Alumna wins public health nursing award

By Laura Lesley

Carol Wilson headshotCarol WilsonUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing Alumna Carol Y. Wilson, RN, BSN, has received the Anne M. Smith Award for Excellence in Public Health Nursing from the Alabama Public Health Association (AlPHA)

Wilson works as Nurse Supervisor for the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Area 8. She has served ADPH for 28 years as clinic nurse, area nursing director and nurse supervisor. Wilson was selected for the award based on her track record of exemplifying AlPHA’s mission of assuring conditions in which individuals, families and communities can be healthy utilizing the unique expertise of public health nurses to assess, plan and implement, and prevent disease.

Wilson earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the UAB School of Nursing in 1977.

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