The current EAUN Board

The first board of the EAUN was instigated in 2001 in Brussels. The board currently consists of 8 nurses. A board member can stay in the board for a maximum of 10 years in total, in various roles. Each board member has some specific tasks, which are currently being updated and will be added asap.

The full terms of the Board are described in the Aims & Objectives

 

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Photos: Edwin van Wijk & Jan Willem de Venster

Dr. Corinne Tillier, PhD, RN, MANP

Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Current role: Chair
Term ends: March 2027
Job title: Nurse practitioner Uro-oncology

Professional experience:

  • Research on individual prediction of urinary incontinence and development of an individualised algorithm to predict incontinence and severity of incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
  • Prostate cancer, Renal cell carcinoma
  • Erectile dysfunction after prostatectomy
  • Urinary incontinence after prostatectomy

Contact:

Email: c.tillier@eaun.org

LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/corinne-tillier-1192a13b

 

Mrs. Lisbeth Roesen Leinum, MScN, PhD student, RN

Roskilde, Denmark
Current role: Chair Elect
Term ends: March 2027
Job title: PhD-student, Clinical Nurse Specialist

Professional experience:

  • Research on the quality of fluid balance charting and nursing staff perspectives.
  • Research on healthcare innovation development and validation
  • Bladder cancer
  • Post-obstructive diuresis
  • Pre- and postoperative care for urologic patients
  • Nursing care in acute urologic conditions

I am part of a clinical urological research unit and conduct both quantitative and qualitative research. I am also interested in training and developing urological nursing competencies, especially among nurses in urological wards.

Contact:

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/lisbeth-leinum-2847aa185

 

Mr. Tiago Santos, MSc

Lisbon, Portugal
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2025
Job title: Urology Nurse

Professional experience:

  • Prostate cancer
  • Rehabilitation of urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy
  • Stoma care
  • Bladder cancer

Contact:

Email: t.santos@eaun.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiago-santos-2b622519a

 

Mr. Mattia Boarin, RN, MScN

Milan, Italy
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2025
Job title: Head Nurse, Dept. of Urology

Professional experience:

  • Prostate cancer
  • Bladder cancer
  • Fast-track pathways for urologic surgical procedures

Contact:

Email: m.boarin@eaun.org

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattia-boarin-b3223694

 

Mr. Marcin Popinski

Bydgoszcz, Poland
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2026
Job title: Nurse Specialist

Professional experience:

  • Prostate cancer
  • Urine incontinence
  • Kidney cancer

Contact:

Email: m.popinski@eaun.org

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcin-popiński-4ab639299

 

Mr. Federico Lo Giudice, RN, cANP

Dublin, Ireland
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2028
Job title: candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Professional experience:

  • Lower urinary trac symptoms especially in men
  • Benign prostate hyperplasia management
  • Urodynamics, urethral stricture in male
  • Overactive bladder

Contact:

Email:  f.logiudice@eaun.org

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/federico-lo-giudice-ab0287252

 

Ms. Sarah Hillery, MSc ACP, BSc, NMP, RN

York, United Kingdom
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2028
Job title: Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner Urology

Professional experience:

  • Benign and diagnostic urology
  • Flexible cystoscopy (diagnostic, surveillance and Botox injection)
  • Urinary continence diagnostics and management
  • Leadership and service improvement
  • Advanced clinical assessment
  • Licenced independent prescriber
  • Past President BAUN, board member Bladder Health UK and BJN Urology

Contact: 

Email:  s.hillery@eaun.org

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/sarah-hillery-58170170

 

Ms. Rikke Knudsen, RN, Master in Clinical Nursing

Aarhus, Denmark
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2028
Job title: Specialist Nurse in Urology

Professional experience:

  • Master’s thesis in Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
  • Kidney cancer
  • Benign urology
  • Acute urology
  • All types of catheters (indwelling, intermittent, nephrostomy, urostomy)
  • Chair Danish National Society, FSUIS
  • Lecturer at the Emergency Education Program, lecturer/presenter for external companies, partners, VIA College etc.
  • Participated in development of guidelines both nationally and internationally, professional reviewer of guidelines and non-fiction publications

Contact:

Email: r.knudsen@eaun.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikke-knudsen-7bb66b67

 

Mrs. Claire Arblaster, MSc

Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Current role: Board Member
Term: on leave until January 2026
Job title: Lead Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Professional experience:

  • Bladder cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Independent delivery of Local anaesthetic prostate biopsy, Flexible cystoscopy and Urodynamics studies

I have a special interest in Post pelvic cancer erectile function care and Healthcare leadership

Contact:

Email: c.arblaster@eaun.org

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/claire-arblaster-6175391aa