You are cordially invited to attend the Professorial Lecture by Professor David Thompson, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. 

Title: 'Matters of the heart and mind: less talk, more action'

The lecture will take place on Monday 24^th June 2024 at 17.30 in the Council Chamber, Lanyon Building, QUB, followed by a reception in the Canada Room.

About the Speaker

Professor David Thompson is recognised as an international leading authority in cardiovascular nursing, care and rehabilitation and has made significant contributions in: synthesising and evaluating the evidence for cardiac rehabilitation; designing and evaluating novel early brief psychosocial interventions for cardiac patients/partners; and developing and validating disease-specific patient-reported outcome measures for cardiac patients.

Professor Thompson has been a full professor since 1994 in universities in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia and served as a Dean, Deputy Dean and Head of departments, schools and faculties of nursing, health sciences and medicine, and held the only chair in cardiovascular nursing in the UK.

Professor Thompson holds seven international honorary/visiting professorships and has developed research collaborations, including supervision, with nursing and medical colleagues there. He has given around 60 major invited plenary lectures and chaired various international meeting sessions. He is a founding and now consultant editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.