She is currently a full professor of Māori health at the Auckland University of Technology.
After a background in nursing Wilson did an MSc titled 'Through the looking glass: nurses' responses to women experiencing partner abuse'[2] and PhD titled 'Ngā kairaranga oranga / The weavers of health and wellbeing: a grounded theory study'[3] at the Massey University.
She then moved to the Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.
[5][6] She is a keynote speaker at the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) Conferences organised by World Committee.
In March 2021, she was made a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her research is "greatly contributing to efforts to reduce health disparities of Māori and other Indigenous people globally".