Ann Louise Caress

Overview

• Professor of Nursing
• Holds joint appointment with University Hospital of South Manchester NHSFT
• Member of Supportive and Palliatve Care (SuPaC) Research Group

Biography

Ann Caress graduated from the University of Manchester in 1986. She then worked on a renal unit and as a research associate in the renal field. This sparked her enduring research interest in the areas of long-term conditions, health information/patient education and service user involvement in healthcare.

Ann undertook her doctoral studies at the University of Liverpool, where she then became a lecturer. She returned to the University of Manchester in 1998, becoming Senior Lecturer in 2004 and Professor in 2009. From 2001-2003, she held a joint appointment as Academic Lead for Nursing at the Christie Hospital NHS (now Foundation) Trust. Since 2004, she has led the School''s Self-Management and Long Term Conditions Research Team. She became Postgraduate Tutor in 2007.

Ann was involved in development of the UK National Clinical Asthma Research Strategy and chaired an RCN working group on promoting nursing research in healthcare organizations. In 2007, she became a member of INVOLVE’s national Empowerment Working Group.

Ann is active in promotion of research nationally and internationally, particularly through the Royal College of Nursing Research Society, the European Academy of Nursing Science and International Conferences on Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR). She has research collaborations with the North West Lung Centre, Manchester; Imperial College, London and the University of Aberdeen, as well as international collaborations with colleagues from Denmark and Canada.