International scientific advisory panel

The role of the International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP) is to review the abstracts that are received. We would like to thank the following people for their role in reviewing abstracts for the 2013 conference.

Dr Ekhlas Al Gamal, Assistant Professor, University of Jordan, AMMAN, Jordan
Professor Sharon Andrew, Professor of Nursing, Anglia Ruskin University, CAMBRIDGE, England
Professor Lesley Baillie, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair of Clinical Nursing Practice, London South Bank University, LONDON, England
Miss Jessica Baillie, Marie Curie Research Assistant, Wales Cancer Trials Unit, CARDIFF, Wales
Mr Mark Baker, Fellow of Nursing in Complex Neurological Disabilities, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, LONDON, England
Dr Elaine Ball, Programme Lead for the Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Mr Christopher Barber, Carer, BIRMINGHAM, England
Dr Louise Barriball, Head of Postgraduate Taught Studies, King's College London, LONDON, England
Dr Loretta Bellman, Visiting Professor in Participatory Research, London South Bank University, LONDON, England
Mrs Lesley Boler, Director of Nursing and Education, Harmoni, WATFORD, England
Dr Caroline Bradbury-Jones, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland
Dr Lucy Bray, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Edge Hill University and Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Niels Buus, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, ODENSE,Denmark
Professor Ann Louise Caress, Professor of Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Nicola Carey, Lecturer, University of Surrey, GUILDFORD, England
Professor Wai Tong Chien, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, KOWLOON, Hong Kong
Dr Janice Christie, Programme Manager/Senior Lecturer, City University London, LONDON, England
Dr David Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Professor Jane Coad, Professor in Children and Family Nursing, Coventry University, COVENTRY, England
Dr Mary Cooke, Lecturer, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Andrea Corbett, Senior Nursing Lecturer, Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand
Mrs Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan, Lecturer/Research Fellow, King's College London, LONDON, England
Dr Roberta Da Rin Della Mora, Head Nurse, Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital/University of Genoa, GENOA, Italy
Professor Sally Dampier, Professor, Confederation College, THUNDER BAY, Canada
Dr Freda DeKeyser Ganz, Head, Masters Programme, Hadassah Hebrew University, JERUSALEM, Israel
Dr Ann Dewey, Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH, England
Professor Vicki Drury, Associate Professor, Curtin University, PERTH, Australia
Ms Sheila Dunbar, Independent Nurse Consultant and Researcher, Dunbar Consulting, CHESTER, England
Dr Barbara Farquharson, Clinical Research Fellow, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) Research Unit, STIRLING, Scotland
Professor Margaret Fletcher, Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of the West of England, Bristol, BRISTOL, England
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Mental Health, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Leslie Gelling, Director of Research & Reader in Research Ethics, Anglia Ruskin University, CAMBRIDGE, England
Ms Sarah Goldberg, Research Associate, University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, England
Dr Angela Grainger, Assistant Director of Nursing - Nursing Education and Research Lead, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England
Miss Ping Guo, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Kingston University & St George's University of London, LONDON, England
Professor Carol Haigh, Professor of Nursing, Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, England
Carol Hanscomb, Associate Professor, University of Western Sydney, CAMPBELLTOWN, Australia
Professor Claire Hale, Dame Kathleen Raven Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Phil Halligan, Lecturer, University College Dublin, DUBLIN, Ireland
Dr Sharon Hamilton, Reader in Nursing, Teesside University, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Professor Ruth Harris, Professor of Nursing Practice and Innovation, Kingston University & St George's, University of London, LONDON, England
Mrs Kornelia Hathaway, Clinical Research Education & Training Lead, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CAMBRIDGE, England
Professor Mark Hayter, Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Hull, HULL, England
Ms Agi Holland, Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University, EDINBURGH, Scotland
Dr Janet Holt, Director of Student Education, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Maria Horne, Health Visiting Lecturer, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Michelle Howarth, Senior Lecturer Nursing, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Ms Karen Iley, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Professor Fiona Irvine, Professor in Nursing, Glwndyr University, WREXHAM, Wales
Dr Kirsten Jack, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, England
Miss Asmara Jammali-Blasi, Project Co-ordinator, Australian Catholic University, SYDNEY, Australia
Dr Hilary Jefferies, Nurse Researcher, BIRMINGHAM, England
Dr Louise S. Jenkins, Professor and Co-Director, Institute for Educators in Nursing and Health Professions, University of Maryland, BALTIMORE, USA
Professor Martin Johnson, Professor in Nursing, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Dr Aled Jones, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, CARDIFF, Wales
Dr Jacqueline Jones, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, DENVER, USA
Professor Martyn Jones, Professor of Healthcare Research, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland
Mrs Susan Jones, Research Associate (Nursing), Teesside University, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Professor Bridie Kent, Professor of Nursing, Deakin University, BURWOOD, Australia
Professor George Kernohan, Professor of Health Research, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland
Dr Raija Kokko, Lecturer, University of Tampere, TAMPERE, Finland
Dr Christina Koulouglioti, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, WORTHING, England
Mrs Rosemary Moninuola Lanlehin, Neonatal Lecturer, City University London, LONDON, England
Dr Margaret Lau-Walker, Lecturer, King's College London, LONDON, England
