Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-ED, RN, FAAN

Professor & Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs & Division

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing
Campus Box #7460
ITS Manning
211 Manning Drive
Office: 4107
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460

Dr. Fleming has been a registered nurse since 1998, and completed her Masters of Science in Nursing Education from Duke University and her PhD in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked in the hospital setting in critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Fleming has done research at both Duke University and UNC’s schools of nursing concerning parental management of adrenal crisis in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and has developed several educational tools related to adrenal crisis including a training video, a mobile health application, and numerous brochures regarding adrenal crisis prevention and management.

In addition to serving as the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Dr. Fleming teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs and continues her program of research examining the intersection of family life and CAH. Her work has been featured in numerous peer reviewed academic journals, and she speaks both nationally and internationally on family management of CAH. She is also developing new models for the undergraduate capstone clinical experience with community partners. She serves on the Board of Trustees and is the Vice Chair of the CARES Foundation.

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