Dr. Veronica Swallow is a registered adult and sick children’s nurse with over 30 years of health care experience caring for children, young people, and families and developing and leading pediatric services; she moved to academia mid-career. Veronica is currently Professor of Child & Family Nursing & Healthcare at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and leads a national/international program of mixed-methods research, including developing and evaluating digital self-management support interventions in long-term conditions. She has established productive collaborations in national and international universities and clinical communities. With an accrued grant income of over £4.0 million as lead and co-applicant, and 60+publications in peer reviewed journals, she is regularly invited to present at national and international conferences. She currently supervises six PhD students in child and family healthcare.

Dr. Veronica Swallow has been an active IFNA member since 2012 and is currently serving as the President of IFNA. She also co-leads the UK & Ireland IFNA Chapter.

For more information, contact Dr. Veronica Swallow: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/swallowveronica

Yuuko Mabrey Johnson, MSN-Leadership, CSN, PHN, has a distinguished 20-year career working within inclusive community-based, transdisciplinary, and trans-agency systems of family-focused care supporting diverse populations of infants and toddlers and their families through the auspices of Federal Part C Early Intervention and the California Early Start Programs.  

She is a member of a Sacramento County team created to provide training and technical assistance to local school district teachers (kindergarten through grade twelve) attempting to implement the recently released California Health Education Framework with the overarching outcomes to improve health literacy for all students, improved health outcomes, and achieve optimal health.

Yuuko is passionately involved with building alliances with local stakeholders to positively impact health disparities and promote health equity by participating in and forming relationships with pediatric residency programs, early childhood educator credentialing programs, and creating the Infant-Toddler Nurse Collaborative. 

Yuuko is currently serving as co-chair of the IFNA Practice Committee.

For more information contact IFNA member, Yuuko Mabrey Johnson at [email protected] or linkedin.com/in/yuuko-mabrey-johnson-msn-leadership-rn-37945b18/

Michelle Scotton Franklin, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNS, is a PhD candidate at Duke University School of Nursing studying the health care transition, health status, and functional outcomes of adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. As a nurse scientist, she is conducting studies that will inform health policy and improve the health and well-being of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Through her role as a nurse practitioner at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, she specializes in providing integrated primary care and mental health services to individuals of all ages with developmental disabilities. She leads curriculum development and training opportunities for NPs to increase their capacity to provide evidence-based medical and psychiatric care to individuals with developmental disabilities. Throughout her work in these various capacities, she is committed to partnering with families to help them achieve their optimal health.

Michelle is a member of the IFNA Student Engagement Group and is currently serving as a member of the IFNA Communications Committee.

For more information contact IFNA member, Michelle Franklin: [email protected].

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-franklin-7b68b6126/