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Professor Leanne Aitken is a critical care nurse (Australia) after spending 12 months in an interim role as Vice-President, Research and 4 years as the Associate Dean, Research, Enterprise & Global Engagement in the School of Health & Psychological Sciences at City St.George’s, University of London. Professor Aitken concurrently holds visiting professorial appointments at Queen Mary University of London, UK, the University of Melbourne, Australia and the Universidad Del Salvador, Argentina.
Professor Aitken has had a varied career in critical care and more recently in research leadership, including roles in practice, management, education and research. Professor Aitken's current research focuses on interventions that can be delivered during and after critical illness or injury to improve recovery after time in the intensive care unit, decision-making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues. Her various roles also incorporate mentoring academic and clinical staff and research students through the research process.
Professor Aitken is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Australian College of Nursing as well as a Life Member and Fellow of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN). She is a co-editor of Critical Care Nursing, a comprehensive text that is now in the 5th edition and is published by Elsevier. She is also a Fulbright Alumnus after receiving a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to undertake research examining recovery after trauma at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.