UT Austin School of Nursing Faculty Areas of Expertise
| Faculty | Scholarship | Keywords | Teaching |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexa Stuifbergen | Effects of aging on living with chronic progressive conditions. | chronic conditions, disability, health promotion | Focus on chronic conditions and disability in nursing education. |
| Bo Xie | Interdisciplinary research on aging, health, and technology | aging, health, technology | Health Informatics; AI in Nursing. |
| Carolyn Phillips | Adaptation to chronic illness across the lifespan, especially with multiple sclerosis. | multiple sclerosis, cognitive impairment, palliative care | Communication in Healthcare Settings (undergraduate). |
| Gayle M. Timmerman | Self-management of diet for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) | CKD, self-management, dietary intak | Adult-Gerontology CNS: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention. |
| Heather Cuevas | Type 2 diabetes, cognitive function, and lifestyle interventions in older adults | type 2 diabetes, cognition, lifestyle | |
| Jung Kwak | Dementia care, caregiver support, care transition intervention development | dementia, caregiving, pallaitive, care navigation | Ethics, end of life care, interprofessional education |
| Kavita Radhakrishnan | Development of affordable, scalable health interventions to support aging in place | cardiovascular, wearables, physical activity, digital health | Conceptual Bases of Aging (undergraduate). |
| Shaoqing Ge | Dementia care, modifiable risk factors, and psychosocial outcomes in older adults | dementia care, risk factors, psychosocial outcomes | N264 Nursing Research (undergraduate). |
| Shelli Kesler | Accelerated brain aging linked to chronic health conditions (e.g., long COVID, diabetes) | neuroimaging, data science, neuropsychology | Data science courses (not currently aging-specific). |
| Veronica Walker | Perceptions and experiences of older adult women with chronic illness | chronic illness, communication, gerontology | Aging and Disability course (summer, AE students). |
| Whitney Thurman | Aging and homelessness, focusing on caregiving and supportive services | homelessness, caregiving, CBPR | N371 Disability Over the Life Course (spring). |
| Yaolin Pei | Adjustment to dementia and palliative/hospice care needs | dementia care, palliative care, hospice care | Communications in Health Care Settings (with aging content). |