Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, International Council of Nurses

Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, RN, RSCN is an International Council of Nurses Representative in PMNCH Healthcare Professional Constituency. She is also a Full Professor and Head of the PhD in nursing sciences programme at the Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare, Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Nurse Consultant for Paediatric Nursing Research at the Department of woman, mother and child at the University Hospital of Lausanne - CHUV, Switzerland. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a registered nurse in neonatal, paediatric and adult intensive care for more than 15 years mainly in Australia, but also in Switzerland. During that time, she participated in several humanitarian missions in North Africa and Papua New Guinea.  Her multidisciplinary research and teaching focuses on children’s pain and comfort as well as family support in paediatric and neonatal critical care settings, and in general paediatrics. Using various research methodologies, her work focuses on developing family support interventions to empower families.  Anne-Sylvie Ramelet is an active member of various professional organizations, including but not limited to the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care where she is currently the Nursing President elect and Past Treasurer.