Meet the team
Dr Bridget Johnston - Consultant Editor PhD, BN(HONS), PGCE(FE), RGN
Bridget qualified as a nurse from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London before undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing (honours) degree in nursing at the University of Wales, College of Medicine (Cardiff). She completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education while in Cardiff.
Bridget has a clinical, educational and research background in palliative care. She was a Macmillan Nurse Teacher in Cambridge then moved to Scotland where she was a Lecturer at Strathcarron Hospice in Scotland for 11 years. She helped establish and run the first Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Nursing in Scotland at the University of Glasgow during this time. She graduated with her PhD from the University of Glasgow in 2002 on nurses’ and patients’ perceptions of expert palliative nursing. She was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship from Medical Research Scotland and worked as a senior research fellow at the University of Stirling from 2006-2010. She joined the University of Dundee in April 2010 and is part of the Cancer Care Research Team based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, leading the palliative care research strand. The research focuses primarily on dignity and end-of-life care. She is currently a Reader in Palliative Care.
Bridget was chair of the Palliative Care Research Society from 2008-2011 and was Chair of Palliative Care Congress in 2012. She has a clinical position with the palliative care team in NHS Tayside as an Honorary Nurse Consultant.
Bridget practises Dignity Therapy, which is a unique individualised brief psychotherapy, developed by Professor Harvey Chochinov for the purpose of relieving distress and enhancing the end-of-life experiences of terminally ill patients.
Craig Nicholson - Editor
Craig graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2006 with a degree in Biochemistry and was formerly the Copy Editor of Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Editorial board
Australia
Donna Drew - Clinical Nurse Consultant, Paediatric Oncology/Palliative Care, Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, New South Wales
Kate White - Professor Cancer Nursing, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, Sydney Nursing School, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, The University of Sydney
Belarus
Anna Garchakova - Director of The Belarusian Children's Hospice, Belarus
Canada
Doris Howell - Chair, Oncology Nursing Research, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
Eire
Philip Larkin - Professor of Clinical Nursing (Palliative Care) School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems and Our Lady's Hospice Ltd, Health Sciences Centre, University of College Dublin, Ireland
Julie Ling - HRB Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin
Hong Kong
Cecilia Chan - Professor and Director, Centre of Behavioural Health, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Nothern Ireland
Sonja McIlfatrick - Reader, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster; Head of Research, All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care
Uganda
Julia Downing - Honorary Professor in Palliative Care, Makerere University, Kampala
United Kingdom
John Costello - Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
Bridget Johnston - Reader in Palliative Care, University of Dundee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dundee
Daniel Kelly - Royal College of Nursing Professor of Nursing Research, Cardiff University
Diane Laverty - Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care, St Joseph's Hospice, London
Carole Mula - Macmillan Nurse Consultant in Adult Palliative Care, Christie Hospital NHS Trust and North Manchester Primary Care Trust, Manchester
Brian Nyatanga - Macmillan Senior Lecturer, University of Worcester
Julie Skilbeck - Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Dion Smyth - Lecturer-practitioner in Cancer and Palliative Care, University of Central England, Birmingham
Anna-Marie Stevens - Macmillan Nurse Consultant in Cancer, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
United States
Jennifer Baird - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, National Institute of Nursing Research NRSA Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
Patricia H. Berry - Associate Professor and Associate Director, University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of Utah College of Nursing
