Directory

Nikki Hill
PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor

203C Nursing Sciences Building
University Park

Phone: 814-867-3265

Email: nikki.hill@psu.edu

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• Cognitive and functional health in later life
• Influence of cognition on function, well-being, and activity engagement
• Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
• Assessment of subjective cognition
• Personality and cognition

For more information about our projects, please visit https://remindlab.psu.edu/.

Education

• Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Philosophy in Nursing Supporting Area of Emphasis: Gerontology Dissertation Title: Personality as a Moderator of Cognitive Stimulation Outcomes in Individuals at High Risk for Cognitive Decline, 2013
• M.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Nursing Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, Adult Health, 2009
• B.S., Highest Distinction, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Nursing With Honors, Schreyer Honors College, 2007
• B.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Biology, 2000

Honors and Awards

• 2021–2024, Carol A. Nese Early Career Professor
• 2021, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
• 2020, Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing, National Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
• 2020, Carol A. Nese Early Career Professorship
• 2019, Janet A. Williamson Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2015, National Institute on Aging, Butler-Williams Scholars Program
• 2013, Developing Behavioral Interventions, Johns Hopkins Summer Research Institute Scholarship
• 2013, Doctoral Student Nursing Scientist, Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Scientific Sessions
• 2012–2013, Penn State Center for Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems Scholarship
• 2007–2008, Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation Nursing Education Grant
• 2007, Chianna and Usharani Reddy Mission Award, Schreyer Honors College
• 2007, Sigma Theta Tau Beta Sigma Chapter Academic Achievement Award
• 2007, Student Marshall, College of Health & Human Development
• 2006, Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania Scholarship
• 2006, Schreyer Honors College Summer Internship Gran
• 2005–2006, Women’s Leadership Initiative
• 2005, Leslie Savino Scholarship, Mount Nittany Medical Center