4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF NURSING SCIENCE
MAY 8 – 9, 2025, Berlin
Committees
The German Society of Nursing Science is proud that its 4th International Conference is supported by highly respected nursing researchers and scientists from all over Europe. The engagement of the members of the committees is a very valuable contribution to the success of the conference. They are involved in strategic decisions as well as the process of abstract reviews and creating the program.
Advisory Board
The members of the Advisory Board are internationally renowned nursing scientists who provide strategic advice for the conference, supporting the work of both the Organizing Committee and the Scientific and Review Board.
Ass. Prof. Marco Clari
Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino
photo: private
Prof. Natalja Istomina, PhD
Director, Institute of Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of Vilnius University, Lithuania
photo: private
Prof. Dr. Renate Stemmer
Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Professorship for Nursing Science and Nursing Management
photo: private
Nicky Cullum, PhD, RN
Director of Healthier Futures, University of Manchester, UK
photo: private
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Hanna Mayer
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Departmenr of Nursing Science, Austria
photo: private
Prof. Riitta Suhonen, PhD, RN, FEANS, MAE
Professor, Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland
photo: private
Prof. Dr. Jan Hamers
Maastricht University / Limburg Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care, The Netherlands
photo: Harry Heuts
Prof. Dr. Michael Simon, PhD, RN
Director, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland
photo: private
Merle Varik, PhD
Associate professor in the Nursing and Midwifery Department, Tartu Health Care College, Estonia
photo: private
Scientific and Reviewboard
The Scientific and Review Board consists of internationally renowned nursing scientists who lead the abstract review process and, together with the other boards, builds the conference programme.
Anna Axelin, RN, PhD
Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland
photo: private
Thekla Brunkert, PhD, PT
Assistant Professor in Interprofessional Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University Lucerne, Switzerland
photo: private
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Manela Glarcher, MSc., BSc.
Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
photo: private
Prof. Dr. Erika Sirsch, MScN, RN
Professur für Pflegewissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Interprofessionalität , Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsklinikum Essen (AöR)
picture: UDE/Fabian Strauch
Alessandro Stievano
Research Coordinator, Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship OPI of Rome, Italy
photo: private
Sandra Zwakhalen
Full Professor Nursing Science, Department of Health Services Research, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
photo: private
photo: David Kahr
Prof. Imelda Coyne, PhD
Professor of Children’s Nursing & Director of Trinity Research in Childhood Centre at Trinity College Dublin Ireland
picture: private
Prof. Dr. Sabine Hahn, PhD, CNS, RN
Head of Division of Nursing, Department of Health Professions, University of Applied Sciences Bern, Switzerland
photo: Bern University
of Applied Sciences
Andreia Silva da Costa
Full Professor at Nursing School of Lisbon; Coordinator Researcher at Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon, Portugal
photo: private
Filipa Ventura, PhD
The Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal
photo: Marina SalvadoNienke Bleijenberg, PhD, RN
University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mieke Deschodt, PhD, RN
Assistant professor, Gerontology & Geriatrics, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven; Belgium and Senior Expert, Competence Center of Nursing, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
photo: private
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Ralph Möhler
Institut für Versorgungsforschung und Gesundheitsökonomie, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
photo: private
Jekaterina Šteinmiller, RN, MSc, MSc, PhD
Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia
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Franziska Zuniga
Nursing Science, Department Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Photography: Sara Schaffer,
Schaffer PhotographyOrganizing Committee
The Organizing Committee consisting of all five board members of the German Society of Nursing Science is in charge for planning and conduction of the conference building on the work of the Scientific and Review Board and the Advisory Board.
Prof. Dr. Inge Eberl
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, LMU Klinikum München
photo: private
Prof. Dr. Sascha Köpke
University of Cologne, Institute for Nursing Science
photo: Michael Wodak (MedizinFotoKöln)
Dr. Bernhard Holle
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE)
photo: private
Prof. Dr. Rebecca Palm
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
photo: Universität Oldenburg/ Daniel Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Meyer
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
photo: MLU, Med. Fak.