Marliese Nist
PhD, RNC-NIC
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Marliese Nist's research focuses on improving the neurodevelopment of preterm infants with an emphasis on decreasing the negative effects of stress exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Dr. Nist's work incorporates laboratory science with clinical research methods to understand the biological and physiological effects of stress on immature infants and to develop and test interventions to improve long-term outcomes.
After graduating with her undergraduate degree in biology, Dr. Nist worked for several years as a laboratory technician before shifting her career to nursing. Following a decade of clinical nursing caring for the smallest and most critically ill infants in the NICU, Dr. Nist returned to The Ohio State University, where she completed her coursework to become a registered nurse, to earn her Master's and Doctoral degrees and to conduct rigorous research to improve outcomes for all preterm infants.
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- Cistone, N., Pickler, R.H., Fortney, C.A., & Nist M.D. (2024). Effect of routine nurse caregiving on the stress responses and behavior state in preterm infants: A systematic review. Advances in Neonatal Care. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000001177. Advance online publication.
- Nist, M.D., Pickler, R.H., Shoben, A.B., & Conley, Y.P. (2024). DNA methylation, inflammation, and neurobehavior in preterm infants. Biological Research for Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/10998004241257664. Advance online publication.
- Smith, L. H., Nist, M.D, Fortney, C., Warren, B., Harrison, T., Gillespie, S., Herbell, K., Militello, L., Anderson, C., Tucker, S., Ford, J., Chang, M., Sayre, C., & Pickler, R. (2024). Using the Life course Health Development Model to address pediatric mental health disparities. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 37(1), e12452. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12452.
- Nist, M.D., Spurlock, E.J., & Pickler, R.H. (2024). Barriers and facilitators of parent presence in the neonatal intensive care unit. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 49(3), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001000. [Invited manuscript]
- Nist, M.D., Harrison, T.M., Shoben, A.B., & Pickler, R.H. (2023). Predictors of stress exposure in hospitalized preterm infants. Advances in Neonatal Care, 23(6), 575-582. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000001099
- Nist, M.D., Robinson, A., & Pickler, R.H. (2022). Parental participation in preterm infant feeding in the neonatal intensive care unit. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 48(2), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000000890
- Nist, M.D., Shoben, A.B., Harrison, T.M., Steward, D.K., & Pickler, R.H. (2023). Postnatal cytokine trajectories in very preterm infants. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 45(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211043943
- Nist, M.D., Harrison, T.M., & Pickler, R.H. (2023). Touch experiences of preterm infants during essential nursing care. Neonatal Network, 42(1), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1891/NN-2022-0010
- Nist, M.D., Robinson, A., Harrison, T.M., & Pickler, R.H. (2022). An integrative review of clinician-administered touch interventions and acute stress responses of hospitalized preterm infants. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 67, e113-e122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.08.020
- Nist, M.D., Casavant, S.G., Dail, R.B., Everhart, K.C., Sealschott, S., & Cong, X.S. (2022). Conducting neonatal intensive care unit research during a pandemic: Challenges and lessons learned. Nursing Research, 71(2), 147-152. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000564
- Nist, M.D., Pickler, R.H., & Harrison, T.M. (2022). Gloving and touch practices of neonatal nurses. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 36(1), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1097/jpn.0000000000000626
- Nist, M.D., Harrison, T.M., Pickler, R.H., & Shoben, A.B. (2020). Measures of stress exposure for hospitalized preterm infants. Nursing Research, 69(5S Suppl 1), S3-S10. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000444
- Nist, M.D., Harrison, T.M., Tate, J., Robinson, A., Balas, M., & Pickler, R.H. (2020). Losing touch. Nursing Inquiry, 27(3), e12368. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12368
- Nist, M.D., Shoben, A.B., & Picker, R.H. (2020). Early inflammatory measures and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. Nursing Research, 69(5S Suppl 1), S11-S20. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000448
- *Harrison, T.M., Brown, R., Duffey, T., Frey, C., Bailey, J., Nist, M.D., Renner, L., & Fitch, J. (2020). Effects of massage on post-operative pain in infants with complex congenital heart disease. Nursing Research, 69(5S Suppl 1), S36-S46. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000459
- Nist, M.D., Pickler, R.H., Steward, D.K., Harrison, T.M., & Shoben, A.B. (2020). Inflammatory predictors of neurobehavior in very preterm infants. Early Human Development, 147, 150078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105078
- Nist, M.D., Sullenbarger, B.A., Harrison, T.M., & Pickler, R.H. (2020). Protocol to measure hair cortisol in low mass samples from very preterm infants. Nursing Research, 69(4), 316-321. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000436
- Nist, M.D., Pickler, R.H., Steward, D.K., Harrison, T.M., & Shoben, A.B. (2019). Inflammatory mediators of stress exposure and neurodevelopment in very preterm infants: Protocol for the stress neuro-immune study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(10), 2236-2245. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14079
- Nist, M.D., Pickler, R.H. (2019). An integrative review of cytokine/chemokine predictors of neurodevelopment in preterm infants. Biological Research for Nursing, 21(4), 366-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/1099800419852766
- Nist, M.D., Harrison, T.M., Steward, D.K. (2019). The biological embedding of neonatal stress exposure: A conceptual model describing the mechanisms of stress-induced neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants. Research in Nursing & Health, 42(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.102/nur.21923
- Bates, R., Blair, L., McGovern, C., Schlegel, E., Nist, M.D., Sealschott, S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). Nursing across the lifespan: Implications of lifecourse theory for nursing research. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 32(1), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2017.07.006
- Nist, M.D. (2016). Biological embedding: Evaluation and analysis of an emerging concept for nursing scholarship. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(2), 349-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13168
- 2023 Research Article of the Year, MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, “Parental Participation in Preterm Infant Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
- Distinguished Abstract, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2022 State of Science Congress on Nursing Research
- Distinguished Abstract, 2020 Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference
- 2019 Excellence in Advancing Nursing Science Award Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development R01HD113525 Nist & Pickler (MPI) Aug 2024-July 2029 Equity for Parent Presence and Participation in Caregiving in the NICU Role: Multiple-PI
- National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH, F31NR020849 (5/2023-12/2024) Stress Response of Preterm Infants to NICU Caregiving Role: Co-Sponsor (PI: Cistone)
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics (9/2020-10/2022) DNA Methylation, Inflammation, and Neurobehavior in Preterm Infants Role: Principal Investigator
- National Institute of Nursing Rearch/NIH, F31NR017321 (8/2017-8/2019) Inflammatory Mediators of Stress Exposure and Neurodevelopment in Very Preterm Infants Role: Principal Investigator