Professor Linda Franck PhD, RN, RGN, RSCN, FRCPCH, FAAN

Professor and Chair, Children's Nursing Research

Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Research

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

Great Ormond Street

London WC1N 3JH

Tel 020 7829 7822

l.franck@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Professor Linda Franck is the first Chair of Children’s Nursing Research in the UK. Her pain research programme is focused on pioneering pain assessment and management techniques for acutely and chronically ill infants and children. Her most recent research highlights the information needs of parents when their children are in pain and suggests innovative strategies for enhancing the partnership between parents and professional to ensure children receive optimal pain care. For details of her research interests and collaborations see: http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/academicunits/child_nursing/child_n_unit.html and http://gosh.nhs.uk/cpap

In partnership with Richard Howard she co-directs the Clinical Research of the CNPRC and in partnership with Maria Fitzgerald she co-directs the MRC Cooperative in Infant Pain http://www.mrc.ac.uk

For Professor Linda Franck's recent publications please see link below.

Publications