Dr Geraldine Lee, Lecturer, King's College London, LONDON, England
Dr Allyson Lipp, Principal Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Dr Marjorie Lloyd, Senior Lecturer, Glwndyr University, WREXHAM, Wales
Professor Tony Long, Professor of Child and Family Health, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Ms Irene Mabbott, Practice Development Co-ordinator (Evidence Based Practice), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SHEFFIELD, England
Dr Colin MacDuff, Reader, Robert Gordon University, ABERDEEN, Scotland
Dr Anastasia Mallidou, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, VICTORIA, Canada
Dr Stefanos Mantzoukas, Assistant Professor in Nursing, Epirus Institute of Technology, IOANNINA, Greece
Dr Lori Martin-Plank, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, TUCSON, USA
Dr Fiona Maxton, Senior Research Nurse Manager, NIHR CLRN West Anglia, CAMBRIDGE, England
Professor Tanya McCance, Co-director for Nursing R&D/Mona Grey Professfor for Nursing R&D, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Professor Roy McConkey, Professor of Learning Disability, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland
Dr Ann McDonnell, Reader in Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England
Mrs Joan McDowell, Project Lead - Diabetes, NHS Education for Scotland, GLASGOW, Scotland
Dr Ann McMahon, Research & Innovation Adviser, Royal College of Nursing, LONDON, England
Dr Salomé Meyer, Education Advisor Learning Technologies, Eastern Institute of Technology, NAPIER, New Zealand
Dr Claire Millar, Clinical Research Nurse, Northern Ireland Biobank, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Dr Helen Noble, Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Professor Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Dr Anna O'Neill, Senior Clinical University Teacher, University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland
Dr Simon Palfreyman, Clinical Lecturer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SHEFFIELD, England
Dr Sue Peckover, Reader, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, England
Dr Mmapheko Doriccah Peu, Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria, PRETORIA, South Africa
Dr Michael Pfeil, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, England
Dr Janice Rattray, Reader in Nursing, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland
Professor Sue Read, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England
Dr Joanne Reid, Lecturer in Cancer Nursing, Queen's University Belfast, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Miss Ann Marie Rice, Lecturer, University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland.
Dr Cliff Richardson, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Ms Jeanette Robertson OAM FRCNA, Nurse Researcher, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, PERTH, Australia
Mrs Amelia Rout, Research Officer, Staffordshire University, STAFFORD, England
Dr Dianne Roy, Senior Lecturer & Curriculum Leader - Research, Unitec Institute of Technology, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Professor of Implementation Research, Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
Ms Elizabeth Scruth, Clinical Practice Consultant, Kaiser Permanente, OAKLAND, USA
Professor Kate Seers, Director, RCN Research Institute, University of Warwick, COVENTRY, England
Professor Laura Serrant Green, Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing, University of Wolverhampton, WOLVERHAMPTON, England
Dr Sherrill Snelgrove, Lecturer in Nursing and Psychology Applied to Health, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Professor Karen Spilsbury, Professor in Nursing, University of York, YORK, England
Dr Martin Steggall, Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Clinical Nurse Specialist, City University London, LONDON, England
Dr Alison Steven, Reader in Health Professions Education, Northumbria University, NEWCASTLE, England
Mrs Karen Strickland, Senior Lecturer & Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice, Edinburgh Napier University, EDINBURGH, Scotland
Ms Paula Strong, Nurse/Lecturer, Cardiff University, CARDIFF, Wales
Dr Rachel Taylor, Senior Research Fellow/Senior Research Manager, London South Bank University/University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England
Mrs Julia Terry, Mental Health Nurse Tutor, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Professor Annie Topping, Professor of Nursing, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, England
Mrs Jacqueline Tough, Consultant Nurse, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Professor Michael Traynor, Professor of Nursing Policy, Middlesex University, LONDON, England
Dr Alison Twycross, Reader in Children's Nursing, Kingston University & St George's University of London, LONDON, England
Dr Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Clinical Research Lead and Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, HORSENS, Denmark
Ms Catrina Vallely Heffernan, Lecturer, Institute of Technology, TRALEE, Ireland
Mrs Venetia-Sofia Velonaki, Scientific Researcher, National School of Public Health, ATHENS, Greece
Dr David Voegeli, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON, England
Dr Roberta Waite, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean, Drexel University, PHILADELPHIA, USA
Mrs Jennie Walker, Clinical Educator, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, NOTTINGHAM, England
Dr Carolyn F. Waltz, Professor, University of Maryland, BALTIMORE, USA
Mrs Julie Watson, PhD Researcher, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, EDINBURGH, Scotland
Dr Greta Westwood, Head of Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Research, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Southampton, PORTSMOUTH, England
Dr Edward White, Director, Osman Consulting Pty Ltd, SYDNEY, Australia
Dr Dean Whitehead, Senior Lecturer, Massey University, PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand
Dr Faith Wight Moffatt, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, HALIFAX, Canada
Dr Joyce Wilkinson, Research Fellow, Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
Dr Graham R Williamson, Lecturer, University of Plymouth, EXETER, England
Dr Tracey Williamson, Research Fellow (Public Engagement & User Involvement in Research), University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Mr Daniel Wolstenholme, Clinical Researcher, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SHEFFIELD, England 

