Plenary Speakers

Professor Laurie BADZEK

Dean and Professor, 
College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University,
Pennsylvania, United States

Professor Laurie Badzek, Professor and Dean of Penn State’s College of Nursing is a nurse, attorney and educator, who specialises in genomics education and competency, health care ethics and law, nursing practice, and ethical decision making. Additionally, Professor Badzek served as the director for nearly 20 years of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Centre for Ethics and Human Rights, an organisation addressing complex ethical and human rights issues confronting nurses, stepping down in 2017.

A champion for improving health care through nursing policy, practice and education, Professor Badzek, in 2001 and 2015, shepherded the revision of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, a document used by nurses to guide professional decisions and conduct. In 2017, she collaborated with colleagues in the development of an online educational toolkit from the National Human Genome Research Institute and is currently helping establish a global nursing alliance, G2NA. Both initiatives are intended to educate nursing professionals on how to integrate genomic information into practice.

Professor Badzek previously served at University of North Carolina Wilmington as Director of the School of Nursing and at West Virginia University, where she is an emeritus professor. Professor Badzek is a member of multiple organisations, a recipient of national and international awards, and a fellow with several organisations including the National Academies of Practice, AACN Wharton Leadership Programme, and American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Suzanne H. CAMPBELL 

Associate Professor, School of Nursing,
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Dr. Suzanne Campbell is Associate Professor (present) and previous Director (2012-2017) of the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Her research programme examines the use of innovative teaching pedagogy, simulation, to teach clinical and non-technical skills such as women’s health, lactation, and health communication. Recently, she has been developing and testing a scale to assess global interprofessional therapeutic communication evaluating provider patient interactions. Through texts, workshops, and conference proceedings she uses technology to empower faculty, students, and health care providers to incorporate creative, practical, and research-based knowledge into pleasurable learning experiences. Her clinical focus is reproductive social justice through the promotion and support of lactation and transition to new parenthood specifically for underserved populations. She consults internationally on lactation, simulation, nursing and interprofessional education. She is a co-editor and co-author of AJN Book of the Year Awardee in Child Health Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care that will inform an international, evidence-based curriculum for lactation consultants worldwide. Dr. Campbell participated in a Gates Foundation grant for Neo-BFHI in Brazil as part of the international research team. She is working to promote interprofessional education, research, and practice at UBC, in British Columbia and globally.

 

Professor Sally Wai Chi CHAN

Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle Singapore
The University of Newcastle, Australia

Professor Sally Chan is a global healthcare educator and researcher. Her career influences the tripartite mission of research, education and practice. Supported by more than 100 funded studies (more than Australian dollars 7.5 million), more than 400 publications in international healthcare journals and international presentations, Professor Chan has developed and sustained international inter-institutional partnerships. The results of her sustained research agenda and scholarship have made a recognised impact on healthcare practice and education in the Region.

Professor Chan has been appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to the Primary Care Consultation Group for Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorder. She is a member of the Council of Deans of Nursing & Midwifery, Australia & New Zealand. Her leadership is evident in her former appointment as chair of the East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS); member of the Expert Group on Mental Health Services by the Hong Kong Government; and the National Nursing Task Force by the Singapore Government.

In 2013, Professor Chan has been awarded the ‘International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame’ by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honours Society of Nursing and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In 2016, she received the University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement, and the Faculty of Health and Medicine International Award for her exceptional achievement in building and sustaining international relations and engagement for the University. In 2017, she received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for her significant achievement and contribution to nursing development and Hong Kong community. In 2018, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Hong Kong College of Mental Health Nursing as well as the Research Supervision Excellence Award from School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle.

Dr. Chiehfeng CHEN

Director, Cochrane Taiwan
Director, EBM Centre and Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Taipei Medical University Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Chiehfeng Chen is currently the Director of Cochrane Taiwan, the Director of EBM Centre & Division of Plastic Surgery of Wan Fang Hospital, and a professor in Taipei Medical University. As a pioneer in the development of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in Taiwan, Dr. Chen established the first EBM Centre in northern Taiwan (located in Wan Fang Hospital) which has been active in providing EBM training programmes for front-line health professionals since 2001. During the past few years, he initiated Chinese translation of several EBM textbooks to facilitate the adoption of EBM in broad allied health societies. In addition, he serves as a reviewer providing EBM related comments and suggestions to medical societies, and is involved in the development of many clinical practice guidelines in Taiwan. With a particular interest in medical informatics, he is striving to do research on integrating real world evidence to clinical practice.

Professor Alexandra McCARTHY

Head,
School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Professor Alexandra McCarthy was appointed Head, School of Nursing, of the University of Auckland in April 2017. She is also the Co-Director of the Women’s Wellness after Cancer Programme based at the Menzies Institute, Queensland, an Adjunct Professor at Griffith University and Visiting Fellow at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Prior to her relocation to Auckland, Professor McCarthy was jointly appointed as the inaugural Chair of Cancer Nursing, Princess Alexandra Hospital and the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology. She has extensive practical experience in acute cancer care, which informs her strong international profile in clinical cancer research. Professor McCarthy’s research has two streams. The first focuses upon health promotion and risk reduction in long-term survivors of cancer with comorbidities. The second focuses on the assessment and management of the toxicities of acute cancer treatments, with an emphasis on the older cancer patient. Professor McCarthy has co-authored several well-cited systematic reviews as part of her research programme.

Professor Rintaro MORI

Regional Adviser (Population Ageing and Sustainable Development), Asia-Pacific Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan

Professor Rintaro Mori is the Regional Advisor on Population Ageing and Sustainable Development at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Office. After receiving paediatric training in Japan, he practiced in Australia, Nepal and the UK as a senior paediatrician and studied epidemiology/public health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine before involving in guideline development for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK. He has also been actively involved in research/aid-works in Madagascar, Bangladesh and Mongolia, as well as research in health systems and women’s and children’s health at both national and global levels. He was appointed as Director of Department of Health Policy at the National Centre for Child Health and Development and Professor in Health Policy for Families and Children at Kyoto University, where he has pursued his research on the life-course approach to achieve sustainable social and health care systems in the context of population ageing since 2012, before taking up his current role in 2018. He is also the Editor of Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth and has authored over 200 scientific publications.

 

Dr. Carol PORTER

Senior Vice President
Chief Nursing Officer
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Professor David R. THOMPSON

Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery,
Queen’s University Belfast,
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Professor David Thompson is Professor of Nursing, Queen’s University Belfast, in the UK. He is also Professorial Fellow, the University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor, Monash University; Honorary Professor, University of Queensland and Distinguished Professor, Anhui Medical University. He has been Professor of Nursing and Director, Centre for the Heart and Mind, Australian Catholic University and the University of Melbourne; Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, University of Leicester; Director and Professor of Nursing, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Professor of Nursing, University of York; Professor of Nursing, University of Hull; and Professor of Nursing Research, UK Department of Health. He is editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, Florence Nightingale Foundation, European Society of Cardiology, American Academy of Nursing and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Professor Thompson is an acknowledged international leader in nursing and cardiovascular research, publishing over 600 papers, 15 books and 40 book chapters and securing research funding in excess of £40M. He has an h-index of 70 and over 22,000 citations. He is a founding member of the Cochrane Heart Group and conducts systematic reviews and meta-analyses in cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation.

 

Plenary Speakers