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 2008 conference.

Professor Leanne Aitken, Professor of Critical Care Nursing, Griffith University & Princess Alexandra Hospital, BRISBANE, Australia

Marion Allen, , University of Alberta, EDMONTON, USA

Dr Jane V. Appleton, Reader in Primary and Community Care, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD, England

Dr Kay Aranda, Principal Lecturer, University of Brighton, BRIGHTON, England

Mrs Frances Badger, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, England

Mr John Baker, Lecturer/Research Fellow, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Dr Katrina Bannigan, Reader in Occupational Therapy, York St John University, YORK, England

Dr Violet Barkauskas, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan, ANN ARBOUR, USA

Professor Sabine Bartholomeyczik, Professor of Epidemiology and Nursing Science, University of Witten Herdecke, WITTEN, Germany

Ms Paula Beech, Health Services Researcher, Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation Trust, MANCHESTER, England

Dr Loretta Bellman, Senior Nurse Research & Development, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England

Professor Veronica Bishop, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Bournemouth University, BOURNEMOUTH, England

Ms Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Wales, Bangor, BANGOR, Wales

Ms Lisa Bradshaw, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Centre for Workplace Health, Health & Safety Laboratory, BUXTON, England

Obed Brew, Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University, SLOUGH, England

Mrs Meriel Burns, Professional Development Nurse, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, MANCHESTER, England

Dr Lynn Calman, Research Fellow, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Dr Ann Caress, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Mrs Nicola Carey, Senior Research Fellow, University of Reading, READING, England

Professor Caroline Carlisle, Professor of Education in Nursing and Midwifery, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Mrs Lisa Carroll, Consultant Nurse Acute Medicine, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, STAFFORD, England

Miss Julie Clark, PhD Student/Research Assistant/Community Nurse, Thames Valley University, SLOUGH, England

Dr Jane Coad, Senior Research Fellow, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England

Professor Vivien Coates, Professor of Nursing Research, Western Health and Social Care Trust and University of Ulster, COLERAINE, Northern Ireland

Ms Andrea Corbett, Senior Academic Staff Member / Research Co-ordinator, Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand

Professor Jackie Crisp, David Doe Professor of Child & Adolescent Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney and Sydney Children's Hospital, RANDWICK, Australia

Mrs Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan, Researcher in Stroke, King's College London, LONDON, England

Dr Freda DeKeyser Ganz, Head, Clinical Masters Program and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Hadassa-Hebrew University, JERUSALEM, Israel

Mr Patrick Devitt, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Ms Rumona Dickson, Lecturer, University of Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, England

Dr Dawn Dowding, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Decision Making, University of York, YORK, England

Professor Jan Draper, Professor and Director of Nursing, Open University, LONDON, England

Ms Sheila Dunbar, Senior Lecturer - Practitioner, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England

Karen Elcock, Project Leader - Learning Communities, Thames Valley University, SLOUGH, England

Dr Lorraine Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England

Mr Jeff Fernandez, Lead Nurse for Alcohol in Primary Care, Islington, Islington Primary Care Trust, LONDON, England

Ms Helen Franks, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Professor Dawn Freshwater, Dean, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England

Dr Leslie Gelling, Senior Research Fellow, Anglia Ruskin University, CAMBRIDGE, England

Dr Susan Gennaro, Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research, New York University, NEW YORK CITY, USA

Ms Elizabeth Gibbons, Research Officer, Oxford University, OXFORD, England

Professor Morag A. Gray, Associate Dean (Academic Development), Napier University, EDINBURGH, Scotland

Professor Peter Griffiths, Director, Nursing Research Unit, King's College London, LONDON, England

Professor Claire Hale, The Kathleen Raven Chair in Clinical Nursing, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England

Professor Ingalill-Rahm Hallberg, Professor of health care science, Lund University, LUND, Sweden

Ms Philomena Halligan, , University College Dublin, DUBLIN, Ireland

Dr Ruth Harris, Senior Researcher, Kingston University and St. George's, University of London, LONDON, England

Professor Sarah Hewlett, arc Professor of Rheumatology and Nursing, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England

Dr Diane Holditch-Davis, Marcus Hobbs Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Duke University, DURHAM, USA

Michelle Howarth, Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Professor Jennifer Hunt, Professor, University of Bedfordshire, CAMBRIDGE, England

Dr Irene Ilott, Research Associate, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England

Professor Fiona Irvine, Professor of Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England

Mrs Sue Jaycock, Dementia Guidance Development Co-ordinator, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, NOTTINGHAM, England

Hilary Jefferies, Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gynaecology Oncology, Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust, BIRMINGHAM, England

Dr Louise Jenkins, Professor and Co-Director, Institute for Educators in Nursing and Health Professions, University of Maryland, BALTIMORE, USA

Dr Rebecca Jester, Head of School, Keele University, KEELE, England

Professor Martin Johnson, Professor in Nursing, University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Dr Carole Kenner, Dean/Professor, University of Oklahoma, OKLAHOMA CITY, USA

Dr Bridie Kent, Associate Professor / Director of Clinical Nursing Research, University of Auckland, AUCKLAND, New Zealand

