Lacey Alexander, PhD, RN, GERO-BC
Clinical Associate Professor
608-262-9665
4157 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Biography
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison in: Nursing, 2018
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison in: Nursing, 2014
BSN, University of Wisconsin-Madison in: Nursing, 2012
BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison in: Gender & Women’s Studies, 2012
Associate of Arts & Science Degree, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Richland in: Pre-Health, 2009
Lacey Alexander holds a PhD in Nursing from UW–Madison. She has clinical experience in several areas, including emergency, forensics, hospice, LGBTQ+ care coordination, and medical-surgical. She previously taught a gender and health course in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. In a postdoctoral position, Lacey conducted research and provided professional education on reducing bias in clinical and academic settings. Lacey is currently the co-chair of the School of Nursing’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee and member of UW-Madison’s Equity and Diversity Committee. She has a passion for public policy and consumer advocacy and is serving as a board member and secretary of the National Women’s Health Network. Lacey is currently a co-coordinator for the School of Nursing’s Interprofessional Education initiatives, instructs senior-level clinicals in inpatient hospice, and teaches courses about research and evidence-based practice.
Clinical Scholarship focus areas
Professional Practice and Education
- Focus on how bias and discrimination impact the clinician-patient relationship.
- Publishings about implicity race bias, gender bias, and weight bias.
- Exploring how negative interactions between patients and clinicians about weight can create barriers to quality and timely care delivery.
Teaching and Learning
- Contribute to a team of interprofessional healthcare faculty who create and revise team-based didactic and simulation programming for the university’s interprofessional education efforts.
- Review data on student feedback annually regarding the interprofessional programming that I co-create.