Justine Whitaker, director and nurse consultant, Northern Lymphology Ltd; senior lecturer, University of Central Lancashire.
Being involved in WCT 2020 gives me an opportunity to share my knowledge and expertise with so many others, a passion of mine.
With 26 years’ experience working clinically in the field of lymphology, Justine is established both in the UK and internationally. She is author to many publications in the medical press, both journals and books. In 2007, Justine won the Royal College of Nursing Journal – Nursing Standard ‘Nurse of the Year’ and the Innovation in Cancer award, sponsored by the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This was for the invention, development and bringing to the international market of the ‘Whitaker Pouch’, a compression garment for scrotal oedema.
Justine was appointed senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston in December 2007. In January 2008, she was appointed director and nurse consultant of her own company — Northern Lymphology Ltd. In both these roles, Justine works clinically, is research active, and lectures internationally.
She also sits on the editorial board of a number of journals, and is a member of the scientific committee of the British Lymphology Society (BLS).