Dr. Melissa K. Uveges is an assistant professor at the Connell School of Nursing. Her research and work focus on improving the care of children with genetic conditions, as well as the health and care experience of their families. She received her B.S.N. from the University of Florida, M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School, M.S.N. from Yale University, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her postdoctoral research training in genetics and ethics at Harvard Medical School. She has served on hospital ethics committees and working groups at Advent Health Orlando (FL), Yale-New Haven Hospital (CT), Montefiore Medical Center (NY), and Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD). She is a current member of Boston Children’s Hospital, Ethics Advisory Committee. Dr. Uveges is a member of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), and the International Family Nursing Association IFNA). She has received numerous research and scholarship awards from institutions and other organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Southern and Eastern Nursing Research Societies (SNRS and ENRS), Rockefeller University, and the March of Dimes.