Mary Antonelli

Mary Antonelli is an Assistant Professor at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School. She holds a PhD, MPH, and BSN in Nursing. Her research focuses on geriatric care, deprescribing strategies, nursing education, and healthcare policy. Key contributions include studies on reducing inappropriate prescriptions for dementia patients and enhancing interprofessional education through design thinking. She has collaborated on trials to improve caregiver education and patient safety protocols in clinical settings.

Selected publications highlight her work in high-risk medication management (2024 JAMA Intern Med), mutual caregiving dynamics (2020 Int J Older People Nurs), and nursing leadership program development (2024 J Prof Nurs). Her work emphasizes evidence-based practice and patient-centered approaches in aging populations.