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
Twitter: @CorinneTillier
Mrs. Paula Allchorne, RN, Executive MBA – Health Service Management
London, United Kingdom
Current role: Past Chair
Term ends: March 2025
Job title: Lead Urology Nurse and Project Manager
Professional experience:
- Prostate Cancer Nurse Specialist
- Bladder Cancer Nurse Specialist
- Andrology Nurse & training psychosexual therapist
- Project Manager – prostate cancer survivorship programme
I am the urology lead nurse for the largest hospital in the UK. I specialise in prostate and bladder cancer performing advanced clinical practice. I have a special interest in andrology and I am currently training as a psychosexual therapist.
I am an authority on service redesign and have a specific interest in ‘Survivorship’. I am passionate about improving outcomes for our patients.
Contact:
Email: p.allchorne@eaun.org
Twitter: @AllchornePaula
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
Twitter: @TiagoAs9663842
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
Twitter: @MattiaBoarin
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
Twitter: @MarcinPopinski
Mrs. Lisbeth Roesen Leinum, MScN, PhD student, RN
Roskilde, Denmark
Current role: Board Member
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:
Email: l.leinum@eaun.org
Twitter:
Mrs. Claire Arblaster, MSc
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Current role: Board Member
Term ends: March 2027
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
Twitter: @