Natalie Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing
Natalie L. Wilson, PhD, DNP, MPH, APRN-BC, is an assistant professor of Nursing in the Department of Community Health Systems at the UCSF School of Nursing. Dr. Wilson’s research is informed by over 30 years of clinical expertise in primary care, HIV, and sexual health.
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As part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic National Strategy, she is currently focused on developing innovative solutions to address constraints in accessing HIV prevention and treatment in health for marginalized populations and those in disadvantaged socioeconomic environments. She is using mixed-methods implementation science methods to transform healthcare by building in health equity at the individual, system, and community levels. Dr. Wilson also conducts research in HIV Symptom Clusters and how phytocannabinoids may be used to mitigate symptoms and inflammation with CNICS data. Dr. Wilson received her doctoral degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, master’s degrees of Nursing and Public Health from Vanderbilt University and UNC-Chapel respectively, and her bachelor’s degree from Spelman College. She is faculty in the Adult Gerontology and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the School of Nursing. She is a current LEAP K12 Scholar.
Awards
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- Population Health and Health Equity Scholar, UCSF, 2024-2025
- Hellman Foundation, UC, 2023-2024
- UAB School of Nursing Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2016
- JANAC Article of the Year, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2015
- Health Services Research Fellow Award, VA Quality Scholars, 2015
- Education Innovation Award - Poster Presentation, UAB School of Medicine, 2012
- Doctoral Award for Student Excellence, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2011
Education & Training
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- PhD Nursing University of Alabama at Birmingham 04/2016
- DNP Nursing Practice University of Alabama at Birmingham 08/2011
- MPH Public Health Leadership University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 05/2003
- MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Vanderbilt University School of Nursing 06/1995
- BS Biology Spelman College 05/1990
Interests
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- Symptom Management
- Inflammation
- Phytocannabinoids
- Microbial Translocation
- Gut Microbiome
- HIV Disease
Grants and Projects
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- HOPE: A Status-Neutral Mobile Unit for African Americans Experiencing Homelessness in Alameda County, California HIV Research Program, 2023-2027
- Centering the Margins of Mental Health among People Experiencing Homelessness with HOPE, SAMHSA, 2023-2026
- HOPE Respond: Learning Health Systems in Responding to HIV Cluster Transmission, AHRQ Learning Health Systems Program, 2022-2024
- Identifying Reasons for Late-Diangosis of HIV: An Academic-Community Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes, NIAID, 2021-2023
- HOPE: Developing a Status Neutral, Mobile Health Clinic Model in Alameda County, NIAID, 2021-2022
- Characterization of HIV Symptom Clusters, NIAID, 2019-2022
- The Brown Initiative in HIV and AIDS Clinical Research for Minority Communities, NIH, 2008-2019
- HIV/AIDS Nursing Care and Prevention, NIH, 1995-2018
- Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Microbial Translocation in HIV+ Veterans, NIH, 2014-2016
Publications (8)
Top publication keywords:
AnxietyPainProbioticsCost of IllnessBacterial TranslocationGastrointestinal DiseasesHIV-1CD4 Lymphocyte CountCannabisFatigueGastrointestinal TractFactor Analysis, StatisticalInflammationHIV InfectionsAntineoplastic Agents
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HIV Symptom Clusters are Similar Using the Dimensions of Symptom Occurrence and Distress.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Wilson NL, Hoffman TJ, Heath SL, Saag MS, Miaskowski C -
Cannabis and the Gut-Brain Axis Communication in HIV Infection.
Cannabis and cannabinoid research 2021 Wilson NL, Peterson SN, Ellis RJ -
Identifying Symptom Patterns in People Living With HIV Disease.
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2015 Wilson NL, Azuero A, Vance DE, Richman JS, Moneyham LD, Raper JL, Heath SL, Kempf MC -
Connecting the dots: could microbial translocation explain commonly reported symptoms in HIV disease?
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2014 Wilson NL, Vance DE, Moneyham LD, Raper JL, Mugavero MJ, Heath SL, Kempf MC -
Cognitive Consequences of Aging with HIV: Implications for Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation.
Topics in geriatric rehabilitation 2014 Vance DE, McDougall GJ, Wilson N, Debiasi MO, Cody SL -
A systematic review of probiotics as a potential intervention to restore gut health in HIV infection.
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2012 Wilson NL, Moneyham LD, Alexandrov AW -
Persistent disparities in COVID-19-associated impacts on HIV prevention and care among a global sample of sexual and gender minority individuals.
Global public health 2022 Santos GM, Hong C, Wilson N, Nutor JJ, Harris O, Garner A, Holloway I, Ayala G, Howell S -
Cannabis and Inflammation in HIV: A Review of Human and Animal Studies.
Viruses 2021 Ellis RJ, Wilson N, Peterson S