Jaclyn Mello, MSN, NP has been named to AACN's 2026-2028 Cohort of Jonas Scholars and Mentors 

Jackie is a board-certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner specializing in providing quality, evidence-based care to the high-acuity neonatal population. She is a PhD student at Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School. Jackie earned her BSN from the University of New Hampshire in 2008 and MSN, specializing as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, from the University of Connecticut in 2020. With 18 years of clinical experience, Jackie currently works as an APRN I in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital.

In 2024, after completion of Boston Children’s Evidence-Based Practice Mentorship Program, Jackie was accepted into the Nursing Science Fellowship Program. She is the Principal Investigator and recipient of the BCH IDEA grant studying trans-catheter device closure outcomes in preterm infants. Jackie also holds the role of Vice Chair of the NICU Nutrition Committee and serves on both the Safe Sleep Committee and the Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Working Group at Children’s Hospital.

Jackie’s research and clinical practice interests center on improving neonatal outcomes, transport handoffs, and promoting family-centered care. She has demonstrated her dedication to scholarship and clinical excellence through presentations at Nursing Grand Rounds, poster presentations at Nurses’ Week, a poster presentation at the Eastern Nursing Research Society conference, and contribution to a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Perinatology.