Dr. Nies is the Director of Nursing Research and Professor in the Division of Health Sciences at Idaho State University. Dr. Nies is the Project Director on the Idaho Senior

Refugee Interprofessional Holistic Health Project funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for $1.5 Million. In addition, Dr. Nies is serving as a

Research Mentor for tenure track faculty on externally funded research grants, PI on the Jonas Leaders Scholars Program for PhD students, and was a PI on a university

and medical center contract for faculty and staff nurse mentoring. Dr. Nies is a behavioral nurse scientist with a research focus on community interventions promoting

health in vulnerable populations. Her scientific expertise lies in health promotion and intervention research. She has received extensive federal and foundation funding to

support her research. Dr. Nies has numerous publications in well-recognized peer review journals. She is the co-author of the textbook Community/Public Health Nursing:

Promoting the Health of Populations now in its 6th edition. Dr. Nies has experience working with interdisciplinary research teams and has served on several NIH and

CDC grant review study sections. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and in the American Academy of Health Behavior. Dr. Nies was inducted into the

International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in 2011.