The nursing professoriate in the UK

Since 2003, the RCN Research and Innovation Team have kept a record of nurses, midwives and health visitors who hold chairs* in UK Higher Education Institutions. The numbers of nurses holding professorial positions in the UK may serve as a proxy indictor of the development of nursing research leadership within the professions, particularly when compared with cognate professional groups. The last comprehensive survey was conducted in 2009, but this list is kept up-to-date as and when we are informed of changes. As of January 2013, we are aware of 234 professors, representing 0.03% of the nursing and midwifery workforce. Please email any inaccuracies to Dave O'Carroll

*We are talking about nurses or midwives or health visitors who hold substantive chairs (either personal or organisational) in Higher Education Institutions in the UK. In certain circumstances, we have also included Emeritus professors. For the purposes of this work, we have not included honorary and visiting chairs.

List of chairs by institution - England

Anglia Ruskin University

Professor Sharon Andrew, Professor of Nursing
Professor Jenny Secker, Professor of Mental Health

University of Bath

None

University of Bedfordshire

Professor Mike Cook, Professor of Healthcare Leadership and Management
Professor Christopher Johns, Professor in Nursing

University of Birmingham

Professor Collette Clifford, Professor of Nursing

Birmingham City University

Professor David Gray, Professor of Wound Healing
Professor Mervyn Morris, Professor of Community Mental Health
Professor Paula McGee, Professor of Nursing
Professor Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor of Wound Healing

University of Bournemouth

Professor Elizabeth Rosser, Associate Dean, Nursing
Professor Gail Thomas, Professor and Dean of School of Health and Social Care

University of Bradford

Professor Udy Archibong, Professor of Diversity
Professor Gerry Armitage, Professor of
Professor Gwendolen Bradshaw, Head of the Division of Midwifery and Reproductive Health
Professor Rob Newell, Professor of Nursing Research

University of Brighton

Professor Val Hall, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Julie Scholes, Professor of Nursing

University of Brunel

None

Buckinghamshire New University

Professor Keith Cutting, Professor of Wound Healing
Professor Christine Norton, Professor of Clinical Nursing Innovation
Professor David Sines, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Society and Health

Canterbury Christ Church University

Professor Jan Dewing, Professor and Head of Person-Centred Research and Practice Development

University of Central Lancashire

Professor Kinta Beaver, Professor of Cancer Nursing
Professor Bernie Carter, Professor of Children's Nursing
Professor Soo Downe, Professor of Midwifery Studies
Professor Joy Duxbury, Professor in Mental Health Nursing
Professor Fiona Dykes, Professor of Maternal & Infant Health
Professor Caroline Watkins, Professor of Stroke and Older People's Care

University of Chester

Professor Helen Cooper, Professor of Community and Child Health
Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, Professor of Social and Health Care
Professor Mike Thomas, Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Care

City University, London

Professor Ros Bryar, Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing
Professor Carol Lynn Cox, Professor of Nursing, Advanced Clinical Practice
Professor Sally Hardy, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor Christine McCourt, Professor of Maternal and Child Health
Professor Julienne Meyer, Professor of Nursing (Care for Older People)
Professor Maggie Nicol, Professor in Clinical Skills
Professor Sue Procter, Professor of Primary Healthcare Research
Professor Alan Simpson, Professor of Collaborative Mental Health Nursing

Coventry University

Professor Jane Coad, Professor in Children and Family Nursing
Professor Gill Furze, Professor in Adult Nursing and Health Care
Professor Malcolm Woollard, Professor in Pre-Hospital and Emergency Care

University of Cumbria

None

University of Derby

Professor Lorraine Ellis, Assistant Dean & Head of School of Health Sciences

De Montfort University

Professor Denis Anthony, Professor of Nursing
Professor Mandy Ashton, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Faculty
Professor Jayne Brown, Professor of Palliative Care
Professor Raghu Raghavan, Professor of Mental Health
Professor Judith Tanner, Joint Chair of Clinical Nursing Research

University of Durham

None

University of East Anglia

Professor Antony Arthur, Professor of Nursing Sciences
Professor Francine Cheater, Director of Research and Professor of Public Health and Implementation Science
Professor Jacqueline Collier, Professor of Health Services Research and Head of School of Allied Health Professions
Professor Val Lattimer, Professor of Health Services Research and Head of School of Nursing Sciences

