Nicoletta Alexander
Nicoletta Alexander received her Ph.D. in Health Sciences from Touro University International in 2008. Dr. Alexander began as a faculty member at Walden in the School of Health Sciences in 2011. She teaches Perspectives on Health and the Developing Professional, Practicum I and Practicum II: Field Experience in Public Health, Environmental Health: Local to Global, and Foundations for Doctoral Success in Public Health at Walden University. She has also taught Essentials of Public Health, Principles of Health Communication, Program Evaluation, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Health Policy and Politics, Sports, Nutrition and Weight Management, and Nutrition and Chronic Disease at Walden and other colleges and universities.
Professionally, Dr. Alexander has over 25 years of health-related experience in both the private sector, state government, and university settings. Immediately prior to this position with Walden, she served as the Chronic Disease Program Evaluator in the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Department of Health and served in this role for 6 years. In this position as an evaluator, she was responsible for assessing programmatic evaluation needs, identifying gaps in program evaluation survey and questionnaire design for qualitative and quantitative data collection, and logic model development. Other past experiences include working as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) Coordinator for human subjects research and Contracts and Grants Administrator for a state university's Division of Sponsored Research.
Courses Taught
PUBH 6005 - Perspectives on Health and the Developing Professional
PUBH 6638 - Practicum I: Field Experience in Public Health
PUBH 6639 - Practicum II: Field Experience in Public Health
PUBH 8004 - Foundations for Doctoral Success in Public Health
PUBH 6034 - Environmental Health: Local to Global
Education
PhD, Touro University International
MS, Florida A&M University
BS, Florida A&M University
Public Service
Lee County School District, FL School Advisory Council (SAC) , Member - Cape Coral
Awards / Honors
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University , 2017
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University , 2014
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University , 2014
Publications
Davis, W., Alexander, N., Fufaa, G. D. (2018). Association Between Child Abuse and Hypertension in Adulthood. Global Scientific Research Journal of Public Health
Presentations
Ponte, A., Alexander, N., Shen, J. (2017). Paths to Tier 1 genomics implementation: A survey of chronic disease directors. American Public Health Association
Morris, A., Prehn, A. W., Alexander, N., Anderson, P. B. (2015). Comparison of the Consumer Nutrition Environment Within Chain Supermarkets Located in Low and High Income Communities. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
Alexander, N. (2006). Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Best Practices. Florida Department of Health
Alexander, N. (2011). Real‑World Examples of Using and Sharing Evaluation Results. Florida Department of Health
Alexander, N. (2008). Evaluating Your Programs. Florida Department of Health
Alexander, N. (2006). Diabetes in Women throughout the Life Stages. Florida Department of Health
Alexander, PhD, MPH, N. (2020). Mental Health Matters. Walden University