‘Nursing can’t be done alone’

Who has been most influential in your career as a nurse and as a researcher?

My mother was a nurse and encouraged my love of healthcare, and supported my interest in providing people with the tools needed to stay healthy or cope with medical issues. A second influence was meeting epidemiologist Barbara Valanis (senior investigator emeritus for the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in the US) through my doctoral programme. She inspired me to balance nursing and environmental science, taught me how to write successful grant applications and the importance of dissemination of knowledge. I am fortunate to have had many mentors in my professional career, but these two were the most influential.

Of your published research, which do you think