Membership of the

Research Standing Committee

The Committee comprises two co-chairs and representatives from each region of the Confederation.

Co-Chairs: Jane Sandall King’s College, London, UK

Kathy Herschderfer TNO Prevention & Health,

The Netherlands.

Regional Representatives:

Africa Stella Mpanda Africa Midwives Research Network,

Tanzania.

Helen Lugina Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Tanzania.

Americas Céline LeMay Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

Laura Cao-Romero Grupo Ticime A.C., Mexico

Holly Powell Kennedy University of Rhode Island, USA

Asia M Prakasamma Academy of Nursing Studies &

Women’s Empowerement, Hyderabad, India

Sally Pairman Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

Europe Kyllike Christensson Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

Tricia Murphy-Black University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

Vanora Hundley University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Miriam Leefsma Hadassah Hebrew University,

Jerusalem, Israel.

Representatives from Research Networks:

Francophone research network Marie Hatem-Asmar,

Université de Montréal, Canada

Africa Midwives Research Network Stella Mpanda