NIHR – Successful interns for the Researcher Development Programme for Social Care Nurses

The National Institute for Health and Care Research are delighted to share the names of the social care nurses selected for the 2025 Researcher Development Programme for Social Care Nurses.

Congratulations to the successful interns listed below along with their areas of practice.

East Midlands

Ruth Abell – Hospice

East of England

Blessing Omolola Ogunniyi – Residential care and community support

Carmela Fulgencio – Nursing Home

North East and North Cumbria

Bablee Dasaudi – Nursing Home

Emma Gatenby – Hospice – Palliative and end of life care

Fameeda Lennon – Mental Health Nursing Home

Ntombikayise Ncube – Nursing and residential care

North West

Daniel Flerin – Supported living and Domiciliary care

Emma Costigan – Palliative care in the community

Fungai Danha – Domiciliary and community support

Karen Lowe – Nursing Home for Complex Needs

Memory Chinganyama – Nursing Home

Michelle Tennant – Domiciliary Care

Sailus Maphosa – Quality improvement and research nurse

South Central

Sean Daly – Nursing / Dementia Care homes

South London

Fiona Kriksciunas – Community Palliative care

Victor Awuja – Care Home Liaison Officer

South West Peninsula

Joanna Jones – Palliative Care

Oluwanifemi Folorunso – Nursing care

West Midlands

Md Abdur Razzak Mondul – Nursing Home

Megan Hobson – Residential care

Samantha Doody – Community Palliative Care

Yorkshire and Humber

Nicola Bindley – Care home

Please visit our webpage to learn more about the Researcher Development Programme for Social Care Nurses.

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