Teresa Gutiérrez-Alemán, RN, MSc., is currently a full-time doctoral student in Nursing Science at the University of Navarra in Spain who is working with Dr. Ana Canga Armayor in a program of research that is examining the implementation of Family Systems Nursing (FSN) theory to clinical practice at the University Hospital. During her baccalaureate and masters studies she served as an intern in the randomized clinical trial of an educational intervention in Family Systems Nursing (using the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models) to enable Spanish nurses to offer family nursing assessment and intervention to families living with chronic illness. The trial was funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2013-2015).  

Teresa 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, Teresa Gutiérrez-Alemán.

Twitter account: @TeresaG_Aleman

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Kim Mooney-Doyle, PhD, MSN, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, USA. Her research focuses on promoting family health in the context of pediatric palliative and end-of-life care. Her program of research includes elucidating the experience of parenting ill children and their siblings and examining the impact of family-level factors in siblings of children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. She currently serves as co-chair of the IFNA Research Committee.

Dr. Mooney-Doyle’s early career achievements were recognized with a 2019 Rising Star in Family Nursing Award from the International Family Nursing Association. 

For more information contact IFNA member, Kim Mooney-Doyle.

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Francine de Montigny, PhD, is a Professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Quebec, Canada. She was named Officer of the Ordre National du Québec on June 22, 2017–the highest distinction of the province of Québec for her dedication to families and their place in nursing care.  She is also a recipient of the 2017 Banque Nationale Clinical Innovation Award of the Ordre Régional des Infirmières et Infirmiers de l’Outaouais and of the 2014 Insignia of Merit of the OIIQ, 

Professional activities supporting the award of this prestigious designation include Dr. de Montigny’s outstanding track record as a Canada Research Chair and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Fatherhood, the Family, and Society, made up of 20 specialists in Canada and abroad. A research fellow of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) since 2008, she directs the Centre for Studies and Research on Family Intervention (CERIF) and the innovative At the Heart of Families laboratories. Her work has focused on the challenges met by families in regards to procreation and parenthood.

Dr. de Montigny is currently conducting a study which will shed light on the effects of these transitions on the mental health of 200 immigrant and 200 non-immigrant fathers and their spouses. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has funded this three-year longitudinal mixed study which began in August 2017. The initial results are expected in the Spring 2018.

Dr. Francine de Montigny is a current member of the IFNA Practice Committee and the IFNA Education Committee.  For more information contact IFNA member, Francine de Montigny. 

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