Wolters Kluwer, Academic Faculty and Ovid Synthesis Consultant for UK&I

Leticia Nani Silva is an Academic Faculty and Ovid Synthesis Consultant for Wolters Kluwer for the UK and Ireland. Leticia works directly with universities and healthcare institutions across the country facilitating new ways of improving quality, implementing evidence-based practice, and enhancing efficiency of hospitals and academic institutions. Furthermore, Leticia works directly with university faculty to enhance student’s learning experience within the fields of Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Anatomy, and Allied Health using Medical Educational Resources. Before joining Wolters Kluwer, she obtained her BSc in Neuroscience and her MSc in Human Nutrition in Manchester and has previously worked in scientific publishing within those respective fields. She is an accredited Associate of Nutrition and has also completed the Women’s Leadership Development Programme at the Said Business School at Oxford University. She led the Frontiers Women in Science Blog for many years and has an immense passion for encouraging women in STEM. Leticia’s current focus is on leadership and providing healthcare workers with the necessary tools and platforms for them to grow sustainably in their professional careers, whilst propagating scientific research across multidisciplinary fields amongst doctors and nurses, as well as newly trained academic students. She loves to dance, read and is well-travelled, having lived in Brazil, The USA, The Netherlands, and now almost 10 years in the UK.