NPUAP 2018 Annual Conference

Jane Nixon
EPUAP President; Professor and Deputy Director Institute Clinical Trials Research
University of Leeds


Jane Nixon is Professor of Tissue Viability and Clinical Trials Research and Deputy Director at the Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds, UK. A Registered Nurse, she worked clinically in the OR and elderly care and gained a Masters in 1996 and PhD in 2001 whilst a senior nurse in the NHS. Jane leads an internationally renowned National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded programme of research in pressure ulcer prevention and has delivered three large mattress trials as well as applied health research in areas including pressure ulcer pain, severe pressure ulcers, risk factors, risk assessment, and quality of life, with a strong practice focus. As Professor of Clinical trials Research and Tissue Viability and Deputy Director of the Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit Jane has led a successful team, developing a trials research portfolio working with dermatologists, surgeons, specialist nurses and podiatrists in wounds research. Jane is currently the EPUAP President, has initiated and leads a Wounds Research Network in the UK and is past Chair and Treasurer of the UKs Tissue Viability Society. In 2016 she was appointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator and in 2017 was awarded an MBE for her contribution to health research.

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