Meet the team
Julie Smith - Editor
Julie has a degree in English from Reading University and, prior to her role as editor of British Journal of Nursing, she worked on British Journal of Community Nursing and British Journal of Healthcare Assistants for nearly four years for MA Healthcare Limited.
Aysha Pabani – Sub Editor
Aysha has a degree in Health Psychology (BA) from York University and a degree in Journalism (MA) from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to her role as sub editor of British Journal of Nursing, she worked at the National Patient Safety Agency and as a freelance journalist for publications including Practice Nursing, British Journal of Wellbeing and Journal of Renal Nursing.
Natasha Devan - Supplement Editor
Natasha has a degree in Psychology (BSc) from the University of Essex and a PTC-accredited postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism. Before joining the BJN team as supplement editor, Natasha was sub–editor of both the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants and Practice Nursing at MA Healthcare Limited.
Editorial board
Dr Palo Almond - Head of Primary and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University
Russell Ashmore - Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Sheffield Hallam University
Steve Ashurst - Critical Care Nurse Lecturer, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham
Christopher Barber - Residential Nurse
Dimitri Beeckman - Assistant Professor, Nursing Science, Department of Public health, Ghent University, Belgium
Ruhi Behi - Head of School, School of Healthcare Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor
Martyn Bradbury - Clinical Skills Network Lead, University of Plymouth
Alison Coull - Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Scotland
Willie Doherty - CNS Continence Care, Park Drive Health Centre, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Jane Fox - Senior Quality Assurance Coordinator (North), Skills for Health
Alan Glasper - Professor of Child Health Nursing, University of Southampton
Angela Grainger - Assistant Director of Nursing, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, London
Michelle Grainger - Ward Manager, Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham
Helen Holder - Senior Lecturer, Nursing Studies, Birmingham City University
Mina Karamshi - Specialist Sister in Radiology, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead
John Keady - Professor of Admiral Nursing, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Andrew McVicar - Reader, Dept of Mental Health & Learning Disabilities, Anglia Ruskin University
Danny Meetoo - Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Salford
Mervyn Morris - Director, Centre for Community Health, Birmingham City University
Cyril Murray - Senior Lecturer, University of Salford
Aru Narayanasamy - Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
Mike Nolan - Professor of Gerontological Nursing, University of Sheffield
Ann Norman - RCN Criminal Justice Services Nursing Adviser and Learning Disability Nursing Adviser (U.K)
Lynn Parker - Independent Educational Adviser, Infection Control, Sheffield
Hilary Paniagua - Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton
Ian Peate - Head of School, Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare, Thames Valley University
Bernadette Porter - Nurse Consultant, Multiple Sclerosis, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Trust
Jo Sharman - Operational Commissioning Manager, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
John Tingle - HRS Reader in Health Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
Bernice West - Academic Director, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Catherine Whitmore - Research Nurse, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Liverpool
John Wilkinson - RCN Officer, Royal College of Nursing, Eastern Region
Jo Wilson - Director, Wilson Healthcare Services, Newcastle
Cate Wood - Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset and PhD student at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London
Sue Woodward - Lecturer, Specialist and Palliative Care, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
