TU alum named Maryland School Health Nurse of the Year

By Megan Bradshaw on Oct. 13, 2018

Towson University alumna Alison Merani, BSN was named the 2018-2019 Maryland School Health Nurse of the Year the Maryland Association of School Health Nurses.

Merani has been the school nurse at Pikesville High School (PHS) for four years; she's worked for Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) for 14 years.

“Nurse Merani is very deserving of this distinctive honor due to the far-reaching and positive impact she has on the overall wellness of our entire learning community,” said Pikesville High Principal Sandra G. Reid. “She consistently looks for ways to assist our school and always goes beyond the call of duty. Pikesville High School is fortunate to have her on our team. We are indeed thankful for the substantive services she renders every day to promote emotional, physical, and academic health to our stakeholders.”

According to the BCPS website, before joining BCPS Merani worked as a nurse at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. She has also taught at CCBC and the Union Memorial School of Nursing. In addition, Merani works part-time as a triage nurse for Patient First and will begin working on a master’s degree in the spring. This November, she will seek board certification in ambulatory nursing.

As the state winner, Merani will be honored at the annual Maryland Association of School Health Nurses Annual Conference in Ocean City in March 2019, and she will be honored by the National Association of School Nurses.

This story is one of several related to President Kim Schatzel’s priorities for Towson University: TU Matters to Maryland.