Professor Josianne Scerri is head of the Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta . She also holds an Honorary Research Fellow at Kingston University and St George's University of London. Josianne completed her doctoral studies at the University of Nottingham and conducted a prospective research study examining the illness perceptions and emotional adjustment of patients with chronic illnesses and their carers . Josianne is an active member of various entities amongst which the Person-centred Practice Research International Community of Practice; the European Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Research in Continuing Professional Development; the Malta Neuroscience Network; the Global law enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) and the International Network for Health Workforce education. She is also an Associate Editor of the Malta Journal of Health Sciences. As a keynote speaker at both local and international conferences, Josianne has addressed issues mainly relating to the experiences of patients and both formal and informal carers and the implementation of person-centred interventions.