Dr. Mary Walton is a Faculty at Gulf Medical University, College of Nursing, Ajman, UAE from January 2021 till date. She has a Doctoral Degree in Nursing, in the specialty of Medical Surgical Nursing (Oncology Nursing) and a Masters Degree in Medical Surgical Nursing (Orthopedics & Rehabilitation). She is a Faculty in Nursing for the past 27 years. She has worked as a Deputy Nursing Superintendent in a Dual role for 6 years at St John’s College of Nursing and St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore and as a Cardiothoracic nurse for 2 years at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. Her areas of interest are palliative care, oncology, geriatrics, neurology, orthopedics, critical care and qualitative research. She has organized & been a presenter at various International and National workshops and conferences. Her PhD dissertation topic is on the topic “Lived experience of adult female cancer survivors to discover common protective resilience factors to cope with cancer experience and to identify potential barriers to resilience” and has been published in the Indian Journal of Palliative Care. She has completed a course in Essentials in Pain and Palliative care and served as a National Faculty for the course from 2008 -2020. Currently she has been actively involved in Preceptorship Training of Nurses in UAE under Ministry Of Health And Prevention (MOHAP) & Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah & Umm Al Quwain, Ministry of Presidential Affairs. She was also involved in Cast Application Training for Nurses in UAE (MOPA & GMU) & Geriatric Home Care training for Emirates Health Services. She has a passion for Research and has guided UG & PG nursing students and nurses in various projects. She has been a resource person for various Research Conferences. She has received Best Paper award at 10th international Nurses Conference: ‘Expedite Nursing Vision” at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. For the topic–“Effectiveness of high Iron mix on the Hemoglobin status of adolescent girls.” She has 20 publications in International & National journals including Scopus indexed journals (5). She is currently a Mentor for the National Nursing & Midwifery Research Mentorship Program in UAE.