Fernanda Lise is a Brazilian pediatric nurse and doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Nursing at Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), member of Core of Chronic Conditions and their Interfaces (NUCCRIN). She is working with Dr. Eda Schwartz and Dr. Kathryn Hoehn Anderson in the project “Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the instrument: The Assessment of Strategies in Families – Effectiveness to Portuguese language for use with Brazilian families”. This family assessment instrument was developed and validated by Dr. Marie-Luise Friedemann. Fernanda is currently working on testing the use of the instrument in Brazil so that nurses will be able to use a family assessment tool in practice. Fernanda is the author of two blogs: Care & Families and Family Nursing – Brazil.

Fernanda is a member of the IFNA Student Engagement Group and currently serves as a member of the IFNA Practice Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Fernanda Lise.

Curriculum Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3700324668794175

Linda K. Young, PhD, RN, CNE, CFLE, is a Professor and Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. Her family scholarship has focused on the family experience of adult hematopoietic transplant patients during transplant when admitted to a critical care environment and the first year post-transplant.  She co-led the creation of a baccalaureate nursing program with a strong emphasis on family nursing throughout the curriculum. She is a certified family life educator and certified nurse educator. Dr. Young presently serves as the co-chair of the IFNA Resource Advancement Committee and assisted in leading the first meeting of nursing deans at IFNC13 in Pamplona, Spain. Dr. Young’s significant contributions were recently recognized with her 2020 induction as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. 

For more information contact IFNA member, Linda Young.

Alison Metcalfe, PhD, BSc, RN, PG Certificate in Family Therapy, assumed a new position in April 2018 as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean for the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK: http://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/new-dean-appointed-lead-health-and-wellbeing-faculty

Her program of research focuses of the communication of genetic risk information in families. She works with clinical colleagues, patients, and families to co-design interventions informed by family systems, which facilitate family members’ communication, coping, and adaptation to living with a genetic condition. She and her colleagues recently obtained European Union funding to co-design services that support health professionals in delivery of genome sequencing results to families affected by rare disease. Dr. Metcalfe co-leads the new UK/Ireland IFNA Chapter with Dr. Veronica Swallow. For more information contact IFNA member, Alison Metcalfe.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetcalfeAlison

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alison-metcalfe-58501720

Amanda Garrow RN, PhD, is a Simulation Education Specialist at Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA, and a Lecturer in Nursing at Salford University, United Kingdom. Her current research and practice focuses on improving quality outcomes for children and their families through the use of simulation. Dr. Garrow currently serves as a member of the IFNA Education Committee and as an IFNA country liaison. She is also a member of the IFNA UK/Ireland Chapter. For more information contact IFNA member, Amanda Garrow. 

Twitter account: https://twitter.com/hodgygarra