Prof. Veronica Lambert (PhD, BNS (Hons), RGN, RCN) is Full Professor of Children and Family Nursing at Dublin City University. Veronica leads on children and family focused research and has a specific interest in understanding the experiences of children and families living with childhood long-term health conditions including child and family communication, shared self-management responsibilities, and psychosocial wellbeing and illness impact on child and family. More recently, Veronica’s interests have expanded into children’s palliative care. She is currently principal investigator on a Higher Education Authority North South funded study to co-produce a decision-making framework for planning the place of end-of-life care for children, young people and their families on the island of Ireland. She is also principal investigator on a Health Research Board Applied Partnership Award, in partnership with Barretstown Children’s Charity, for a study entitled ‘Memory-making through therapeutic recreation for families of children with life-threatening conditions receiving palliative care at home: Adaptation of a digital storytelling legacy intervention.’ Other research interests include; paediatric early warning systems, clinical research capacity in children's nursing, patient/person/family centered care, virtual reality and public and patient involvement in health care and research. Veronica is the Health Research Board- Irish Research Council Public and Patient Involvement Ignite Network Lead for DCU.