Dr Marilyn Kirshbaum, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England

Ms Raija Kokko, Senior Lecturer, University of Tampere, TAMPERE, Finland

Gaye Kyle, Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University, LONDON, England

Professor Andree Le May, Professor of Nursing, University of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON, England

Dr Alison Leary, Macmillan Senior Lecturer, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England

Ms Marcia Leventhal, Clinical Specialist, University Hospital Bern, BERN, Switzerland

Dr Monika Linhart, Professor for Nursing Science, Danube University, KREMS, Austria

Joan Livesley, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Professor Tony Long, Associate Head of School (Research), University of Salford, SALFORD, England

Dr Anastasia Mallidou, Vice CEO, Children's Hospital "Agia Sophia", ATHENS, Greece

Ms Janet Marsden, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, England

Professor Lori Martin-Plank, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing, Temple University, PHILADEPHIA, USA

Professor Maria Helena Palucci Marziale, Full Professor of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo, SAO PAOLO, Brazil

Professor Sian Maslin-Prothero, Professor of Nursing, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England

Ms Abigail Masterson, Director, Abi Masterson Consulting Ltd, LONDON, England

Professor Roy McConkey, Professor of Learning Disability, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland

Mrs Joan McDowell, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland

Professor Joy Merrell, Professor of Public Health Nursing, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales

Dr Salomé Meyer, Lecturer, University of Pretoria, PRETORIA, South Africa

Dr Karen Morin, Professor, Director of PhD Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MILWAUKEE, USA

Deanna Mulvihill, Nursing Consultant and PhD student, University of Western Ontario, LONDON, Canada

Helen Noble, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Renal Supportive Care, Barts and The London NHS Trust, LONDON, England

Mr Simon Palfreyman, Research Nurse/ Smith and Nephew Foundation Doctoral Student, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England

Dr Lorna Paul, Reader, University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland

Dr Michael Pfeil, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, England

Dr Susan Philpin, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales

Dr Tassanee Prasopkittikun, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Mahidol University, BANGKOK, Thailand

Dr Helena Priest, Senior Lecturer/Research Tutor, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England

Dr Janice Rattray, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland

Dr Sue Read, Senior Lecturer, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England

Dr Sarah Redsell, Principal Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, England

Dr Cliff Richardson, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Professor Claire Rickard, Professor, Griffith University, NATHAN, Australia

Gwerfyl Roberts, Lecturer, University of Wales, Bangor, BANGOR, Wales

Ms Jeanette Robertson, Nurse Researcher, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, PERTH, Australia

Mrs Amelia Rout, Researcher, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England

Dr Dianne Roy, Senior Lecturer, Unitec New Zealand, AUCKLAND, New Zealand

Dr Jean Ruane, Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health, University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD,

Dr Debra Salmon, Reader in Community Health, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England

Elizabeth Scruth, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, SAN JOSE, USA

Dr Louisa Sheward, Lecturer, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland

Dr Caroline Shuldham, Director of Nursing & Governance, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, LONDON, England

Professor Marlene Sinclair, Professor in Midwifery Research, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland

Dr Eamonn Slevin, Reader in Nursing, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland

Mr William Spence, , University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland

Dr Karen Spilsbury, Research Fellow, University of York, YORK, England

Mr Martin Steggall, Head of Department, Applied Biological Sciences, City University, LONDON, England, and Clinical Nurse Specialist (Urology), Barts and the London NHS Trust, LONDON, England

Dr Elizabeth Stenhouse, Senior Lecture in Midwifery (Research), University of Plymouth, PLYMOUTH, England

Professor Julie Taylor, Professor of Family Health and Research Dean, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland

Professor Debbie Tolson, Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Glasgow Caledonian University, GLASGOW, Scotland

Professor Annie Topping, Professor of Health & Social Care Research, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, England

Professor Michael Traynor, Trevor Clay Chair of Nursing, Middlesex University, LONDON, England

Dr Alison Twycross, Principal Lecturer in Children's Nursing, Kingston University & St George's University of London, LONDON, England

Dr David Voegeli, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON, England

Susan Vonderheid, Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, CHICAGO, USA

Dr Catherine Walshe, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England

Dr Carolyn F. Waltz, Professor and Director of International Activities, University of Maryland, BALTIMORE, USA

Professor Robin Jennifer Watts, Professor of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, PERTH, Australia

Professor Elizabeth West, Director of Research, University of Greenwich, LONDON, England

Professor Edward White, Professor of Nursing and Health Care Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast, MAROOCHYDORE, Australia

Mr Dean Whitehead, Senior Lecturer, Massey University, PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand

Professor Anne Williams, RCN Professor of Nursing Research, Cardiff University, CARDIFF, Wales

Dr Graham R Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Adult Nursing, University of Plymouth, EXETER, England

Dr Julie Winstanley, Associate Professor in Biostatistics, University of the Sunshine Coast, SIPPY DOWNS, Australia

Professor Susan Woods, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Services, University of Washington, SEATTLE, USA

Professor Patsy Yates, Professor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, KELVIN GROVE, Australia

Ms Janelle Yorke, Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England