Jos Latour is a Professor in Clinical Nursing at Plymouth University in Plymouth, United Kingdom. His clinical post is based at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth and Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton in the UK where he is leading the Clinical Schools to enable research translation into clinical practice, build research capacity, and develop research culture in clinical settings. Jos also works at Hunan Children's Hopsital in Changsha, China, as a Professor in Pediatric Nursing were he leads research projects enhancing the care of sick children and their parents. His major research programme is called the EMPATHIC study (EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care) and is currently implemented in many countries across the world. His other research programmes are focussed on child and parent involvement in care, end-of-life care, pediatric sepsis, and family-centered care. Jos Latour published widely in peer-reviewed journals. He is an associate editor of the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and editorial board member of several other peer-reviewed journals. Internationally, Jos has been active in the World Federation Pediatric Intensive Critical Care Societies, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations.