Dr. Veronica Njie-Carr is an academic nurse researcher and a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. She has 37 years of nursing practice experience, which began in the Gambia before she immigrated to the United States in the 1980’s. Her academic experience spans 26 years in universities and colleges in the Baltimore-Washington area including Howard University and Johns Hopkins University. Her teaching, research, and scholarly activities are in the areas of cross-cultural research, HIV, and global inequities. Dr. Njie-Carr teaches, mentors, and supervises academic faculty, nurse leaders, and graduate nursing students in the Department of Nursing at the University of The Gambia where she serves as a consultant on curricula and research-related activities. Her interest in supporting the next generation of academic scholars led to her work in building capacity in low to middle-income countries (LMIC). Dr. Njie-Carr has a strong track record of developing, implementing, and evaluating education and research programs in LMIC. Her global work includes working with multi-disciplinary teams, developing leadership capacity through the training of health workers to participate in research, and providing mentorship, and consultation. Dr. Njie-Carr is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist. She received a nursing diploma from The Gambia College in The Gambia in 1985, a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Howard University in 1992, a master’s in nursing education and adult health in 1996, and a Ph.D. in nursing science in 2007 from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Additionally, she received postdoctoral fellowship training in 2008-2010 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/veronica-njie-carr/