Working with the other PCEP members who are focussed on maternity care, Imelda ensures that the voice of the woman and the family is integrated into the content and delivery of the curriculum. Working as a member of the PCEP team Imelda has contributed to the progression of initiatives by the PCEP. She is a confident communicator and has used this skill in a range of fora in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Imelda has an ability to influence others by sharing her vision and she has used her experiences of maternity care services to articulate why her vision of women focussed care is vital. Imelda contributes to teaching and learning of students and works within the midwifery team to ensure that the voice of service users influences midwifery education. 

Imelda will continue to extend the influence as a woman with lived experience of health care services, and maternity care in particular.  

As a result, she has been the catalyst for developing the forum from a maternity care perspective. Through her expertise and leadership, she contributed to the School’s shared goal of educating our midwifery students so that they are not only knowledgeable and skilled, but also compassionate carers who both listen to women and act as their advocate. 

Kieran has been a Co-Chair of the Annual Care Home Conference since its inception in 2018 and provides the closing address each year.  Kieran has funded two EBN scholarships in the past twelve months to enable high-achieving nursing students to develop an aspect of research in partnership with a research team.

He now works alongside the Prison Arts Foundation and goes back into prisons to help others the way he was helped. He encourages young men in the prison system to engage with the arts as a way of improving their mental health. 

"Through art, I was able to change my life around. I witnessed how art can make a big difference in people's lives, not only my own, but a large number of people." - Mr Stephen Greer 

MindfulnessUK was founded to teach mindfulness and compassion and to train others to teach it, Karen has now been teaching mindful movement and meditation for many years, specifically teaching mindfulness and compassion for over 20 years, and has developed and delivered a number of mindfulness courses and qualifications, including the Level 4 Certificate “Integrating Mindfulness and Compassion in Professional Practice” which enables others to offer these transformative practices and skills to either individuals or groups. 

Karen Atkinson’s book ‘Compassionate Mindful Inquiry in Therapeutic Practice. 

A Practical Guide for Mindfulness Teachers, Yoga Teachers and Allied Health Professionals’ is an important contribution to the evolving fields of mindfulness and compassion, both of which are essential methods to help alleviate suffering and enable people to live more rewarding lives. 

Sri is part of the team that codesigned and evaluated the Indonesian Dementia Game. She is currently working with colleagues at UGM  investigating the impact of a English Dementia Game on the attitudes of Indonesian Health Professions students. Sri contributes to the international work of the Education and Practice Research theme in the School.

Sri provided translation during the codesign workshops and provided expert language support during the production and beta testing of the Indonesian Dementia Game.  Her links and ongoing partnership with Alzheimer’s Indonesia place her in an excellent position for ongoing research partnerships between Universitas Gadja Mada and QUB. Sri is a national consultant on a pilot project in Yogyakarta testing out innovative community solutions for aging in place, lessons which may be transferable to Northern Ireland.  

Sri’s qualifications include a Doctorate from the University of Gadjah, a Masters in Nursing from the University of Flinders, Adelaide, South Australia, and a Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the University of Gadjah Mada. 

Susan is passionate to use her voice to make a positive change in Care for Service Users/Patients and Families through Education. She understands how to compassionately express supportive advice/expertise and experience for students and share knowledge of Lived Experiences to support health and well-being. In her role as Honorary Lecturer, Susan will continue her active role in the PCEP group and her membership of School based committees.

Trevor has been involved in the delivery of workshops and role plays on undergraduate and Graduate Entry Masters programmes on the role of being a career, engaged in interview and selection panels for pre-registration nursing programmes, development of video tutorials and podcasts for nursing students and support of research in the co-design of the cancer, caring, coping resource now adopted across all HSC trusts in Northern Ireland. As well as speaking at public seminars for QUB, he has written a book chapter for a specialist volume edited by Dr. Helen Kerr.

Gerard has a learning disability and brings his unique perspective as a person with lived experiences.  He has promoted disability awareness and inclusion for all and is an advocate on behalf of those who need a voice. 

Scott has a number of professional qualifications/memberships such as an elected fellow for the Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Public Health, International Society of Psychotherapy and an accredited member of the Counselling and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.  

Scott is a Fellow of the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling. 

Tracy is involved in all aspects of the course management including providing support to students as well as module co-ordination, teaching and assessment responsibilities for module WAV2008 Theoretical Aspects on Trauma and Loss, WAV2014 Developmental Trauma, WAV2009 International Responses to Conflict and WAV3016 Vicarious Trauma and Resiliency which run biannually on alternate years as part of the part time programme.  Tracy teaches into other modules on the BSc (Hons) Psychological Trauma programme. She is also involved in the Citizen Education role at the WAVE Trauma Centre and occasionally, in this capacity, presents to students on undergraduate courses in Nursing, Midwifery and in other Schools in QUB. 

Paul is involved in all aspects of the course management including providing support to students as well as module co-ordination, teaching and assessment responsibilities for module WAV3107 Social & Political Aspects of Victimhood which runs biannually as part of the part time programme. Dr Gallagher also teaches into other modules on the BSc (Hons) Psychological Trauma programme. He is also involved in the Citizen Education role at the WAVE Trauma Centre and often, in this capacity, presents to students on undergraduate courses in Nursing, Midwifery and in other Schools in QUB. 

His envisaged contribution to the School of Nursing and Midwifery for the foreseeable future would be in this vein. Paul will continue to be heavily involved in BSc (Hons) Psychological Trauma course management including involvement in the Student Voice meetings, course planning and evaluation.    

Paul graduated with his PhD from QUB in 2023, he has quickly established himself as a well-regarded educator in the trauma speciality area. He is highly regarded by peers and students alike.  

Paul’s Specialist Subject Area is Psychological Trauma.

Bernie is currently involved in a number of committees relating to Emergency Care and contribute to creating policies to enhance patient safety, including the clinical aspects of the Trust wide ‘Absent Without Leave’ policy and Missing Persons from the Emergency Department Policy in conjunction with PSNI.

Claire has extensive knowledge of bringing arts experiences to patients receiving dialysis experience and managed the Arts Programme in Renal Dialysis at University Hospital Waterford from 2007 until she became Director in 2017.

Claire has been a member of the Renal Arts Group and was a partner on the PAINT project (International maPping exercise of Arts Interventions in reNal uniTs). Claire will continue to work in partnership with the Renal Arts Group at Queens University, Belfast (QUB) to support the new research project, CREATIVE, pending funding by the UK Research and Innovation Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) CREATIVE is a cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a complex arts-based intervention on the mental health and wellbeing of patients receiving haemodialysis. 

Ann is an expert in developing clinical scenarios, executing these through leadership and organisational skills, also assuming the role of an examiner during the OSCE and OSCLER assessments with our postgraduate students. Her 15 years of experience as a teaching assistant within the School of Nursing and Midwifery provides guidance, support, and expert knowledge. Through pre-briefing and debriefing during simulated practice sessions and informing the format of the examinations, as a key contributor to the formulation of exam papers, OSCLERs and OSCEs across a range of anaesthetic nursing modules.

Jo graduated from Cambridge University. Her post-qualification training, based in London, was focussed on Acute Internal and Emergency Medicine.