Edge Hill University

Professor Barbara Jack, Head of Research and Scholarship
Professor Annette Jinks, Professor of Nursing
Professor Brenda Roe, Professor of Health Research

University of Essex

None

University of Exeter

Professor David Richards, Professor of Mental Health Service Research

University of Greenwich

Professor Liz Meerabeau, Professor of
Professor Pat Schofield, Professor of Nursing
Professor Elizabeth West, Director of Research

University of Hertfordshire

Professor Sally Kendall, Professor of Nursing
Professor Claire Goodman, Professor of Health Care Research

University of Huddersfield

Professor Annie Topping, Professor of Nursing
Professor Peter Bradshaw, Emeritus Professor in Health Care Policy

University of Hull

Professor Steven Ersser, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Nursing and Dermatology Care
Professor Kate Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice
Professor Mark Hayter, Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Professor Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Director of Research and Scholarship
Professor Roger Watson, Professor of Nursing

University of Keele

Professor Sue Read, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
Professor Sian Maslin-Prothero, Professor of Ageing and Health

University of Kent

None

King's College London

Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery Practice
Professor Len Bowers, Professor of Psychiatric Nursing
Professor Sarah Cowley, Emerita Professor of Community Practice Development
Professor Angus Forbes, Clinical Chair in Diabetes Nursing
Professor Jill Maben, Director, National Nursing Research Unit
Professor Alison Metcalfe, Associate Dean (Research)
Professor Ian Norman, Professor of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Care
Professor Anne-Marie Rafferty, Dean of School and Chair of Nursing Policy
Professor Emma Ream, Professor of Supportive Cancer Care
Professor Jane Sandall, Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health
Professor Alison While, Professor of Community Nursing/Associate Dean (External affairs)
Professor Dame Jenifer Wilson-Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Nursing

Kingston University and St. George's, University of London

Professor Mary Chambers, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor Vari Drennan, Professor of Health Policy & Service Delivery
Professor Ruth Harris, Professor of Nursing Practice and Innovation
Professor Anne MacKenzie, Emerita Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Professor Fiona Ross, Dean & Professor of Primary Care Nursing

Lancaster University

Professor Sheila Payne, Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies

University of Leeds

Professor José Closs, Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Dawn Dowding, Professor of Applied Health Research
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor
Professor Claire Hale, Professor of Clinical Nursing
Professor Andrea Nelson, Professor in Wound Healing & Director of Research
Professor Jane Nixon, Professor of

Leeds Metropolitan University

Professor Sally Glen, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Student Experience
Professor Richard Hogston, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Professor Steve Robertson, Professor of Men, Gender and Health
Professor Alan White, Professor of Men's Health

University of Leicester

None

University of Lincoln

Professor Sara Owen, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
Professor Ian Baguley, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health
Professor Tony Butterworth, Emeritus Professor of Healthcare Workforce Innovation

University of Liverpool

Professor Liz Perkins, William Rathbone VIth Professor of Community Nursing

Liverpool John Moores University

Professor Godfrey Mazhindu, Dean of Faculty

London South Bank University

Professor Lesley Baillie, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice
Professor Joan Curzio, Professor of Practice Development
Professor Judith Ellis, Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Care
Professor Faith Gibson, Clinical Professor of CYP Cancer Care
Professor Tony Leiba, Emeritus Professor

University of Manchester

Professor Peter Callery, Professor of Children's Nursing
Professor Ann Caress, Professor of Nursing
Professor Caroline Carlisle, Professor of Education in Nursing and Midwifery & Divisional Leader
Professor Karen Chalmers, Professor of Community Health Research
Professor Nicky Cullum, Professor of Nursing
Professor M Christi Deaton, Professor of Nursing
Professor Lesley Degner, Professor of Cancer Nursing
Professor Christine Hallett, Professor of History Nursing
Professor John Keady, Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing
Professor Tina Lavender, Professor in Midwifery and Women's Health
Professor Karina Lovell, Professor of Mental Health
Professor Karen Luker, Professor of Community Nursing and Dean of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Professor Alex Molassiotis, Professor of Cancer and Supportive Care
Professor Jackie Oldham, Director, MIMIT (Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology)
Professor John Playle, Professor of Mental Health Nursing/Director of External Relations
Professor Ann Thomson, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Carole Tishelman, Professor of Nursing
Professor Chris Todd, Professor of Primary Care and Community Health
Professor Ann Wakefield, Professor and School Quality Assurance and Enhancement Officer
Professor Heather Waterman, Professor of Nursing and Ophthalmology

Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Carol Haigh, Professor of Nursing
Professor Janet Marsden, Professor of Ophthalmology and Emergency Care
Professor Duncan Mitchell, Professor of Health and Disability
Professor Vince Ramprogus, Dean and Pro Vice Chancellor

Middlesex University

Professor Irena Papadopoulos, Professor of Transcultural Health and Nursing
Professor Michael Traynor, Professor of Nursing Policy

University of Newcastle

None

University of Northampton

None

Northumbria University

Professor Susan Carr, Professor of Public Health Research
Professor Amanda Clarke, Professor of Nursing
Professor Kath McCourt, Dean of School
Revd Professor Pauline Pearson, Professor of Nursing

University of Nottingham

Professor Mark Avis, Professor of Social Contexts of Health
Professor Patrick Callaghan, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor Karen Cox, Professor in Cancer and Palliative Care/Pro Vice Chancellor
Professor Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities
Professor Jane Seymour, Sue Ryder Care Professor in Palliative and End of Life Studies
Professor Helen Spiby, Professor of Midwifery

Open University

Professor Jan Draper, Professor of Nursing

Oxford Brookes University

None

University of Plymouth

Professor Ruth Endacott, Professor of Critical Care Nursing and Deputy Head of School
Professor Bridie Kent, Professor in Leadership in Nursing
Professor Janet Richardson, Professor in Health Services Research
Professor Heather Skirton, Professor in Applied Health Genetics
Professor Mary Watkins, Deputy Vice Chancellor

University of Portsmouth

None

Queen Mary University of London

None

RCN Research Institute, University of Warwick

Professor Kate Seers, Professor of Health Research

University of Salford

Professor Nicholas Hardiker, Professor of, and Associate Head (Research & Innovation)
Professor Caroline Hollins Martin, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Martin Johnson, Professor in Nursing
Professor Tony Long, Professor of Child and Family Health
Professor Tony Warne, Professor of Mental Health Care

University of Sheffield

Professor Kate Gerrish, Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Christine Ingleton, Professor in Palliative Care Nursing
Professor Mike Nolan, Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Professor Anne Peat, Professor in Nursing and Midwifery Education and Dean of the School

Sheffield Hallam University

Professor Malcolm David Whitfield, Professor of Health Economics and Management
Professor Frances Gordon, Professor

University of Southampton

Professor Jessica Corner, Professor of Cancer and Palliative Care and Dean of Health Sciences
Professor Mandy Fader, Professor of Continence Technology
Professor Alan Glasper, Professor of Child Health Nursing
Professor Peter Griffiths, Professor of Health Services Research
Professor Sue Latter, Professor of Nursing
Professor Andree Le May, Emerita Professor of Nursing
Dame Professor Jill Macleod Clark, Professor of Nursing
Professor Alison Richardson, Clinical Professor in Cancer Nursing and End of Life Care

Staffordshire University

Professor Christine Kettle, Professor in Women's Health
Professor Paul Kingston, Professor of Ageing and Mental Health
Professor Wilfrid McSherry, Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People
Professor Peter Nolan, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health Nursing

University of Sunderland

Professor Ann Crosland, Professor of Nursing

University of Surrey

Professor Molly Courtenay, Professor of Clinical Practice (Prescribing and Medicines Management)
Professor Sara Faithfull, Professor of Cancer Nursing Practice and Head of Research
Professor Tom Quinn, Professor of Clinical Practice and Associate Dean for Health and Medical Strategy

University of Teesside

Professor Rob McSherry, Professor of Nursing and Practice Development

University of the West of England, Bristol

Professor David Evans, Professor of Health Services Research (Public Involvement)
Professor Margaret Fletcher, Professor of Clinical Nursing
Professor Sarah Hewlett FRCN, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology Nursing
Professor Helen Langton, Pro Vice Chancellor
Professor Candy McCabe, Professor of Nursing and Pain Sciences
Professor Pam Moule, Professor of Health Services Research (Service Evaluation)
Professor Kath Ross, Professor and Associate Dean
Professor Debra Salmon, Professor of Nursing Research

