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 2010 conference.
Dr Kay Aranda, Principal Lecturer, University of Brighton, BRIGHTON, England
Mrs Frances Badger, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, England
Dr Leslie Baillie, Principal Lecturer, London South Bank University, LONDON, England
Mark Baker, International Fellow in Nursing in Complex Neurological Disabilities, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, LONDON, 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
Ms Caroline Bradbury-Jones, , University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland
Dr Marian Brady, Programme Leader, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, GLASGOW, Scotland
Lucy Bray, Senior Clinical Research Nurse, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Lynn Calman, Research Fellow, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Professor Ann Caress, Professor of 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 & Divisional Leader, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Debbie Carrick-Sen, Head of Nursing and Midwifery Research, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England
Dr Shu-Chuan Chang, Associate Professor of Nursing, Tzu Chi University, HUALIEN, Taiwan
Wai Tong Chien, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, KOWLOON, Hong Kong SAR
Dr Janice Christie, Teaching Fellow, Queen's University Belfast, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Alexander Michael Clark, Associate Professor, University of Alberta, EDMONTON, Canada
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, LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland
Ms Amy Cole, Metabolic Research Nurse, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, LONDON, England
Ms Tiffany Conroy, Manager, Education and Utilisation, Joanna Briggs Institute, ADELAIDE, Australia
Dr Mary Cooke, Lecturer, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Ms Andrea Corbett, Senior Academic Staff Member / Research Co-ordinator, Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand
Mrs Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan, Researcher in Stroke, King's College London, LONDON, England
Mr Patrick Devitt, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Dr Ann Dewey, Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH, England
Ms Rumona Dickson, Lecturer, University of Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Vicki Drury, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Ms Sheila Dunbar, Senior Lecturer - Practitioner, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Fiona Duncan, Nurse Specialist, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, BLACKPOOL, England
Karen Elcock, Project Leader - Learning Communities, Thames Valley University, SLOUGH, England
Mr Jeff Fernandez, Nurse Consultant (Alcohol and Drug Lead Nurse), NHS Islington, LONDON, England
Ms Helen Franks, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Dr Beverley French, Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire, PRESTON, England
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Dean, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Leslie Gelling, Senior Research Fellow, Anglia Ruskin University, CAMBRIDGE, England
Ms Elizabeth Gibbons, Research Officer, Oxford University, OXFORD, England
Dr Angela Grainger, Assistant Director of Nursing (Education and Research), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England
Professor Morag A. Gray, Associate Dean (Academic Development), Napier University, EDINBURGH, Scotland
Dr Helen Green, Programme Manager, Skills for Health, UTTOXETER, England
Professor Peter Griffiths, Director, Nursing Research Unit, King's College London, LONDON, England
Professor Carol Haigh, Professor of Nursing, Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, England
Professor Claire Hale, The Kathleen Raven Chair in Clinical Nursing, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Ms Philomena Halligan, , University College Dublin, DUBLIN, Ireland
Dr Sharon Hamilton, Director, Centre for Health and Social Care Evaluation, University of Teesside, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Dr Ruth Harris, Senior Researcher, Kingston University & St George's, University of London, LONDON, England
Kornelia Hathaway, Education & Training Co-ordinator, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, CAMBRIDGE, England
Dr Mark Hayter, Reader in Nursing, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England
Professor Sarah Hewlett, arc Professor of Rheumatology and Nursing, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England
Dr Belal Hijji, Assistant Professor, Philadelphia University, AMMAN, Jordan
Dr Diane Holditch-Davis, Marcus Hobbs Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Duke University, DURHAM, USA
Professor Susan Holmes, Director of Research and Development & Professor of Nursing, Canterbury Christ Church University, CANTERBURY, England
Dr Janet Holt, Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Maria Horne, Health Visiting Lecturer/Research Fellow, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Ms Karen Iley, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Irene Ilott, Research Associate, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England
Professor Fiona Irvine, Professor of Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England
Professor Barbara Jack, Head of Research and Scholarship, Edge Hill University, ORMSKIRK, England
Louise 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 Jacqueline Jones, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, DENVER, USA
Ros Kane, Senior Lecturer, University of Lincoln, LINCOLN, England
Jacinta Kelly, Lecturer/Co-ordinator, Trinity College Dublin, DUBLIN, Ireland
Dr Marilyn Kirshbaum, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England
Dr Christina Koulouglioti, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, ROCHESTER, USA
Gaye Kyle, Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University, LONDON, England
Dr Anne Lanceley, Senior Lecturer, University College London, LONDON, England
