Dr. Wood leads nursing and patient care operations at Boston Children’s Hospital. Over the past decade, her initiatives have led to a 46.5% reduction in serious preventable harm, a 200% outperformance of the RN engagement national excellence mean for fundamentals of quality nursing care, and a doubling of the racial and ethnic diversity in the nursing workforce. She is an RWJ Foundation Executive Nurse fellow alumna and American Academy of Nursing fellow. She provides national advocacy for nursing research funding, scholarship and professional practice environments through board service to Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, SIGMA Foundation and American Nurses’ Credentialing Center, including ANCC President for 2024-2025.
