2026 NUR PRO

1. Rick Vanderlee, Full Professor, Nipissing University, Canada.
   Emma Vanderlee, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University, Canada.
   Title: Curriculum Making in Nursing Education: Finding Safe Places for Reflection on a Shifting Professional Knowledge Landscape.
2. *Najla Alharbi, Head Nurse, King Abdullah Medical Complex-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
   Title: Nurses Attitude Regarding the Effects of Utilizing Technology in Patient Care Practices in Critical Care Units.
3. *Erika Powell, Health Director, Under One Sky Friendship Centre and PhD Candidate, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
   Alyse Duffney, Prenatal Program Coordinator, Under One Sky Friendship Centre, Canada.
   Title: Co-Creating Culturally Safe Prenatal Care for Urban Indigenous Families: A Community-Led, Two-Eyed Seeing Model with Embedded Evaluation.
4. Mari Salminen-Tuomaala, Principal Lecturer, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
   Title: Learning Telenursing Online Using Simulations-Advanced Practice Nursing Students’ Experiences.

1. *Ingrid Brenner, Associate Professor, Trent University, Canada.
   Title: What Happened to “Primum Non Nocere”? Care Following Sepsis Gone Wrong.
2. Teodora Duarte-Quilao, Professor, Webster Geneva Campus, Switzerland.
   Title: Feeling Isolated: A Parsesciencing Inquiry.
3. Mitzi Brammer, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University, USA.
   Title: Inclusive Practices in Health Sciences Graduate Programs of Study.
4. Selda Ιldan Calim, Associate Professor, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Türkiye.
   Title: Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Simulation Model for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).
5. Mi Jin Doe, Clinical Associate Professor, Binghamton University, USA.
   Title: A Parsesciencing Inquiry on Feeling Comfortable.
6. Elias Papadopoulos, Medical Student, Temple University, USA.
   Simon Kanis, Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
   Title: Attuning a Faster R-CNN Machine Learning Model for Breast Tumor Ultrasound Imaging.

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1. Claudia Mitzeliotis, Professor, Mercy University, USA.
   Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Multiple Family Group Therapy in Reducing Stress among Families Coping with Autism.
2. Adel Zeglam, Consultant Neurodevelopment Paediatrician and Professor, University of Tripoli, Tripoli University Hospital, Libya.
   Najah Wahra, Pharmacist, Primary Health Care Center, Tripoli, Libya.
   Title: The Physician’s Obligations in the Performance of His Work. A Keyhole Look at the Libyan Law on Medical Liability.
3. Marie Giordano, Associate Professor Emerita, College of Staten Island – CUNY, USA.
   Title: Social Media and Burns: A Staged Informational Program for Burn Care Specialists to Support Safe and Effective Use for Burn Patients.
4. *Jason Hickey, Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
   Title: The Sakələməlsowakən Family Wellness Program: An Indigenous-Led Model of Holistic Nursing and Community Care.
5. Athena Elafros, Associate Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
   Title: Epilepsy as Method.
6. *Palle Larsen, Senior Researcher, UCL University College, Denmark.
   Title: Sustainable Leadership and the Food Waste Paradox in Danish Nursing Homes: Balancing Ideals, Institutional Structures, and Everyday Practice.

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1. Edwin-Nikko Kabigting, Associate Professor, Adelphi University, USA.
   Teodora Duarte-Quilao, Professor, Webster Geneva Campus, Switzerland.
   Mi Jin Doe, Clinical Associate Professor, Binghamton University, USA.
   Title: A Humanbecoming Perspective on Dignity.
2. Gary Comstock, Alumni Association Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, North Carolina State University, USA.
   Title: Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Democratic Cultures: ThinkArguments, an Answer to the Challenge of Scaling an Online Course for Non-Students.
3. David Matas, Lawyer & International Advisory Board Member, International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, Canada.
   Title: Professional Ethical Standards Addressing Organ Transplant Abuse Abroad.
4. Aseel Al Rashdan, Associate Professor, Jerash University, Jordan.
   Title: Social Diversity and Human Social Diversity in the Workplace: A Pathway to Innovation and Institutional Justice.

1. Hanbin Lin, Professor, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
   Huijuan Zhang, Professor, Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, China.
   Na Xing, Professor, Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, China.
   Juanyuan Huang, Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau.
   Title: The Protective Effect of XZL22 against Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy and Its Underlying Mechanism.
2. *Valentina Mincheva, Head, Department of Cardiology, National Multi-profile Transport Hospital Tsar Boris III, Bulgaria.
   Nikolina Koleva, Associate Professor, National Multi-profile Transport Hospital Tsar Boris III, Bulgaria.
   Ivan Gruev, Professor, National Multi-profile Transport Hospital Tsar Boris III, Bulgaria.
   Title: The Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in the Development of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
3. Fernando Mihindukulasuriya Rohan, Director of the Molecular Diagnostic Research Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital, USA.
   Wesley Tom, Senior Research Associate, Boys Town National Research Hospital, USA.
   Nirmalee Fernando, Research Technician, Boys Town National Research Hospital, USA.
   Jayantha Gunaratne, Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore.
   Nishantha Nanayakkara, Consultant Nephrologist, National Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
   Title: Genetic Analysis by Whole Exome Sequencing of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology: A Cross-Sectional Study from Sri Lanka.
4. Marsida Duli, Associate Professor, University of Medicine Tirana Albania.
   Qamil Dika, Lecturer, University of Medicine Tirana Albania.
   Title: Hypertension in Young Age, Hypercalciuria and Renal Cysts as Initial Manifestations of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1): Case Report.
5. *Karol Forro, PhD Student, Institute of Medical Biology, Genetics and Clinical Genetics, Comenius University, Slovakia.
   Title: Visegrad Initiative on Psychoactive Substances: Multidisciplinary Assessment of 2- and 3-Methylmephedrone.

1. *Krassimira Yoncheva, Professor, Medical University-Sofia, Bulgaria.
   Title: Application of Nanoparticles in Personalized Medicine.
2. *Sezgin Gunes, Professor, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Türkiye.
   Title: Salivary Microbiota Composition in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study Using Nanopore Full-Length 16S rRNA Sequencing.
3. Hadil Alotaibi, Associate Professor, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia.
   Title: Nanoparticle-Enabled Layer-by-Layer Drug-Releasing Coatings to Prevent Aseptic Loosening in Uncemented Prostheses.
4. Teuta Osmani Vllasolli, Associate Professor, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosovo.
   Title: Pharmacological Modulation of Neuropathic Pain with Adjunctive Graded Motor Imagery in Upper-Limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

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