Irene is the Professional Lead for Adult Nursing and Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching at the University of Hertfordshire Irene is also a Principal Lecturer in Tissue Viability with a particular interest in leg ulcer management, and runs the Leg Ulcer course at the university. She is currently researching the nature of competent practice in the management of people with leg ulcers. Irene is a trustee and past Chair of the national Leg Ulcer Forum and is also trustee for the UK charity Romania Ostomy Patients’ Support Foundation.