Expertise
Pediatric obesity and food insecurity, health promotion in at-risk pediatric populations, immunization promotion in adolescence.
Research Interests
Pediatric obesity and food insecurity, health promotion in at-risk pediatric populations, immunization promotion in adolescence.
Education
- DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice, (2018), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, Massachusetts
- MS: Family Health Nursing, (2003), University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Supporting Area: Family Health Nurse Practitioner Program - BS: Nursing, (1996), University of Massachusetts - Lowell
- BS: Biology, (1990), University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Biosketch
Lisa Marchand, DNP, NP-C, is a family nurse practitioner certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners since 2003. She started caring for pediatric patients in 1996 as an RN focusing on children with chronic complex conditions. After completing her MS, she moved into primary care of children and adolescents in urban populations in the Merrimack Valley. While completing her DNP at University of Massachusetts Lowell, she conducted a scholarly project measuring a primary care provider intervention to increase vaccination of adolescent males for Human Papilloma Virus. She has served as adjunct faculty in the Solomont School of Nursing for the past ten years, teaching both didactic and practicum courses for the Bachelor, Masters, and RN to BSN programs in addition to precepting for Family Nurse Practitioner students at her pediatric practice in Lawrence, Mass. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, NONPF, Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Merrimack Valley Chapter, and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2023 Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice
Selected Publications
- Cincotta, S.J., Marchand, L. (2025). An Educational Intervention to Improve Provider Vitamin D Teaching for Parents of Human Milk-Fed Infants. Nursing for Women's Health. 29(1) 35-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.nwh.2024.07.005.
- John Broach1*, Chad Achenbach2, Stephanie Behar3, Laurel O’Connor1, Seanan Tarrant3, Julia Ferranto3,Colton Wright3, Paul Hartin3, Taylor Orwig3, Janvi Nanavati4, Benedict Kalibala4, Kelsey Woods4,Bernadette Shaw4, Julie Flahive5, Bruce Barton5, Nathaniel Hafer4, Carly Herbert3, Nisha Fahey3,5,6,Laura Gibson7, Karl Simin8, Timothy Kowalik9, Doyle V. Ward9, Agha W. Mirza10, Robert L. Murphy2,Matthew Caputo2, Bryan Buchholz11, Heidi Fantasia12, Ainat Koren12, Lisa Marchand12, Simisola Oludare13,Felix Sogade13, Dana Ritland14, Cedrice Davis14, Allen Grenier15, Christi Baron15, Ellie Brent15,Jennifer Bacani McKenney16, Nancy Elder17, LeAnn Michaels17, Laura Ferrara17, Grant Theron18, Zaida Palmer18,Barcey Levy19, Jeanette Daly19, Kim Parang19, Megan Schmidt20, Denis Buxton21, William Heetderks22,Yukari C. Manabe10, Apurv Soni3,4 and David McManus3,23 (2024). Design, creation, and use of the Test Us Bank (TUB) COVID-19 sample biorepository. BMC Infectious Disease, 24:1282 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10154-0.
- Marchand-Ciriello, L., Foustoukos, A., Fantasia, H.C. (2020). Intervention to Increase Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Initiation Rates in Adolescent Males. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 16(1) 79-82.
Selected Presentations
- Intervention to Increase HPV Vaccine Initiation Rates in Adolescent Males - Graduate Research Day, April 2019 - University of Massachusetts Lowell