Assoc ProfessorSinem Uzar Ozcetin

Dr Y. Sinem Uzar-Ozcetin, is an associate professor in mental health nursing and associate dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health System. In 2016, Sinem completed her PhD in mental health nursing in Hacettepe University. In her PhD Thesis, she developed a 10-sessions empowerment program, and investigated its effects on psychological resilience and posttraumatic growth among cancer survivors. Since then, she has continued to study on psycho-oncology. In this regard, she is an active member of IPOS and EONS. In 2015, Sinem undertook, a fellowship in Kings College London and joined research projects related to workplace violence in nursing. Since then, she has continued to collaborate on a number of education and practice related projects resulting in many joint academic publications and a number of related conference series. In addition, Sinem has continued to expand her research portfolio with international collaborations. Much of her work focuses on developing student nurses understanding of mental health problems and cultural issues and promoting positive learning experiences in practice. Sinem has demonstrated a very strong commitment to addressing the challenges nurses and nursing students face in providing care for marginalized communities, in particular, people with mental health problems, people with cancer, and refugees. Not limited to this, Sinem has been focusing on cross-cultural mental health care requirements of displaced individuals, and the perspectives of teachers toward those vulnerable individuals. Generally, her research interests include cross-cultural mental health care, nursing education, workplace violence, and psycho-oncology. Sinem has an extensive series of peer-reviewed publications, some of which are in the highest ranked journals. She is also very active in disseminating her work through conferences. In addition, she has taught in the discipline of mental health nursing since 2011 at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and has supervised MSc and PhD thesis.
Sinem has completed theoretical and skills educations, over 160 hours supervisions in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from an accredited association by Beck-institute. Related to her CBT background, she has provided therapy for many cancer survivors, nurses, and nursing students. Sinem has worked as an assistant coordinator of Bologna process in the faculty for over 10 years, so she has experience in curriculum development and design at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Again, she has worked as an assistant coordinator of Student Mobility Erasmus Program in the faculty for 10 years, hence she has international collaborations and experience to develop bilateral agreements in E+. Sinem has been contributing to peer-review processes of many international high-ranked journals as a reviewer. She was invited and joined the editorial board of Nurse Education Today, Seminars in Oncology Nursing, Aplied Nursing Research, and Journal of Pyschiatric and Mental Health Nursing. More recently she started her role as Editor in Chief role for Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, and also associate editor role for Public Health Nursing.