Margaret Chamberlain Wilmoth, Ph.D., M.S.S., R.N., FAAN

Margaret C. Wilmoth, Ph.D., M.S.S., R.N., F.A.A.N., is Professor of Nursing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She served as the inaugural Executive Vice Dean & Associate Dean, Academic Affairs in the School of Nursing 2017-2023. She was previously the inaugural Dean, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University. She retired from the U.S. Army in 2017 at the rank of Major General, with her last assignment as Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army Reserve in the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, among other awards, and earned the Expert Field Medical Badge.

Her current work is focused on examining health outcomes in military affiliated individuals and veterans who receive care in the civilian sector and working towards the inclusion of key military occupational data in all EHRs, regardless of system of care. A second focus is on achieving education equity for the military child, especially for Reserve-connected children in civilian-centric schools and ensuring adequate and quality programs that address their needs. She was an early leader in examining the impact of cancer and other chronic illnesses on intimacy and sexuality. Other work has examined the well-being of reserve-connected military children, psychiatric evacuation from the theater of war and deployment-related health policy.

A graduate of the University of Maryland (B.S.N. and M.S. in nursing), Dr. Wilmoth received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College. She was the AAN/ANA/ANF Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, National Academy of Medicine.