M. and White, P. (2008). Consultation. In A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, and C. Hanson
  (Eds.), Advanced nursing practice (fourth edition). St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders. (pp. 191-216).

• Grief & Bereavement in the Elderly Co-presented with Dr. Patricia White to the Sisters Collaborative Network of New England, Brighton, Massachusetts (2008)
• Consultation as a Role Competency for Advanced Practice Co-presented with Dr. Patricia White.
  Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts (2008)
• Bauer-Wu, S., Fonteyne, M., Baron, A.M., Hayes, C., Kreicbergs, U., and Roy, N. (2007).
• "Perceptions of Medical Wrongdoing: Analysis of Narratives by Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients". International Conference on Communication in Heath Care, Charleston, S.C.
• The Transformative Power of Compassion. The Cambridge Health Alliance. (2007)
• Panel Presenter: "A Dialogue on Caring and Comfort in the Presence of Suffering at the End of Life" Theta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau Spring Meeting, Quincy, MA (2007)
• "Important Conversations on Difficult Topics" Caring for Aging Parents Series First Parish, Unitarian-Universalist, Milton, MA (2007)
• "An Exploration of Factors that Facilitate the Integration of Therapeutic Touch in Nursing Practice on an Inpatient Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: Preliminary Findings"
• Creating a Therapeutic and Healing Environment Conference, Massachusetts General Hospital (2006)
• "Caring and Meaning in Late Life Care" Presentation for Alumnae, Simmons College (2006)
• Panel Presentation: "Best Practices and Proposed Remedies" The Quality of Work Life and Quality of Patient Care Conference, Simmons College (2006)
• "Creating a Healing Environment through Reflective Nursing Practice" Creating a Therapeutic and Healing Environment Conference, Massachusetts General Hospital (2005, 2006)
• "Grief and Grieving" and "Self Care in End-of-Life Care"
  End-of-Life Educational Program, Massachusetts General Hospital (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• "Caring for Ourselves" Oncology Nursing Retreat, Massachusetts General Hospital (2005)
• "Depression and Anxiety Following Treatment for Breast Cancer" (2005)
  The Wellness Community, Newton, MA
• "Evidence Based Nursing and Reflective Practice" Massachusetts General Hospital (2004)

• Visiting Nurse Scholar, Cambridge Health Alliance, 2007-2008
• Leadership in Academic Nursing Program, American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
  selected participant, 2007
• Distinguished Lecturer for the Annual Thomas Kloss Memorial Lecture, Dana Farber Cancer
  Institute, 2006
• Simmons College Fund for Research Grant, 2005
• Simmons College Speakers' Bureau, 2005-2006
• Professor of the Year Award, Simmons College, 2004
• End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Curriculum Training, selected
  participant, Pasadena, California, 2003