Jennifer Allison is an Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) She is Led Research Matron supporting strategic initiatives at University Hospitals Southampton NHS FT. On the Senior Management Team of the NIHR UKCRF Network, she is Workforce/Education Work Package Lead, building and maximising relationships across the UK and Ireland Clinical Research Facility infrastructure. Jennifer is the immediate Past- President of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses and was presented with their Distinguished Clinical Research Nurse Award in 2011. She has a wealth of experience in articulating the unique contribution that clinical research nurses and their teams make to global healthcare in publications and national/international presentations.