Kaveri M. Roy, DNP, RN, CNE

Kaveri Roy, DNP, RN joined the School of Nursing faculty as Assistant Professor in August 2015. She has acute care, management, education, and community health experience in the areas of emergency nursing and hospice and palliative nursing. In 2014, Dr. Roy earned her DNP in Public Health Nurse Leader track at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

At the MGH Institute, Dr. Roy currently teaches first semester Pathophysiology to all prelicensure students. She has taught Medical/surgical Nursing, Health Assessment, and Community Health nursing. Dr. Roy is a also a Scholarly Project advisor in the areas of hospice and palliative care, public health, and social justice. In, 2021, she received one of the IHP's highest accolades, the Nancy T. Watts Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has also received the Advisor of the Year Award twice, and the Pillars of Excellence Award for Collaboration. Dr. Roy is also a TEAL Fellow. Dr. Roy is the Chair of the School of Nursing Policy Committee. She is also on the CCRC in the Faculty Senate. Dr. Roy serves as the advisor to the Student Group, Students for Equity and Antiracism (SEA).

Dr. Roy's areas of research are palliative care and social justice in education. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, and the American Nurses Association. She has served on two local boards- Healthy Waltham, as Vice-President, and the Boston Area Gleaners, as Treasurer. She has also served on Massachusetts Department of Health committees on palliative care and cancer survivorship.