College of Nursing
Wayne State University
354 Cohn
5557 Cass Avenue
Detroit
MIUSA
48219
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Feleta L. Wilson is an Associate Professor and a 2008 Fulbright Scholar in the College of Nursing at Wayne State University. Over the past 17years, Dr. Wilson has developed a program of research on health literacy and patient education with urban populations. She has received research support to study the effects of low-literacy on patient self-care and compliance in a variety of patient populations including patients receiving radiation therapy, compliance with childhood immunizations, older African American patients receiving anti-coagulation therapy, and in low-income patients in a weight and exercise management program. She has published numerous journal articles related to her research and recently, co-edited a book with her health information librarian colleagues titled “Medical Library Association Guide to health literacy.“