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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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