 

 

The role of the International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP) is to review the abstracts that are received.  If you have been a member of the ISAP in any of the previous 3 years, you will automatically be invited to be a member again. If you have not been an ISAP member before, or within the past three years, and would like to become one, please review the criteria below, and email your expression of interest to Dave O'Carroll by 14 September 2012.

Contact: Dave O'Carroll
Email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk

 

BACKGROUND

The conference has a Scientific Committee, which consists of 8 people, who are responsible for managing the process of abstract selection and preparing the professional content of the conference programme. However, with over 350 abstracts usually submitted for consideration each year, it is important to have as many reviewers with a wide range of expertise to consider these abstracts.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Scientific Committee look to you, the International Scientific Advisory Panel, for expert advice on the suitability of an abstract for inclusion in the conference. Each abstract will be reviewed by at least 3 different reviewers, and the Scientific Committee will usually go along with the consensus view.  The main aim of peer review is to improve the standards of the scientific content of the conference programme. Be honest and courteous. Reviewers sometimes disagree. In the case of abstracts where reviewers have disagreed, the Scientific Committee will weigh carefully all of the reviewers' comments and make a final decision. Reviewers are invited to judge abstracts against predetermined criteria. There is guidance on the criteria for submitting an abstract, which you are welcome to view; this is the same criteria that you will use as a reviewer to decide whether to accept or reject an abstract.

CRITERIA

The following criteria must be met in order to nominate yourself for membership of the ISAP
i) You must have successfully submitted an abstract to an international conference
ii) You must have had an article accepted in a peer review journal
iii) You must be available to review abstracts between 08 - 15 November 2012

BENEFITS

As an ISAP member, you will be acknowledged in the conference programme and on the official conference website in recognition of your contribution, and an electronic copy of the conference proceedings will be forwarded to you after the event if you are unable to attend in person. Reviewers also contribute to the academic development of the profession by providing constructive feedback to the authors.

TIMESCALES

To allow you to make an informed choice as to whether you will be in a position to complete the reviewing, the following dates have been confirmed. Those of you who have accepted the invitation to become an ISAP member will be emailed week commencing 17 September 2012 with full details of how to register with the online system. You will be able to register as an ISAP member right up until the close of abstract submissions. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 05 November 2012. Abstracts will be allocated to members of the ISAP by 08 November 2012. You will be requested to review approximately 10-15 abstracts online. The online reviews must then be completed by 15 November 2012. In order to ensure that the abstracts you review fall within your sphere of expertise and interest, when you register with the system you will be requested to indicate your areas of expertise using keywords provided. This whole process will be managed electronically.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR

In order to attract a truly international audience to this conference, please forward details of the conference web site to your contacts. You may also wish to nominate colleagues whom you think may also be interested in becoming an ISAP member.  Please feel free to forward this email as you see fit. And of course, we hope that you will consider attending the conference. Being a member of the International Scientific Advisory Panel does not preclude you from submitting an abstract (you will not be asked to review your own abstract!).