Alexa Stuifbergen, PhD, RN, FAAN
DEAN
Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing
James R. Dougherty, Jr. centennial Professor in nursing
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
1700 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78701-1499
NUR 2.102F (office location)
512 471-4100 (office phone)
512 471-4910 (fax)
Biography
Dr. Stuifbergen received her PhD in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin, her MSN from the University of Texas at El Paso, and her BSN from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Dean Stuifbergen has been involved in research related to health promotion for persons with chronic and disabling conditions for more than 20 years. She has taught content related to health promotion, chronic conditions, and rehabilitation in undergraduate and graduate courses, authored numerous articles on the subject, and served on national committees for the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation, the National MS Society and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Stuifbergen chaired the Adult Work Group for the DHHS Advisory Subcommittee to generate health promotion objectives for persons with disabilities for inclusion in Healthy People 2010 and she presently serves as Chair (2011-2013) of the Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Scientific Review Group for the National Institutes of Health. Her center grants and research projects studying health promotion in adults with chronic disabling conditions (multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, and fibromyalgia) have been funded for over $9.6 million by the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Stuifbergen is also the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor in Nursing and holds the Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing. She served as the Director of the NIH-funded Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (2000-2011).