Dr. Veronica Lambert, Professor of Children and Family Nursing, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Ireland, is conducting a program of research on parent-adolescent communication and negotiation of self-management responsibilities for adolescents’ with type 1 diabetes (T1D). To date, this Health Research Board of Ireland funded work has involved the conduct of a qualitative meta-synthesis, clinic observations, interviews, a cross-sectional survey, systematic theoretical modelling and an intervention mapping process to design a family-focused healthcare intervention to support family communication around shared self-care responsibilities for childhood T1D. This builds on Dr Lambert’s research in the field of family communication processes for children living with chronic/long-term health care needs. Further information about the study can be found at https://www.dcu.ie/snpch/people/veronica-lambert.
Dr. Veronica Lambert is currently the co-leader of the IFNA UK/Ireland Chapter. She was recently elected to serve as Treasurer on the IFNA Board of Directors (2021-2023).
She was recently recognized in December 2020 as 100 of the top health care leaders in Ireland by Hospital Professional News Ireland which “celebrates Ireland’s top hospital and healthcare achievers from a range of disciplines from healthcare to pharma industries, who act as ambassadors and role models for their peers and colleagues”.
For more information contact IFNA member, Veronica Lambert.
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