Meredith Niles
researcher
Meredith T. Niles is an American environmental scientist who is the Robert L. Bickford Endowed Professor at the University of Vermont. In 2022, she was named the National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar.
Early life and education
Niles is from Maryland. She was an undergraduate student in politics and environmental studies at Catholic University of America. She moved to the University of California for her doctoral research, where she worked in ecology and agricultural innovation. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, where studied climate smart agriculture.
Research and career
Niles worked for the United States Department of State in the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, contributing to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Her research has addressed food systems and sustainable agriculture, particularly how farmers adapt to climate change and the barriers to adopting sustainable practices.
She is the founding director of the National Food Access and COVID Research Team (NFACT), a collaboration monitoring the pandemic's impact on diet and nutritional security.
Awards and honors
2010 American Institute of Biological Sciences Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
2022 National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar
2024 University of Vermont Vogelmann Research Award
Selected publications
Meredith T Niles; Farryl Bertmann; Emily H Belarmino; Thomas Wentworth; Erin Biehl; Roni Neff (2020).
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