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RTC Hosts Alexa Stuifbergen, Big 12 Faculty Fellow

Alexa Stuifbergen, PhD, RN, FAAN, visited the RTC/IL in December through a Big 12 Faculty Fellowship. She is Dean ad Interim at the University of Texas-Austin School of Nursing. Stuifbergen and the KU team discussed their research interests and possible collaboration in the areas of health promotion and participation for people with disabilities.
      Stuifbergen has been involved in research related to health promotion for persons with disabilities for more than 15 years. 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 $6.7 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.
Listen to Dr Stuifbergen discuss her health promotion activities with people with multiple sclerosis.


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