Julia Bresnai-Harris

Lead Skin Cancer Nurse at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Julia is a graduate from the McGill University Faculty of Nursing where she was awarded the Evelyn Rocque Malowany Prize in Nursing Leadership in 2012. She completed her nursing registration exams in both Canada and the United Kingdom. In 2015, she completed a post graduate nursing specialization in the tri-specialty of wound, ostomy, and continence care (Nurse Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence – NSWOC) from the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute based in Ottawa, Canada. She studied nursing leadership for nurses specialized in wound, ostomy and continence and completed an MSc in Management for Future Leaders through Henley Business School in 2024.

Julia is currently the lead skin cancer nurse at Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset U.K., responsible for leading a clinical team along with service transformation and development. She previously worked as a Tissue Viability Nurse at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London U.K., when she co-wrote “Prevention and Management of Skin Damage related to PPE- Update 2020” and helped to launch a PPE Skin Clinic for hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also co-authored “NSWOCC Best Practice Recommendations for skin health among critically ill patients with an emphasis on critically ill individuals suffering from COVID-19” and developed a skin tear tool to improve knowledge and support standardization of skin tear management at Charing Cross Hospital in 2021.