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Professor Ann-Louise Caress joined the University of Huddersfield in 2018, taking on the role of Professor of Health Services Research and, from Sept 2019, leadership of the Centre for Applied Research in Health. She has clinical expertise in adult nursing and community healthcare. Ann’s research expertise is in living with and management of long-term health problems, primarily in adults and particularly in the renal and respiratory fields. Her special research interests are self-management, patient and carer experience and novel approaches to service delivery.

Ann is extremely active in promoting nursing research nationally and internationally, holding executive roles for the American Thoracic Society (2010-2013) and International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (2005-2016 and 2019-present).

Twitter: @researchisace

Professor Catherine Evans is a clinical-academic in palliative care. She holds a joint post between King’s College London and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as a Professor of Palliative Care and Honorary Nurse Consultant. Her clinical background is in district nursing.

Catherine’s work focuses on the integration of palliative care in community health and social care for older adults with multimorbidity, including dementia and frailty. Catherine co-leads a major research programme on Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care (EMBED-Care), and the CovPall_CareHome study on the care home response to meet palliative care needs during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"The CovPall_CareHome national study examines the provision of palliative and end-of-life care in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and uses the findings to make recommendations to key decision-makers to sustain improvements in care during and after the pandemic."

Twitter: @catherineJanee1

Dr Lynn Calman is a registered adult and mental health nurse. Over the last 15 years Lynn’s research has focused on understanding and responding to the needs of people living with and beyond cancer. She had led and collaborated on major research programmes in cancer survivorship/psychosocial oncology leading to widely published, practice changing findings that have underpinned the development of services to improve the outcomes of cancer patients.

Lynn holds a leadership role in the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Living With & Beyond Cancer Group and has been appointed to the NHS Cancer Programme's COVID Recovery Task and Finish Group on Psychosocial Support.

"It’s truly inspiring to see the scope and quality of nursing research and its contribution to tackling COVID-19"

Twitter: @lynncalman

Dr Keith Couper is a clinical academic, working as an Assistant Professor in Emergency and Critical Care (University of Warwick) and Critical Care Outreach Nurse (University Hospitals Birmingham). In 2015, he was awarded an NIHR Post-Doctoral research fellowship. Keith’s research focuses on the care of the critically ill, particularly those in cardiac arrest. He holds various international and national roles, including the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, and committee membership of NIHR funding panels and the RCN Research Forum.

"The ICON study provides key information about how pandemic has our UK nursing and midwifery workforce, and what we need to do to support our workforce both now and in preparing for future pandemics." 

Twitter: @keithcouper

Professor Louise Rose is a Professor of Critical Care Nursing at King’s College London, an honorary Professor in Critical Care and the Lane Fox Respiratory Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Prior to joining King’s she was an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and remains the Research Director of the Prolonged Ventilation Weaning Centre in Toronto, Canada. Her research program focuses on improving outcomes and the healthcare experience of mechanically ventilated patients across the care continuum from the emergency department, intensive care unit, specialized weaning centre and in the home.

"Through Life Lines, we have supported 100,000 virtual visits connecting families with their loved ones being cared for in intensive care units across the UK"

Twitter: @ProfLouiseR

Ruth took up her current post in January 2019, and before this enjoyed other national appointments as well as regional and Trust leadership roles.

In her first year as CNO Ruth negotiated funding for CPD as well as financial support for those embarking on a career in nursing and midwifery. Ruth is the national Covid-19 response lead for all nursing, midwifery and care professions in England.

Passionate about nurturing the next generation of nursing and midwifery leaders, Ruth advocates for improved mental health awareness, champions professional development and volunteer activity to support the frontline workforce. She is a vocal supporter of the WRES agenda and increased diversity across the NHS.

Professor Nick Hardiker took up his current post in 2018 and has been in a research leadership position for over a decade. Nick has over 25 years' experience of theoretical and applied research in nursing and digital health, with a particular focus on health records and nursing languages. Nick has previously held digital health leadership roles at the UK Royal College of Nursing and the International Council of Nurses and was for 10 years Editor-in-Chief of Informatics for Health and Social Care. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and the American College of Medical Informatics.

Twitter: @nickhardiker

Professor Carl Thompson’s NHS career has spanned being a 16 year old nursing auxiliary in a South London “asylum” to an NHS Foundation Trust Non-Executive Director. He trained as a general nurse, working in in the UK (A&E and elderly care), Romania and the US. After a degree and ESRC-funded PhD in social policy at the University of York his research has focused on research implementation and decision-making processes, outcomes and technologies in health and social care – most recently in a large RCT of wearable technology for contact tracing in care homes. He has led or been part of teams with more than £20m in research funding, published more than 200 journal articles, co-authored 3 books on decision making in nursing and is a strong believer in collaborative working across geographical boundaries – mainly with colleagues in Sweden, Holland, Canada and Australia.

Twitter: @thompa101

Professor David Richards, a NIHR Senior Investigator, registered nurse and health services researcher, is at the forefront of efforts to improve the evidence base for both mental health care and nursing. He is chief investigator of the NIHR funded ‘COVID-NURSE’ clinical trial, testing a pandemic-specific nursing care protocol developed by nurses for nurses, for use in caring for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. He also leads the NIHR’s Nursing and Midwifery Incubator research masterclass programme.

David is editor of the best-selling research methods textbook 'Complex Interventions in Health' and author of more than 270 research and professional journal articles.

Twitter: @darichards3

Professor Rebecca Lawton is a psychologist with 25 years of experience conducting research in the NHS. Rebecca is Director of the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, one of three centres in England funded by the NIHR. She is an NIHR Senior Investigator, leading a team of 40 researchers and PhD students to deliver research that makes healthcare safer. Rebecca has published over 200 articles in peer reviewed journals, attracted £8.6 million in external funding as PI in the last ten years and collaborates internationally. Rebecca's primary interests are patient safety, improvement science, workforce wellbeing and patient involvement.

Twitter: @LawtonRebecca