Michele C Balas joined The Ohio State University College of Nursing in June, 2013. Prior, she held an appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a former John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholar and Post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Balas’ research career focuses on developing and testing interventions aimed at improving the cognitive, functional, and quality of life outcomes of critically ill older adults. She has extensive experience forming, leading and working with interprofessional teams in both clinical practice and practice-based research and recently co-led a study supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative.