Dr. Wilson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. She earned her B.S. degree from Pennsylvania State University and earned her Ph.D. from East Carolina University School of Medicine in the field of Physiology with an emphasis in Biochemistry. Dr. Wilson did a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition Section (EDMNS) of the Diabetes Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Dr. Wilson has previously served as the Chair of the Pocatello chapter of the American Diabetes Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Idaho Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association. She serves as a Mentor for the American Physiological Society, is a member of the Idaho State University Graduate Faculty and is a member of the Idaho State University Professional Women organization. As a scientist, Dr. Wilson is a member of the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Physiological Society, the International Diabetes Athletic Association, the American Heart Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), as well as Sigma Xi.
Dr. Wilson’s primary instructional activities are in endocrine pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, hematological pharmacology and diabetes. She actively teaches in the University undergraduate and the graduate degree programs (M.S. and Ph.D.), as well as in the professional Pharm.D. degree program. Her research interests focus on the regulation of metabolism and function in skeletal and cardiac muscle. In particular she investigates how these mechanisms are altered in diabetes or aging and how natural products, pharmacologic agents and exercise improve metabolism or function. Dr. Wilson’s research also encompasses pharmacy practice involvement in disease management for cardiovascular and diabetes diseases. She has successfully sponsored several AACP professional pharmacy student grants for this work.
