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 2011 conference. 

Dr Mary Adams, Research Associate, King's College London, LONDON, England
Dr Ekhlas Al Gamal, Assistant Professor, University of Jordan, AMMAN, Jordan
Professor Sharon Andrew, , Anglia Ruskin University, CAMBRIDGE, England
Dr Jane V. Appleton, Reader in Primary and Community Care, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD, England
Mrs Frances Badger, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, England
Dr Lesley Baillie, Reader in Healthcare, University of Bedfordshire, AYLESBURY, England
Mark Baker, International Fellow in Nursing in Complex Neurological Disabilities, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, LONDON, England
Dr Katrina Bannigan, Reader in Occupational Therapy, York St John University, YORK, England
Dr Caroline Bradbury-Jones, , University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland
Lucy Bray, Senior Clinical Research Nurse, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, LIVERPOOL, England
Dr Nicola Carey, Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey, GUILDFORD, England
Dr Janice Christie, Teaching Fellow, Queen's University Belfast, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Professor Jane Coad, Professor in Children and Family Nursing, Coventry University, COVENTRY, England
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
Professor Jackie Crisp, David Doe Professor of Child & Adolescent Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney and Sydney Children's Hospital, RANDWICK, Australia
Professor Sally Dampier, Professor, Confederation College, THUNDER BAY, Canada
Dr Freda DeKeyser Ganz, Head, Clinical Masters Program and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Hadassah-Hebrew University, JERUSALEM, Israel
Dr Ann Dewey, Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH, England
Professor Dawn Dowding, Professor of Applied Health Research, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Vicki Drury, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Dr Fiona Duncan, Nurse Specialist, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, BLACKPOOL, England
Mr Jeff Fernandez, Nurse Consultant (Alcohol and Drug Lead Nurse), NHS Islington, LONDON, 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, Reader in Nursing, 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 Claire Hale, The Kathleen Raven Chair in Clinical Nursing, University of Leeds, LEEDS, England
Dr Sharon Hamilton, Director, Centre for Health and Social Care Evaluation, University of Teesside, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Professor Ruth Harris, Professor of Nursing Practice and Innovation, Kingston University & St George's, University of London, LONDON, England
Kornelia Hathaway, Education & Training Manager (Clinical Research), Addenbrooke's Clinical Research Centre, CAMBRIDGE, England
Claire Hawkes, , Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
Dr Mark Hayter, Reader in Nursing, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, England
Professor Sarah Hewlett, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology Nursing, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England
Dr Belal Hijji, Assistant Professor, An-Najah National University, NABLUS, the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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 Michelle Howarth, Lecturer, University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Professor Jennifer Hunt, Professor, University of Bedfordshire, CAMBRIDGE, England
Dr Anne Hunt, Senior Research Fellow in Children's Palliative Care, University of Central Lancashire, PRESTON, England
Ms Karen Iley, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Irene Ilott, Knowledge Translation Project Lead, CLAHRC-SY, SHEFFIELD, England
Professor Fiona Irvine, Professor of Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University, LIVERPOOL, England
Professor Barbara Jack, Head of Research and Director, Evidence-based Practice Research Centre, Edge Hill University, ORMSKIRK, England
Dr Hilary Jefferies, SUTTON COLDFIELD, 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 Jacqueline Jones, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, DENVER, USA
Dr Martyn Jones, Associate Director, Social Dimensions of Health Institute, University of Dundee and St Andrews, DUNDEE, Scotland
Ros Kane, Senior Lecturer, University of Lincoln, LINCOLN, England
Dr Bridie Kent, Professor of Nursing, Deakin University, BURWOOD, Australia
Dr Marilyn Kirshbaum, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England
Ms Raija Kokko, Senior Lecturer, University of Tampere, TAMPERE, Finland
Dr Christina Koulouglioti, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, ROCHESTER, USA
Ms Marcia Leventhal, Clinical Specialist, University Hospital Bern, BERN, Switzerland
Dr Monika Linhart, , University of Vienna, VIENNA, Austria
Dr Allyson Lipp, Principal Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Dr Lesley Lockyer, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England, BRISTOL, England
Dr Colin MacDuff, Reader, Robert Gordon University, ABERDEEN, Scotland
Julie MacInnes, , Canterbury Christchurch University, CANTERBURY, England
Sandra Mackey, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Dr Anastasia Mallidou, Associate Professor (Limited Term), University of Victoria, VICTORIA, Canada
Professor Janet Marsden, Professor of Ophthalmology and Emergency Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Lori Martin-Plank, Fulltime Online Faculty, South University Online, SAVANNAH, USA
Dr Ann McMahon, RCN R&D Adviser, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, MANCHESTER, England
Dr Jennifer Anne McNeill, Lecturer in Midwifery Research, Queen's University Belfast, BELFAST, Northern Ireland
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 Fiona Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Professor Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, University of Glamorgan, PONTYPRIDD, Wales
Dr Simon Palfreyman, Post-doctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SHEFFIELD, England
Dr Sue Peckover, Senior Research Fellow, University of Huddersfield, HUDDERSFIELD, 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
Ms Jeanette Robertson OAM, Nurse Researcher, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, PERTH, Australia
Dr Sheila Rodgers, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, EDINBURGH, Scotland
Mrs Amelia Rout, Research Officer, Staffordshire University, STAFFORD, England
Dr Dianne Roy, Senior Lecturer, Unitec New Zealand, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Dr Jean Ruane, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health, Sheffield Hallam University, SHEFFIELD, England
Elizabeth Scruth, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, SAN JOSE, USA
Mr John Sedgewick, Programmes Director & Principal Lecturer (Nephrology), Teesside University, MIDDLESBROUGH, England
Professor Kate Seers, Director, RCN Institute, RCN Research Institute, COVENTRY, England
Dr Su Shaw, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England
Dr Caroline Shuldham, Director of Nursing & Governance, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, LONDON, England
Dr Eamonn Slevin, Reader in Nursing, University of Ulster, NEWTOWNABBEY, Northern Ireland
Dr Sherrill Snelgrove, Lecturer in Nursing & Behavioural Sciences, Swansea University, SWANSEA, Wales
Dr Martin Steggall, Associate Dean for Pre-registration Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery, City University, LONDON, England
Dr Elizabeth Stenhouse, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery (Research), University of Plymouth, PLYMOUTH, England
Rachel Taylor, , London South Bank University, LONDON, England
Professor Julie Taylor, Head of Strategy & Development: Physical Abuse in High Risk Families, NSPCC, EDINBURGH, Scotland
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
Professor Katri Maria Vehvilainen-Julkunen, Professor of Nursing Science, Head of the Department, University of Kuopio, KUOPIO, Finland
Dr David Voegeli, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON, England
Susan Vonderheid, Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, CHICAGO, USA
Dr Carolyn F. Waltz, Professor and Director of International Activities, University of Maryland, BALTIMORE, USA
Dr Edward White, Director, Osman Consulting Pty Ltd, SYDNEY, Australia and Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales, 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, Centre for Health Related Research, Bangor University, BANGOR, Wales
Dr Tracey Williamson, Research Fellow (Public Engagement & User Involvement in Research), University of Salford, SALFORD, England
Dr Graham R Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Adult Nursing, University of Plymouth, EXETER, England
Professor Patsy Yates, Professor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, KELVIN GROVE, Australia

 

 

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 28 September 2010.

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 between 24 - 30 November 2010

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 06 September 2010 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 22 November 2010. Abstracts will be allocated to members of the ISAP by 24 November 2010. You will be requested to review approximately 15 abstracts online. The online reviews must then be completed by 30 November 2010. 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!).