57^th International Conference on Advancements in Nursing Research and Care December 13-14, 2021 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Depeng Jiang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences of University of Manitoba. In July 2010, he joined the University of Manitoba as an Associate Professor and served as a Director of the Biostatistical Consulting Unit (BCU). Now, he also serves as a Lead of Biostatistics Group within Data Science Platform of the George and Fay Yee Center for Healthcare Innovation (CHI). Before joining the University of Manitoba, he worked as a research fellow at Department of Economics of the John Hopkins University (1998-1999), a Statistician at Department of Psychology of York University (2002-2007) and a Biostatistician and Research Scientist at St Michael’s Hospital (2007-2010).

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Werner Schuetze has finished law schhool at the university of Freiburg in germany before he studied medicine and became a Dr. med in 1981. He is a children and youth psychiatrist as well as for adults, studied family therapy and was educated in psychodynamic therapy as well as treatment of severe psychic traumas. As a head of a psychiatric department in Nauen/ Brandenburg/ Germany he implemented the finnish Open Dialogue Approach in his hospital. After retirement he is working as a trainer and supervisor in the education of Open Dialogue and connected projects in Germany, Poland , Italy and US

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Dr. O’Toole has been involved in international outreach related to rehabilitation and curriculum development. Her work has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA), the Fund for Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) program of the United States Department of Education and the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission on Higher Education. In 2017 she served as a Fulbright Specialist in Jordan. Dr. Marie O’Toole’s primary program of research is academic lexicography. Dr. O'Toole has served as the editor of multiple editions of dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the award winning Mosby Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. She continues to edit the Mosby series of dictionaries.

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Jasmine Schmidt completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an orthopaedic emphasis from Grand Canyon University. She is current faculty at California Baptist University College of Nursing in Riverside, California. Dr. Schmidt is orthopaedic nurse certified and wound care certified. She was the founding director of the Spine and Joint Institute in Southern California and is an orthopaedic nurse leadership consultant, as well as legal nurse consultant and educator, for growing organizations. Dr. Schmidt has spoken nationally and internationally on orthopaedics, customer service, wound care, and cultural diversity and served on a number of committees to promote quality and innovation.

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Susette Brynard is currently a lecturer in Education Management at the University Free State, South Africa. Previously she was Head of the Department Natural Sciences, Bloemfontein College of Education. She was born in South Africa and graduated at the University Free State to receive a B. Sc.-degree. While lecturing Biology at an Education College she commenced her studies at the University of the Free State, where she received the B Ed (honors) and M Ed Degrees Cum Laude and then her Ph.D. She received numerous awards during her studies and published papers on the education and development of Down syndrome learners. She is doing ground-breaking work on education opportunities for Down syndrome learners, focusing inter alia on improved educational opportunities through implementing principals of self-advocacy. Her work includes both research about, and advocacy for, such opportunities.

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