Senior Research Nurse/Specialist Nurse
MRes / SRN / Specialist Nurse
Email sb2126@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Tel:01223 (3)31844
Background
Susana joined the Clinical Nursing Research Group part of Professor Christi Deaton’s research team in the Primary Care Unit in 2018 and is working on the OPTIMISE project as Senior Research Nurse. Prior to this Susana has worked in a variety of research settings particularly in Medical Genetics (Rare Nephropathies) and Acute Medicine / Intensive Care setting. She continues to hold her NHS post in the Division of Nephrology as a Specialist Nurse leading the TOLVAPTAN programme in the Renal Genetics Tubular Disorders Clinic (RGTD), part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust under the lead of Professor Fiona Karet.
Susana joined the unit with a MRes (distinction) in Clinical and Experimental Medicine from University College London (UCL). As part of Professor Fiona Karet’s team at the University of Cambridge, Susana has been involved in an NIHR RD-TRC-funded programme entitled “UMOD Nephropathy” for the last 2 years.
Research Interests
Heart failure / Rare Nephropathies /Rare conditions and Impact on patients-carers / Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit / Consent process in an acute setting / Clinical Research Roles
Teaching
Susana has participated in several formal and informal teaching through her career. She has helped implementing the Delirium NICE guidelines across London as part of her previous role
Selected Publications
Borja-Boluda S and Karet Frankl FE. Rare Disease Research: challenges from a nurse perspective using the example of UMOD Nephropathy. Abstract publication STTIEC conference June 2018.
Borja-Boluda S, Robinson CM, Karet Frankl FE. Evaluation of support events for individuals with Gitelman/Bartter’s Syndrome and their families: participant feedback and reflections. Abstract publication STTIEC conference June 2018.
Sachdev M, Ready D, Brealey D, Ryu J, Bercades G, Nagle J, Borja-Boluda S, Agudo E, Petrie A, Suvan J, Donos N, Singer M, Needleman I. Changes in dental plaque following hospitalization in a critical care unit: an observational Study. Critical Care 17:R189, 2013.
Wade DM, Howell DC, Weinman JA, Hardy RJ, Mythen MG, Brewin CR, Borja-Boluda S, Matejowsky CF, Raine RA. Investigating risk factors for psychological morbidity three months after intensive care: a prospective cohort study. Critical Care 16:R192, 2012.
Oral abstract presentations at conferences:
‘The Importance of rare disease research – the example of UMOD Nephropathy’. CUHFT Research Nurses Conference, Cambridge, May 2017.
‘UMOD Nephropathy’. NIHR Rare Diseases Translational Research Collaboration Symposium, Cambridge, September 2016.
Poster prizes at conferences:
‘When patients lack mental capacity. Does the surrogate consent from next of kin represent the patient wishes?’ Research in Clinical Practice Conference, Centre for Nurse and Midwifery Research, London, 2014. (First Prize, Poster Competition)
’Confusion Assessment Methods in ICU’. Research in Clinical Practice Conference, Centre for Nurse and Midwifery Research, London, 2010. (First Prize, Poster Competition)