Student Guide - Linguistic Validation Specialisation Course - Autumn 2026 Edition

Nur Ferrante

Nur Ferrante is a professional linguist, healthcare provider, mentor and poet from Spain. Nur has been working in medical translation and healthcare for over 20 years and specialises in linguistic validation (LV). She has worked in the field of LV for over 10 years for CROs, eCOA providers and LSPs and provides linguistic validation services, mentoring and holistic business consultancy. Presently, she works primarily providing health communication, PVR and LV services for individuals and organizations. She covers the full service for the translation and cultural adaptation of Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) from English into Spanish for Spain; and with her partners, she coordinates multiple languages projects under her professional independent organization. Nur is a lover of diversity, anthropology and multiculturalism and is highly specialized in the cross-cultural adaptation of COAs. Until recently she was also the Director of Business Development & Research Horizons at Gibson Research Consultancy (GRC) Ltd. Additionally, she provides health communication, PVR and LV training to companies and professionals within the Art of Diversity School, and offers holistic coaching for business and personal development. She has a podcast called Patient Voice & Linguistic Validation Café, which covers topics related with health communication, PVR and LV with the main focus of creating community and embracing cultures and diversity.