Dr. Joanne A.P. Wilson, (SOM emeritus professor) graduated with honors from UNC in 1969 and enrolled at Duke University School of Medicine the same year. After 37 years as a leader, educator, and clinical gastroenterologist, she retired last June. In October, at the Black Alumni reunion, she was honored as the recipient of the UNC Black Alumni Reunion’s James L. Lassiter, J. Kenneth Lee, Floyd B. McKissick Sr. and James R. Walker Trailblazer Award. Read more here