Prof. Brendan McCormack is the head of School and Dean The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery (inc. Sydney Nursing School) of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the University of Sydney. His research has specifically focused on person-centred practice, and over a period of 24 years, he has developed models, theories, frameworks and evaluation instruments that have been adopted globally in policy and practice. Professor McCormack has particular expertise in gerontological nursing (nursing of aging) and the adoption of person-centred practices with older people. The impact of his research in person-centred practice is far reaching and his work has been adopted in over 28 countries. He was the founding editor of “International Journal of Older People Nursing” and is currently ‘Editor Emeritus’ of the journal. Brendan is a Fellow of The European Academy of Nursing Science, Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (UK), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In 2014, he was awarded the ‘International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame’ by Sigma Theta Tau International and was listed in the Thomson Reuters 3000 most influential researchers globally. In 2015, he was recognized as an ‘Inspirational Nursing Leader’ by Nursing Times (UK nursing magazine), and in 2019, was listed in the New Year ‘Top 100 outstanding nurses’ by the Twitter Group #wenurses.
Well done!
