Rowe-West recognized with Bernstein Award

Congratulations are in order, as Beth Rowe-West, R.N., B.S.N. and Immunization Branch Head in the Division of Public Heath’s Women’s and Children’s Heath Section, was recently named the recipient of the North Carolina Pediatric Society's James D. Bernstein Excellence in Public Service for Children Award.

“We are very pleased that Beth has received this very special recognition by one of our most important partners. We are grateful for Beth, her leadership and commitment to public health,” said State Health Director Dr. Leah Devlin. “Immunizations are the bedrock of prevention and one of the most critical strategies to prevent death and disability in children and adults. There also continue to be tremendous challenges that we must meet to continue to strengthen our efforts in this regard. We are very, very fortunate to have Beth at the helm as she consistently rises to these challenges time and again with her leadership, expertise and plain old hard work!”

The award was established in 1992 to recognize excellence in public service by an individual in state government who has worked to improve the health and well being of all of North Carolina’s children. The late Dr. Bernstein, for whom the award was recently renamed, directed North Carolina’s nationally renowned Office of Rural Health Services for over 30 years.

Rowe-West was honored on August 20 for her distinguished career of nursing and public health administration. She received the award at the NC Pediatric Society’s annual conference in Asheville.

A native of Wilson County, Rowe-West graduated from the UNC-Greensboro School of Nursing and worked at Thomasville’s Community General Hospital and the Davidson County Health Department before moving to the state’s immunization branch in 1994. She has been head of the immunization branch since 1998.

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Last Modified: September 1, 2005