Bridget H. Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, LNC is the Associate Director of Student Health Center at Virginia State University. In addition, Dr. Wilson serves an adjunct faculty member at Colorado Technical University, Simmons College, and Editor-in-Chief for the International Archives of Nursing and Health Care. She is a graduate of The College of Saint Catherine’s in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Metropolitan State University where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science degree in Nursing from Indiana State University. She received a Master of Divinity degree from The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Wilson has an earned Doctoral degree in Human Services with a specialization in Health Care Administration from Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has clinical experience as a Pediatric Medical Surgical Nurse, College Health Nurse, and Sickle Cell Disease management, and Legal Nurse Consultant.
Her research has focused on health disparities among African American women, alcohol usage among freshmen college students, and pain management among adolescences with sickle cell disease. Dr. Wilson is a published author in the Pain Management Nursing Journal, the title of the journal article is “Sickle Cell Disease Pain management among Adolescences: A literature review.” Providing support to students, faculty, and staff is essential in meeting the needs for success.