Alexa Doig, RN, PhD

Contact Information:

• Mailing Address:
• University of Utah
• College of Nursing
• 10 South 2000 East
• Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880
• Phone: (801) 581-4381
• FAX: (801) 587-9838
• E-mail: alexa.doig@nurs.utah.edu

Background:

Alexa Doig RN, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing. She graduated from McGill University with a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992. After obtaining her B.S.N. she worked as a staff nurse in acute care oncology at University Healthcare. She then went on to earn her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Utah College of Nursing.

Research Program/Scholarly Interests:

Dr. Doig's research interests are in the human factors approach to patient monitoring in the ICU and the physiological response to illness.

Educational Background:

• B Eng (Mechanical), McGill University
• BSN, University of Utah
• MS, University of Utah (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner)
• PhD, University of Utah

Clinical Experience:

• Oncology Nursing at University Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Area of Specialization:

Dr. Doig teaches pathophysiology in the undergraduate program and physiology in the graduate program. She has also served on the faculty at the Utah Physician Assistant Program since 1998 where she teaches anatomy, physiology, and hematology.

Funded Research:

• "Graphical Display for Hemodynamic Monitoring"
  2005 Clinical Inquiry Grant
  American Association of Critical Care Nurses
• Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSA
  (1 F31 NR008832-01)
  National Institute of Nursing Research

Recent Publications:

• Smith, S. L., Doig, A. K., & Dudley, W. N. (2005). Impaired parasympathetic response to feeding in ventilated preterm babies. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Division, 90, F505-8.
• Smith, S. L., Doig, A. K., & Dudley, W. N. (2004). Characteristics of heart period variability in intubated very-low-birthweight infants with respiratory disease. Biology of the Neonate, 86, 269-274
• Doig, A. (2003). Instructor's resource and test bank for understanding pathophysiology. St. Louis: Mosby.
• Doig, A.(2002). Virtual clinical excursions for understanding pathophysiology. St. Louis: Mosby.

Areas of Teaching Responsibilities:

• N2270 Pathophysiology I
• N4270 Pathophysiology II
• N5905 Clinical Physiology

Recent Awards:

• Outstanding Doctoral Student (2003): University of Utah College of Nursing
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2000, 2004, & 2005): University of Utah Physician Assistant Program