Jennifer Sprinks is editor of Cancer Nursing Practice and co-editor of Nursing Management. She has worked as a journalist for more than 15 years for a range of national and trade titles, including The Independent, The Guardian and the Local Government Chronicle. She joined RCNi more than seven years ago as a news reporter for Nursing Standard.

Before taking up this post, she worked as a freelance journalist and communications consultant. She was also the media manager for the think tank, the Local Government Information Unit. She has a wealth of experience in news and feature writing, editing, press release writing and creating communications strategies. She is also experienced in events management, public speaking and conducting research for organisations.

Ms Sprinks has a bachelor of science degree in European Union studies from Cardiff University and a master of science degree in development studies from London South Bank University, as well as a London School of Communications postgraduate qualification in periodical journalism.

Jennifer Sprinks will be chairing the following sessions on Thursday 24 October:

• ACCEND: the future of cancer workforce development

• Getting personalised medicine right for better outcomes: the impact of genomics on your role

• Nutrition for better cancer outcomes

• Question and answer session: Cancer Nursing

See the full Nursing Live 2024 agenda