2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

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2012
international
new FEllOWs
United Kingdom
niCKY CUllUm, pHD, Rn
Nicky Cullum has held posts at the Universities of Liverpool and of York (where she founded
the Centre for Evidence Based Nursing in 1996) and is currently a Professor of Nursing at the
University of Manchester.
Dr. Cullum gained postdoctoral research experience at the University of Surrey in the Nursing
Practice Research Unit where she studied chronic wounds. Her particular interest is developing
the evidence base for the prevention and treatment of wounds; particularly pressure ulcers,
leg ulcers and surgical wounds on which she undertakes epidemiological studies, randomized
controlled trials, evidence syntheses and qualitative research.
Dr. Cullum was trained as a nurse in Liverpool, UK and was awarded a PhD in pharmacology
from the University of Liverpool in 1989 for her study of the neurochemistry of diabetes. She
is also a founding member of the Cochrane Collaboration and has led the Cochrane Wounds
Group since 1995.
ian nORman, bsC (KEElE), msC (EDin), pHD (lOnD), Rn
Ian Norman is the Deputy Head of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at
King’s College London, UK and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nursing Studies,
one of the highest impact academic nursing journals in the world. He is a qualified mental health
nurse, general nurse and learning disability nurse and social worker and holds an honorary
appointment as a Cognitive Behavioural Nurse Psychotherapist at the Maudsley Hospital, London
UK where he works with patients suffering from complex mental health problems.
Dr. Norman’s research programme is concerned primarily with the study of workforce related
and education and training initiatives for improving the delivery of health and social care and
the outcome of these initiatives for patients, staff, and services and also the development and
evaluation of psychological interventions to support people with mental health problems. His
research has led to publication of many research papers and he has written/edited several books.
Amongst his edited books is The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing, now in its 3rd edition,
is a standard text for mental health nurse education in the UK and is well known internationally.
Dr. Norman was awarded a Fellowship of the UK Royal College of Nursing in 2009, in
recognition of his contribution to the development of mental health nursing and to nursing
scholarship. He is also a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science.