Martha Dawson

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About Martha Dawson

Martha A. Dawson, DNP, RN, FAAN, FACHE is a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. She is the 13th president of the National Black Nurses’ Association and chair-elect for Nurses on Board Coalition. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the UABSON, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton SON. Dr. Dawson completed her hospital administration residency at Gaston Memorial Hospital, NC. Her practice, leadership and clinical research focuses as a translational scientist are in the domains of administrative systematology, career progression, organizational injustices and barriers, and anti-racism in nursing. Her work focuses on career-mobility barriers and systemic and institutional obstacles. She is a co-convenor of the 2020 National Black Coalition Against COVID which has reached over a five million during the pandemic and a co-lead on the 2020 National Commission on Racism in Nursing which is groundbreaking work to improve the image and healing in the nursing profession nurses. She serves on the Advisory Board for Direct Relief Health Equity Fund addressing social justice and SDOHs 2021 -present addressing health inequities. She is the founder of the National Black Nurses Association Mini Nurse Academy and the NBNA Leadership Fellowship Program. Dr. Dawson served in senior level positions as, Vice President of Clinical Affairs/Operations and Chief Nurse Officer – University of Louisville, Associate Chief Operating Officer – Duke University, Nursing Director, and nurse manager. She managed her own healthcare consultant business. She is the inaugural director of Nursing and Health Systems Leadership tracks UABSON which has been ranked in the top 10 for 12 years by US Word News. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow and a Johnson & Johnson Wharton Nurse Administrative Fellow, alumina. She has served as the principal investigator, project director and coordinator on HRSA and foundation grants exceeding $3.8 million.). In 2004, a mayoral proclamation declared Dr. Dawson a Distinguished Citizen of Louisville, KY. She has publications in books, journals, newsletters, and podcasts. During her leadership the University of Louisville Hospital was the first in the US to provide drive through flu shots used by the CDC during COVID-19. She was a contributing author in the Drive-Thru Flu Shots: A model for mass immunization. Carrico, R. 2002, ISBN: 1-879260-45-X.