Margaret M. McGrath ‘76

90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient

Class of 1976

Professor Emerita of nursing at the University of Rhode Island, the research of Margaret McGrath, BS, MSN, DNSc, has focused on understanding the developmental issues of children born at medical risk and the responses of their families. Dr. McGrath and her research team have demonstrated for the first time the fluctuating nature of these children’s developmental outcomes. Her work has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health, the American Academy of Nursing, and in 1998, she was named Distinguished Alumna by YSN.

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