Kristen Abbott-Anderson, Ph.D. RN is Dean and Professor at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, USA. Dr. Abbott-Anderson earned her Ph.D. in Nursing in 2015 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her Ph.D. dissertation entailed development of a sexual concerns questionnaire for women with gynecological cancer.
Dr. Abbott-Anderson’s passion is for building relationships, professionally, and with clients experiencing chronic health conditions and at the end of life. As an RN for many years, Dr. Abbott-Anderson has extensive clinical practice and research experience in Alzheimer’s disease and associated dementias, and women’s health across the lifespan. Her current research focuses on enhancing quality of life for people living with dementia (PWD) through facilitating meaning-making programs designed to enhance connectedness between the PWD and their care partner (CP). She also has a passion for care at end-of-life. Her clinical practice focuses primarily on providing dementia-friendly, dignity preserving care for PWD and end of life care. Dr. Abbott-Anderson holds a certification as a nurse educator and is an End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) educator in core and geriatric curricula.
Dr. Abbott-Anderson has co-authored twelve peer-reviewed articles and has contributed to more than 50 national and international scholarly presentations including five invited oral presentations. In addition to these, Dr. Abbott-Anderson has mentored 19 successful student research projects that have been presented locally, nationally, and internationally.