MARIA CASSAR

VICE-PRESIDENT

Prof. Maria Cassar graduated as a nurse at the University of Malta in 1993.  She later completed masters and doctoral studies in nurse education at Kings College, University of London, and the University of the Aberdeen, Scotland respectively and a masters qualification in online education at University of Illinois, US. 

Along her 30-year professional career in nursing, she has practised as a clinician and nurse educator in Europe, Asia, Africa and the US.

Her main areas of professional interest are curriculum development/evaluation, the use of technology and simulation in teaching and learning, internationalization of higher education, nurse regulation and mobility including undocumented (qualified) refugee nurses. Maria has completed training at the IAIE and the Tuning Academy, Spain in this regard. 

She has participated in several transnational projects nurse education including the TUNING-MEDA project (nursing care), CALOHEE project (nursing care), ISPADDigiT and TOViD, SG4NS, EthCo and NNE projects. She is active in planetary health advocacy in health and social care contexts and has pioneered the Nurses Climate Champions initiative in Europe and is currently committed to the Born Green- Delivering Toxic-free Healthcare project. Both initiatives are led by the HCWH with whom she has enabled strong avenues for collaboration.

In 2019 she was elected to the executive committee of FINE and holds such role to-date. She was appointed on  Board of Directors of the Global Nursing Accreditation and Certification Council (GNACC) in 2024

She was the Chairperson of the management board of the Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital and Policy Co-ordinator of the Ministry of Health in Malta between 2009-2013. She is currently a full time resident academic at the Department of Nursing at the University of Malta. She has a good command of the English, Maltese and Italian languages, and basic proficiency in the French and Arabic language. 

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