Biography
Tracey T. Stansberry, PhD, MSN, APRN, is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with nearly two decades of experience providing adult oncology care in the rural sector. Stansberry earned her BSBA in 1989, MSN in 2001, and PhD in Nursing in 2022, all from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Stansberry is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing and coordinates the Graduate Certificate in Health Policy Program. Her scholarly focus is rural health equity, rural hospital closures, and rural disaster preparedness. She also concentrates on the benefits of the APRN workforce to rural and underserved communities. Dr. Stansberry focuses on rural health community service, as well. Currently, she serves on Big South Fork Medical Center’s Community Advisory Board and Med Exec Committee, the Scott County Department of Health’s Advisory Board, the Tennessee Nurses Association District 2 Board, Mountain Peoples’ Health Council (an FQHC) Board of Directors, and the Tennessee Health Care Campaign Board of Directors. Stansberry is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the Oncology Nursing Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Academy Health, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.