Elizabeth McKay wearing a black dress outside and smiling at the camera.

Elizabeth Anne McKay, Ph.D., M.Ed, RN

Assistant Professor

Pronouns
she/her/hers
College
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
Department
Solomont School of Nursing
Office
Health and Social Sciences (HSS) Building 283

Expertise

Adolescent Health, LGBTQ+ Health, Scale Development

Research Interests

  • Adolescent sources of sexual health information
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Adolescent mental health
  • LGBTQ+ health

Education

  • Ph.D., Boston College 2022
  • M.Ed., Lesley University 2001
  • BSN, University of Massachusetts Boston 2015
  • BA, Wesleyan University 1995

Biosketch

Elizabeth Anne McKay is an assistant professor at the Solomont School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has a background in both education and nursing and received her PhD in Nursing Science from Boston College. Her program of research examines the sources of sexual health information of sexual and gender minority adolescents with a focus on parent-child communication about sex and school-based sex education. Her recent work involves the rigorous measurement and evaluation of sexual minority-inclusivity in sex education.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • University Fellowship, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College
  • Academic Excellence Award, Undergraduate Nursing Program, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Selected Publications

Selected Presentations

  • Development and Psychometric Testing of a Scale to Measure Sexual Minority-Inclusivity in Sex Education”. Paper Presentation. March 2023, Eastern Nursing Research Society 35th Annual Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Doug Kirby Adolescent Sexual Health Research Grant, Indiana University School of Public Health
  • Research Fellow, University of Hawaii at Manoa