Kristiina Junttila, RN, PhD, Professor, is the Director of Nursing Research Center in Helsinki University Hospital. Her clinical background is in perioperative nursing. She is the group leader (PI) of national research projects such as "Nursing Sensitive Indicators in Assessing and Developing Nursing Care Quality" and "Pressure ulcer risk assessment, prevalence and prevention in social and health care - a national multicenter study". Her interest is in the quality of nursing care, its assessment, follow-up and development.