Karen Moore, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN is a dual certified Adult and Family Nurse Practitioner and an Associate Professor in the graduate programme at the Trudy Busch-Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA. Her practice and research interests include global health, infectious disease, healthcare inequities, diversity, occupational and environmental health, low resourced communities and health promotion. Dr Moore is Chair of the American Academy of Nursing Global Nursing and Health Expert Panel, Chair of the Student Subgroup of the ICN NP/APN Network and a member of the ICN NP/APNN Core Steering Group.