18th Annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference Docume

School of Nursing and Midwifery Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais

Third Session

Professor Josephine Hegarty is the Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery in UCC. Professor Hegarty trained as a general nurse in Cork University Hospital and attained her BSc, MSc in nurse education and PhD at UCC. Josephine has attained funding and managed grants from a number of national and international agencies and published over 50 peer reviewed publications and 11 commissioned reports. Her research interests pertain to oncology, evidence based practice, implementation science, patient safety and contemporary nursing issues. She supervises PhD and MSc students for their research dissertations. Josephine leads the Enhancing Cancer Awareness and Survivorship (E.CASP) research group and she is passionate about oncology related matters in particular supporting individuals and their families on the cancer survivorship trajectory. Dr. Aisling Murphy is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has an interest in enhancing nursing standards, practice and education. She obtained her BSc from UCC. Following this, she undertook a funded PhD within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC. Since completing her PhD, which focused on supportive relationship in breast cancer, Ashling has worked on both national and international research projects. She is also a member of the E.CASP research group.

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