As the Director of Nursing Research for Medicine Patient Services, Dr. McCabe conducts her own program of research, mentors staff nurses and advanced practice nurses in research and evidence-based practice activities, and oversees numerous related educational activities. She represents nursing and clinical research as a member of the Boston Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board, serves as co-chair of the Nursing Scientific Review Committee, and is a member of the Nurse Executive Committee on Research and Inquiry.

Dr. McCabe’s program of research employs a biobehavioral approach to better understand the symptom of fatigue in children. She has conducted several clinical research studies in settings spanning from the community to the inpatient environment leading to multiple refereed publications and international and national presentations.

Dr. McCabe’s contributions extend far beyond the hospital walls. As a co-founder of Hacking Pediatrics and the only nurse she brings her clinical/research/regulatory knowledge to this collaborative effort between MIT’s widely acclaimed H@cking Medicine and Boston Children’s Hospital; their mission is to promote meaningful innovative healthcare redesign. As a recognized expert on the role of the clinical research nurse Dr. McCabe was invited to represent nursing on the Institute of Medicine’s Committee to Review the Clinical Translational Science Award Program at NIH. She is also a co-founder and current president-elect of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses, the only professional organization that specifically defines, validates and advances the unique practice of clinical research nursing around the globe. She has an international presence publishing, speaking and teaching on the role of the clinical research nurse. She received the Distinguished Clinical Research Nurse Award in 2012.