Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD, MPH, FAAN
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
1700 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78701-1499
NUR 4.147 (office location)
NUR 3.442 (office location)
512 232-4751 (office phone)
512 475-7414 (office phone)
512 471-4910 (fax)
Biography
Dr. Walker received a Master’s degree in nursing education with a specialization in maternity nursing and a doctoral degree in philosophy of education from Indiana University-Bloomington. Her recently also receive the MPH degree in maternal-child health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She currently holds the Luci B. Johnson Centennial Professorship in Nursing and is Director of the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Underserved Populations. Her research is in the area of health promotion of childbearing-aged women and infants. Her teaching includes global health, data analysis using SPSS, and theoretical and philosophic aspect of nursing.