Senior Director Infection Prevention
University of Alabama at Birmingham, US
Mary Duncan RN, MSN, CIC is currently the Senior Director for Infection Prevention at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System. She is responsible for the oversight and leadership of the Infection Prevention Department that covers all areas of the hospital and ambulatory clinics. Mary began her career as a pediatric critical care nurse at a children’s hospital in St. Louis, MO in 1994. She became an infection preventionist in 2004, and has worked at several facilities as the manager of infection prevention before coming to UAB in 2018 as the Senior Director. Mary received her master’s degree in Nursing and pediatric nurse practitioner at St. Louis University and has been certified in Infection Prevention for over 15 years. Through her passion and innovative approaches, she strives to decrease infections by working with front line staff to make sure they are educated on best practices and have access to the tools they need to do the right thing. Mary is skilled in the ability to listen and identify issues or problem areas and form innovative solutions that increase the safety for both patients and staff.