University of West London

Professor Heather Loveday, Professor of Evidence-based healthcare
Professor Jane Weaver, Professor of Midwifery

University of Wolverhampton

Professor Laura Serrant-Green, Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing
Professor Magi Sque, Chair in Clinical Practice and Innovation
Professor David Sallah, Emeritus Professor

University of Worcester

Professor Mary Nolan, Professor of Perinatal Education

University of York

Professor Helen Allan, Chair in Nursing
Professor Karen Spilsbury, Professor in Nursing
Professor Carl Thompson, Professor of

List of chairs by institution - Northern Ireland

Queen's University of Belfast

Professor Joy Browne, Professor in Child and Family Health
Professor Peter Hudson, Professor in Palliative Care
Professor Linda Johnston, Head of School of Nursing
Professor Sam Porter, Chair in Nursing Research

University of Ulster

Professor Owen Barr, Professor of Nursing
Professor Jennifer Boore, Emeritus Professor of Nursing
Professor Viv Coates, Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Tanya McCance, The Mona Grey Professor of Nursing Research & Development
Professor Eilis McCaughan, Professor of Cancer Care
Professor Brendan McCormack, Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Hugh McKenna, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
Professor Kader Parahoo, Professor of Nursing and Health Research
Professor Brenda Poulton, Emeritus Professor of Public Health Nursing
Professor Marlene Sinclair, Professor of Midwifery Research

List of chairs by institution - Scotland

University of Aberdeen

Professor John Swinton, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care

University of Dundee

Professor Martyn Jones, Professor of Healthcare Research
Professor Nora Kearney, Professor of Nursing and Cancer Care
Professor Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health
Professor Margaret Smith, Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery

University of Edinburgh

Professor Charlotte Clarke, Professor and Head of the School of Health in Social Science
Professor Rosemary Mander, Emeritus Professor of Midwifery
Professor Kath Melia, Professor of Nursing Studies
Professor Pam Smith, Professor of Nurse Education
Professor Julie Taylor, NSPCC Chair in Child Protection

Edinburgh Napier University

Professor Lawrie Elliott, CIHR Research Professor
Professor Catriona Kennedy, Professor of Nursing
Professor Morag A. Gray, Associate Dean (Academic Development)

University of Glasgow

None

Glasgow Caledonian University

Professor Nick Allcock, Clinical Academic Professor of Nursing
Professor Veronica James, Executive Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the School of Health and Life Sciences
Professor Barbara Parfitt, Professor of, Centre for Spiritual and Pastoral Care Studies
Professor Jacqui Reilly, Professor of
Professor Debbie Tolson, Professor of Gerontological Nursing

Queen Margaret University Edinburgh

None

Robert Gordon University

Professor Tracy Humphrey, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Ruth Taylor, Professor of , and Associate Head of School
Professor Brian Webster, Professor in Nursing and Head of School

University of Stirling

Professor June Andrews, Professor of Dementia Studies
Professor Helen Cheyne, RCM Professor of Midwifery
Professor William Lauder, Professor of Nursing
Professor Kate Niven, Emerita Professor of Nursing and Midwifery Studies

University of the West of Scotland

Professor John Atkinson, Professor of Community Health & Postgraduate Studies
Professor Ruth Deery, Professor of Maternal Health
Professor Belinda Dewar, Professor of Practice Improvement
Professor Colin Martin, Professor of Mental Health

List of chairs by institution - Wales

University of Bangor

Professor Jane Noyes, Noreen Edwards Chair in Health Services Research and Child Health
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Professor of Health Services & Implementation Research

Cardiff University

Professor Davina Allen, Director, Nursing, Health & Social Care Research Centre
Professor Dinah Gould, Professor of
Professor Jane Hopkinson, Professor of Nursing
Professor Sheila Hunt, Dean and Head of School & Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Staff and Diversity)
Professor Billie Hunter, RCM Professor of Midwifery
Professor Daniel Kelly, RCN Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Joanna Latimer, Professor