Anne L. Ersig, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing. Her research focuses on the biological, psychological, and behavioral effects of stress from childhood chronic health conditions on individuals and their family members. Chronic health conditions in children affect the whole family as they integrate management of the condition into their daily routine, respond to crises, and face developmental challenges and condition-related health transitions. Dr. Ersig’s current research explores chronic health condition-specific stress, its contributions to cumulative life stress, allostatic load, and later-life health, and factors such as genetic variation that may influence these relationships. Identifying individual, family, and contextual factors that are part of the stress response helps care providers identify at-risk families, and develop and implement interventions to improve the health and well-being of individuals with childhood chronic health conditions and their family members.
Dr. Ersig is currently a member of the IFNA Research Committee.
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Twitter: @AnneErsig.
