Professor Tony Long

Professor of Child and Family Health

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• E: t.long@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

After a 10 years clinical career in children’s nursing and intensive care nursing, and 14 years experience in 6 posts in nurse education, I joined the University of Salford in September 2002 as Senior Lecturer in Child Health Research. In August 2006 I was appointed Professor of Child & Family Health.

My teaching focuses mostly on research methods and child health. I led a college-wide multi-disciplinary research methods module (Level M) from 2007-2010, and before this a college-wide M Level dissertation module. I continue to teach undergraduate child branch students and research methods to postgraduate students.

CYP@Salford is a multiprofessional research group which spans health, social care and education. It focuses on services, outcomes and impacts on children, young people and families. My own research is focused in two programmes: improving quality of life outcomes for children and their families after acquired brain injury, and enhancing the effectiveness of early intervention in health and social care services for children, young people and families. Undertaking research with key partners in the NHS, Local Authorities, national children’s charities, selected companies and international colleagues is a vital part of my work.

Since 2000, I have acquired £1.5million in external research grant capture; supervised 8 doctoral students to completion, and currently supervise 10 PhD/DProf students (undertaking studies which support CYP@Salford research programmes). I serve as research grant reviewer for 7 government department funding bodies in the UK and Ireland, and 5 national voluntary organisations.

State Registered Nurse (SRN) 1981

Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN) 1984

Diploma in Nursing 1988

BSc (1st class Hons), Nursing with Education 1991   

Registered Nurse Teacher (RNT) 1991

MA Health Care Ethics 1993   

PhD Nursing 1999

Memberships

Member, Steering Committee. Royal College of Nursing Research Society 2002-2006.

Member, International Scientific Committee. Royal College of Nursing Annual International Research Conference. 2002-2012.

Member, International Scientific Committee. Elsevier Biennial International Health Professional Education Conference (Vancouver 2006, (Chair) Dublin 2008, Sydney 2010, Baltimore 2012).

Member of National Cancer Research Institute Psychosocial Clinical Studies Group (Transitional studies). 2010-2012.

Member, Greater Manchester (NHS) Children’s Nursing Advisory Board. From 2011.

Visiting Professor in Children’s Nursing – Liverpool John Moores University from 2011.

Chair of the UK Children’s Cancer and Leukemia Group,  Health and Social Sciences Group 2012.

I am a peer reviewer for 15 child health, nursing, research, and education journals. I was an Editorial Board Member for the British Journal of Children’s and Young People’s Nursing 2006-2008; and was appointed to the International Editorial Board of Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing in 2012.

Since 2000, I have published 74 peer reviewed papers, book chapters and research reports, 41 conference papers, and 17 non-peer reviewed papers. Please see SEEK for full list of publications.