Margaret “Peggy” Chamberlain Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN, has been selected as the 2023-2024 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in Residence. Supported by the American Academy of Nursing (Academy), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the American Nurses Foundation (Foundation), the Distinguished Nurse Scholar in-Residence is a year-long immersion experience for an Academy Fellow to leverage their expertise and play a prominent role in health policy at the federal level while engaging in interprofessional collaboration with scholars at NAM.
Dr. Wilmoth is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. With an extensive military career, Dr. Wilmoth was the first nurse and woman commanding general of a medical brigade and later promoted to the rank of Major General in the US Army and served as Deputy Surgeon General, US Army Reserve within the Office of the Surgeon General, US Army. In this role she was the first woman and nurse Deputy Surgeon General for the Army Reserve. She also served on the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee, appointed by the Secretary of the Army. Her most recent work has been to examine the health and well-being of military children and to improve policies impacting military families.
“I am honored to be selected as the Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at NAM, as this role will provide an opportunity for me to leverage my military expertise and passion for supporting our military’s families into evidence-based policy proposals,” said Dr. Wilmoth. During her time as the NAM Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Wilmoth will utilize the interprofessional opportunities offered to continue her work with families in Reserve Components in order to improve these families’ health outcomes and lives.
To learn more about the application process and the NAM Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence program, visit https://nam.edu/programs/health-policy-educational-programs-and-fellowships/nurse-scholar-in-residence-program/
