Associate professor Anna Axelin from the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland is the Principal Investigator in the research group the Connected Health –UTU research program which aims to foster the use of information technology and digital solutions to support health promotion and effective health care in the early stages of life. The concept of family-centered care is an underlying framework in the research. Prof. Axelin also serves the director of the Separation and Closeness Experiences in the Neonatal Environment (SCENE) group. SCENE is a multi-disciplinary group of international professionals that aims to identify, construct, implement and evaluate best practice to support physical and emotional parent-infant closeness during neonatal care. In the Academic year 2011-2012, prof. Axelin joined the faculty of Department of Family Health Care Nursing in the University of California, San Francisco for her post-doctoral research. To gain expertise in global health she has contributed as an associated researcher in the International Maternal and Child Health at University of Uppsala, Sweden since 2018. In addition to the academic career, prof. Axelin has ten-year working experience as a NICU nurse