Melody Wilkinson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP is Professor in the School of Nursing Nursing. She is an international and nationally recognized educator, scholar, clinician, and academic administrator with expertise in graduate education, solving complex leadership challenges, leading public health responses, and clinically managing infectious diseases. She served as the GUSON Director of Curriculum & Learning from 2022-2023 and the FNP Program Director from 2015-2020. From 2020 through 2022, she worked with the CDC Foundation as a COVID-19 Clinical Consultant, supporting West Virginia’s emergency response to COVID-19 and an IVDU related HIV outbreak. She teaches in the DNP and FNP programs. She holds a DNP from Duke University, MSN from Vanderbilt University and a BSN from West Virginia University. She is an AANP Fellow. She is actively involved in the National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). She maintains active clinical practice as an HIV clinician. As a translational researcher, she focuses on heath equity, care of vulnerable populations in rural areas and best practices in teaching and learning.
