Natalie Wilson, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Community Health Systems
SchoolSchool of Nursing
Address490 Illinois Street, #92N
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-476-0716
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-2330-9313 Additional info
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    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ALPhD04/2016Nursing
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ALDNP08/2011Nursing Practice
    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCMPH05/2003Public Health Leadership
    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TNMSN06/1995Family Nurse Practitioner
    Spelman College, Atlanta, GABS05/1990Biology
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    University of Alabama at Birmingham2016UAB School of Nursing Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
    Association of Nurses in AIDS Care2015JANAC Article of the Year
    VA Quality Scholars2015Health Services Research Fellow Award
    UAB School of Medicine2012Education Innovation Award - Poster Presentation
    University of Alabama at Birmingham2011Doctoral Award for Student Excellence
    UC2023  - 2024Hellman Foundation
    UCSF 2024  - 2025Population Health and Health Equity Scholar

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    Natalie L. Wilson, PhD, DNP, MPH, APRN-BC, is an associate 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. 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.

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    Centering the Margins of Mental Health among People Experiencing Homelessness with HOPE
    SAMHSA H79TI086991Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Description: The goal of this project are to pilot a program that is tailored for the homeless population to provide street-based mental health and substance use screening, treatment, referral pilot program integrated with the existing HOPE mobile status-neutral HIV, STI, and HCV prevention and treatment program for PEH in Alameda County.
    HOPE: A Status-Neutral Mobile Unit for African Americans Experiencing Homelessness in Alameda County
    California HIV Research Program Feb 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2027
    Role: Community PI
    Description: The goal of this four-year study is to develop a coalition of providers and implement a mobile clinic for HIV prevention and treatment among African Americans experiencing homelessness in Alameda County.
    HOPE Respond: Learning Health Systems in Responding to HIV Cluster Transmission
    AHRQ Learning Health Systems Program K12 HS026383Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
    Description: The overall objective of this proposal is to identify key hot spots for new HIV infections and patterns of late diagnoses among African Americans in Alameda County, and to develop community engagement and outreach strategies to reach African Americans in prioritized areas.
    HOPE: Developing a Status Neutral, Mobile Health Clinic Model in Alameda County
    NIAID P30 AI027763Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
    Role: Co-Project Director
    Description: The goal of this Ending the HIV Epidemic CFAR/ARC Supplement Award is to develop and tailor an implementation strategy to deliver HIV status neutral services to among African Americans in Alameda County
    Identifying Reasons for Late-Diangosis of HIV: An Academic-Community Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes
    NIAID P30 AI027763Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: Project Director
    Description: This study aims to explore the reasons for late diagnosis and uncover potential strategies for increasing early detection of HIV by interviewing 20 late-diagnosed individuals with HIV and 20 individuals who were not diagnosed late. We will examine the individual, social, and structural factors that contribute to late HIV diagnosis within the social-epidemiological framework.
    Characterization of HIV Symptom Clusters
    NIAID 3R24AI067039Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 30, 2022
    Description: Supplement to evaluate symptom clusters
    Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Microbial Translocation in HIV+ Veterans
    NIH IK3HX001430Nov 1, 2014 - Oct 31, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The Brown Initiative in HIV and AIDS Clinical Research for Minority Communities
    NIH R25MH083620Apr 1, 2008 - Jul 31, 2019
    Role: Co-Investigator
    HIV/AIDS Nursing Care and Prevention
    NIH T32NR007081Sep 1, 1995 - Jun 30, 2018
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Persistent disparities in COVID-19-associated impacts on HIV prevention and care among a global sample of sexual and gender minority individuals. Glob Public Health. 2022 06; 17(6):827-842. Santos GM, Hong C, Wilson N, Nutor JJ, Harris O, Garner A, Holloway I, Ayala G, Howell S. PMID: 35435149; PMCID: PMC10953730.
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    2. HIV Symptom Clusters are Similar Using the Dimensions of Symptom Occurrence and Distress. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 06; 63(6):943-952. Wilson NL, Hoffman TJ, Heath SL, Saag MS, Miaskowski C. PMID: 35235857; PMCID: PMC10408902.
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    3. Cannabis and Inflammation in HIV: A Review of Human and Animal Studies. Viruses. 2021 08 02; 13(8). Ellis RJ, Wilson N, Peterson S. PMID: 34452386; PMCID: PMC8402692.
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    4. Cannabis and the Gut-Brain Axis Communication in HIV Infection. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2021 04; 6(2):92-104. Wilson NL, Peterson SN, Ellis RJ. PMID: 33912676; PMCID: PMC8064951.
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    5. Identifying Symptom Patterns in People Living With HIV Disease. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2016 Mar-Apr; 27(2):121-32. Wilson NL, Azuero A, Vance DE, Richman JS, Moneyham LD, Raper JL, Heath SL, Kempf MC. PMID: 26790340; PMCID: PMC4916902.
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    6. Connecting the dots: could microbial translocation explain commonly reported symptoms in HIV disease? J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2014 Nov-Dec; 25(6):483-95. Wilson NL, Vance DE, Moneyham LD, Raper JL, Mugavero MJ, Heath SL, Kempf MC. PMID: 25305025; PMCID: PMC5608454.
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    7. Cognitive Consequences of Aging with HIV: Implications for Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation. Top Geriatr Rehabil. 2014 Jan; 30(1):35-45. Vance DE, McDougall GJ, Wilson N, Debiasi MO, Cody SL. PMID: 24817785; PMCID: PMC4013283.
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    8. A systematic review of probiotics as a potential intervention to restore gut health in HIV infection. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Mar-Apr; 24(2):98-111. Wilson NL, Moneyham LD, Alexandrov AW. PMID: 22853885.
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