Dr. Libster has been awarded twelve research and program grants and has served as Visiting Research Scientist at Northwest University in Mafikeng, South Africa, funded by the South African Medical Research Council (2010).  In 2013, she held the Faith Andrews Research Fellowship in Shaker Culture from the Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library. Dr. Libster also has served as Associate Editor for Botanicals for the Journal of Holistic Nursing (2009-2013) and Guest Editor for 3 international nursing journals. Dr. Libster’s book-length histories, Enlightened Charity (2009) and Herbal Diplomats (2004), are vivid depictions of the lives of American women nurses in antebellum America, whose health care expertise, enacted in their religious communities’ infirmaries and hospitals, contributed to the reform of American health care and the establishment of some of the country’s most noted health care institutions. In addition, Dr. Libster has published 33 professional papers and 3 practice models on integrative nursing, health culture diplomacy and precision botanical self-care. Dr. Libster's innovations include utilization of modalities that lead to enduring and sustainable improvements in health and policy while furthering patients’ and nurses’ relationships with the environment, a core value in the art and science of nursing. 

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