Erin Church is a dedicated Neonatal Nurse, the Chairperson of the Australian College of Neonatal Nurses’ (ACNN) Neurodevelopmental Care Special Interest Group (NDC SIG), and a Higher Degree Research student at La Trobe University. Erin completed her Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing (Neonatal Intensive Care) at La Trobe University in 2023 and currently works at Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, where she is an active member of their Infant and Family Centred Developmental Care (IFCDC) SIG.
Erin has a passion for furthering neuroprotective IFCDC and has completed training in Newborn Behavioural Observations (NBO), Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) 1; and is currently working toward becoming an NBO trainer. Working collaboratively with infant behaviour and mental health experts A/Prof. Susan Nicolson, Dr. Natalie Duffy, Danielle Atkins, and A/Prof. Campbell Paul, Erin is the lead author of a clinical infant advocacy tool for use during painful and stressful procedures – The Newborn Traffic Light Tool© – the subject of two current research studies and Erin’s Professional Doctorate.