Within Bernie’s specialist subject area of Children’s Nursing, she has edited and/or co-authored 7 books, supervised 32 PhD students to completion, been Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Child Health Care  and in terms of capacity building has initiated, implemented and ‘driven forward’ a range of different events, seminars and opportunities for staff and research students as part of remit to develop a research culture and a ‘community of research practice’. These include: 

• Write Now! sessions specifically devoted to providing an ‘active haven’ for experienced and novice writers, providing support and encouragement to bring high quality papers to fruition.
• Created research opportunities for staff to contribute skills and expertise to research projects with the aim of ensuring that there is equity in opportunity.
• Mentoring and coaching: mentor colleagues with and external to her own University, including those wishing to achieve Readership or Professor status.
• Drawing on her international networks to help disseminate knowledge via seminars and workshops, alongside expertise of professors and other eminent colleagues. 

 Bernie has the following qualifications:

SRN RSCN (29th July 1980)

BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (14 July 1989) (First Class) (Manchester Polytechnic)

PGCE Education (Further Education) (June 1991) (University of Wales)

Diploma in Aromatherapy (12th April 1993)

Doctor of Philosophy (June 1995) (Manchester Metropolitan University)

PGCE Postgraduate Research Supervision (June 2004) (University of Central Lancashire)

Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (10th May 2009)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (17th April 2011)

As a psychologist Chantal has extensive clinical and research experience in the psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease. As a researcher, Chantal has been awarded over £16M in competitive funding. Her major interests are in the development and evaluation of brief novel psychosocial interventions for cardiovascular patients and their carers and integrating these into existing health services. She has published widely including journals such as Nature Cardiol Rev, Trends Endocrinol Metab, Cochrane Database Syst Rev, Int J Cardiol and Nature Rev Cardiol. Chantal has expertise in evaluation of health service models of care for patients with cardiovascular disease inclusive of government consultation. 

Jacqueline is the director of Bachelor of Nursing (Post-registration), delivered in Singapore, and is responsible for the development and provision of high-quality, pedagogically sound education.  She is also the  academic lead for Interprofessional Education within the Faculty of Medicine and Health (0.2FTE) at the University of Sydney.  Jacqueline is the chair of the Collaborative Health Education Sydney (CHES) Community of Practice Advisory group and represents the university on the Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Steering Committee. She is Chief Editor for Frontiers in Medicine- Health Professions Education, an international Q1 journal, and regularly chairs accreditation panels for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. Following her work in  developing and evaluating a digital capability framework and self-assessment tool in Australia,  Jacqueline has been engaged as an external supervisor of a PhD student investigating digital health in the undergraduate curriculum at QUB. Her appointment will facilitate links with the Education and Practice Research theme in the School. 

Links with Latha developed during international knowledge exchange seminars on the use and value of serious games in nurse education.  The School of Nursing and Midwifery have codesigned an evidence-based game that is now being used in colleges of nursing in India. Further work is planned on the co-development of serious games for nursing and midwifery education. Latha’s interests also include the development of midwifery education in India and midwifery simulation to reduce perinatal mortality. She will provide additional opportunities to collaborate on international publications and form additional links with nursing and midwifery colleagues in the Education and Practice Research theme in the School. 

Her recent work includes a focus on improving nursing practice with older people and consideration of nursing workload following the impact of Covid-19.

Fiona provides an important link as a member to the UK Professors in Midwifery and Neonatal Care network which provides career development opportunities in midwifery/maternity care research and education. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology from 2015 until 2021 and is a member of the British Psychological Society, Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology and Marce Society.

Fiona has a PhD in Psychology, Title: Neuropsychology of Alcohol Abuse (1990) and a BSSc Honours in Psychology from Queen’s University Belfast.   She was awarded a Medical Research Council Health Services Research training fellowship in 1998 to support her work on complex pregnancy.

In recognition of her commitment and contribution to advancing the evidence and practice of healthcare, she was awarded a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL4HealthNE) Fellowship in 2007, a Teaching Fellowship for excellence in leadership and impact (Teesside University) in 2009 and Advance HE Senior Fellowship in 2013. Gillian was selected as a founding member of The Q Community (The Heath Foundation) in 2013 and a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Academy Member in 2018. She graduated as a Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) Scholar (International Council of Nurses) in 2022. Gillian regularly receives invitations to speak at national/international events.

In her current professorial role in the School of Nursing , Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University she is Co-Director of the Centre for Health and Care Research. Her responsibilities include: driving high quality applied research and knowledge exchange through regional, national and international collaborations; developing research capability, focusing particularly on clinical academics; student supervision; coaching academic staff; and supporting curriculum development. 

As an authentic leader, Gillian seeks to enable others to maximise their potential through research, education and scholarship. This has included a variety of national and international roles which include serving on the National Service Improvement Reference Group (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement) and the Long Covid Clinical Reference Group (NHS England/Health Education England). She is also Trustee of a national patient safety charity (Clinical Human Factors Group), co-convenes the GNLI Alumni Network for Europe on behalf of the International Council of Nurses, and is collaborating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe.

Dr. Rej has been working closely with Dr. Helen Noble and Dr. Clare McVeigh, developing behavioral interventions for people experiencing hemo-dialysis and other chronic physical conditions, with an emphasis on mindfulness interventions. He is planning a visit to the School in April 2024."

Juliet presented her reflections on leading research capacity building initiatives over the last 12 years, working in collaboration with six academic partners across a range of professions (April 2023) Vision, Visibility and Values: building research capacity through collaborative leadership.   She will be collaborating with QUB staff on research capacity building and developing the nursing and midwifery consultant role in practice.

Professor Gormley currently contributes to the supervises of several PhD and MSc students within the School, and his positive contribution to the academic team is considered pivotal for these students continued and successful progression. Professor Gormley has a niche experience and skill set in healthcare policy and national and international professional regulation, which makes it likely that he will be requested to contribute to educational delivery and curriculum design projects, including lectures, seminars and reviewing professional and educational materials. 

Loreena is a Specialist Heart Failure nurse with prescribing authority, sharing her expertise across undergraduate and postgraduate modules. She developed and coordinates the Heart Failure SPQ module (2022-present), Applied Research Methods & Statistics in Healthcare (MBRU 2020-present), and led the Nurse and Midwifery Prescribing (NMP) program (2020-Dec 2022). She plans to continue contributing her expertise,such as within Transforming Practice through Evidence (HSN7087).

During her time within QUB she contributed to 2 published textbooks, which are internationally recognised and included as learning resources within many cardiovascular programmes. Loreena has a strong international cardiovascular research program with significant impact on policy, practice, and education. Since completing her PhD, she has secured over £1 million in research funding and is leading three ongoing externally funded projects. These focus on patients with complex needs, such as those living with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators or advanced/palliative cardiovascular illness. She plans to continue collaborating with the QUB research team and contribute as a heart failure expert on the NIHR grant (PalliatHeartSynthesis II).

Loreena is a leading expert in heart failure nursing, elected as a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2014 and Fellow of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) in 2019. She served on the HFA board from 2016 and was the first nurse on the Executive board from 2020-2022. She is currently co-chair of the HFA Scientific Committee (Heart and Brain) and the ACNAP Scientific Committee for the 2024-2026 term. Loreena is Associate Editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and reviews for the European Journal of Heart Failure, BMJ, and PLOS One. She represents QUB on the NI Chest, Heart and Stroke grant review committee and reviews grant applications for the British Heart Foundation. In 2023, she was elected Trainee member of the CRN: Cardiovascular Disease National Specialty Group.