| Isabel Grace Hood Wilson | |
| Honorific Suffix: | CBE FRCP |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Lasswade, Scotland |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Known For: | Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health |
| Field: | psychiatry |
Isabel Grace Hood Wilson CBE FRCP (6 September 1895 – 8 December 1982) was a Scottish psychiatrist, who was Principal Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health.[1]
Isabel Grace Hood Wilson was born on 6 September 1895 in Lasswade, Scotland. Her parents were Susan Charlotte Sandeman and George Robert Wilson, a physician and psychiatrist.[2] She studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1921 with an MB ChB, and MD in 1926.
In 1931, Wilson was appointed as a Commissioner of The Board of Control, holding the position until 1948. From 1949 to 1960 she was a Senior Commissioner, after which the Board was abolished and her position was changed to the Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health.[3]
She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1947.
She received a CBE in the 1961 New Year Honours for services as Medical Senior Commissioner at the Board of Control.[4]