BUSM Pediatrics Instructor McClain Receives Salve Regina Alumni Award

Mary Rafferty McClain an instructor in BUSM’s department of pediatrics was honored with the Salve Regina University 2010 Nursing Alumni Achievement Award during its recent Fall Festival Weekend.

McClain, program director for the Massachusetts Center for SIDS/Infant and Child Death Bereavement Program, received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Salve Regina and her master’s in community health nursing from Boston University. She is also an instructor in pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and has authored, and collaborated on, texts dealing with sudden infant death syndrome and its impact on families and healthcare providers. McClain has also presented papers and represented professional organizations and commissions globally on sudden infant death.

Salve Regina University, founded under the sponsorship of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, is an independent college in the Catholic tradition of education. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Salve Regina offers associate, baccalaureate and masters degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, and the Ph.D. in Humanities.