Ms Marcia Leventhal, Clinical Specialist, University Hospital Bern, BERN, Switzerland
Dr Monika Linhart, Professor for Nursing Science, Danube University, KREMS, Austria
Dr Allyson Lipp, Principal Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Dr Lesley Lockyer, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England
Professor Tony Long, Professor of Child and Family Health, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Dr Colin MacDuff, Reader, Robert Gordon University, ABERDEEN, Scotland
Dr Anastasia Mallidou, Vice CEO, Children's Hospital "Agia Sophia", ATHENS, Greece
Lori Martin-Plank, Family and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, , PHILADEPHIA, USA
Professor Maria Helena Palucci Marziale, Full Professor of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo, SAO PAOLO, Brazil
Dr Debbie Mazhindu, Head of Research Development & Pedagogy, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Candy McCabe, Consultant Nurse, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust, BATH, England
Professor Roy McConkey, Professor of Learning Disability, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland
Mrs Joan McDowell, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, GLASGOW, Scotland
Dr Gretl McHugh, Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Salomé Meyer, Lecturer, University of Pretoria, PRETORIA, South Africa
Ms Teresa Moreno-Casbas, Director, Nursing Research Coordination and Development Unit (Investén-ISCIII), Carlos III Health Institute, MADRID, Spain
Dr Karen Morin, Professor, Director of PhD Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MILWAUKEE, USA
Dr Fiona Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Helen Noble, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Renal Supportive Care, Barts & The London NHS Trust, LONDON, England
Professor Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Mr Simon Palfreyman, Research Nurse/ Smith and Nephew Foundation Doctoral Student, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England
Dr Sue Peckover, Senior Research Fellow, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, England
Dr Lin Perry, Senior Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease for Stroke, City University, LONDON, England
Dr Kath Peters, Senior Lecturer & Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies, University of Western Sydney, PENRITH SOUTH, Australia
Mrs Mmapheko Doriccah Peu, Lecturer, University of Pretoria, PRETORIA, South Africa
Dr Michael Pfeil, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, England
Dr Tassanee Prasopkittikun, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Mahidol University, BANGKOK, Thailand
Dr Sue Read, Reader in Learning Disability Nursing, Keele University, STOKE ON TRENT, England
Dr Cliff Richardson, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Gwerfyl Roberts, Lecturer, Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
Ms Jeanette Robertson, Nurse Researcher, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, PERTH, Australia
Dr Jill Robinson, Deputy Head of School, University of East Anglia, NORWICH, England
Mrs Amelia Rout, Research Officer, Staffordshire University, STAFFORD, England
Dr Dianne Roy, Senior Lecturer, Unitec New Zealand, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Dr Jean Ruane, Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Professor of Health Services & Implementation Research, Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
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
Professor Laura Serrant-Green, Professor of Community & Public Health Nursing, University of Lincoln, LINCOLN, England
Dr Su Shaw, Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, England
Dr Eamonn Slevin, Reader in Nursing, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland
Ms Sherrill Snelgrove, Lecturer in Nursing & Behavioural Sciences, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Dr Karen Spilsbury, Research Fellow, University of York, YORK, England
Mr Martin Steggall, Head of Department, City University, LONDON, England
Dr Elizabeth Stenhouse, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery (Research), University of Plymouth, PLYMOUTH, England
Dr Veronica Swallow, Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Josephine Tetley, Senior Lecturer - Nursing (Older Person & Generic Pathways), Open University, MILTON KEYNES, England
Elizabeth Tolmie, Clinical Research Support Officer, Glasgow Clinical Research Facility, GLASGOW, Scotland
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
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
Mr Dean Whitehead, Senior Lecturer, Massey University, PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand
Dr Graham R Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Adult Nursing, University of Plymouth, EXETER, England
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
Dr Janelle Yorke, Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
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 before 4 September 2009.
Contact: Dave O'Carroll
Email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk
BACKGROUND
The conference has a Scientific Committee, which consists of 7 people, who are responsible for managing the process of abstract selection and preparing the professional content of the conference programme. However, with over 400 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: http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/rs/research2010/cfa
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 between4 November - 11 November 2009
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 07 September 2009 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 2 November 2009. Abstracts will be allocated to members of the ISAP by 4 November 2009. You will be requested to review approximately 20 abstracts online. The online reviews must then be completed by 11 November 2009. 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, I would ask that you 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, I 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!).