Since 2003, the RCN has kept a record of nurses and midwives who hold substantive chairs in UK Higher Education Institutions. The numbers of nurses holding professorial positions in the UK may serve as a proxy indicator of the development of nursing academic and research leadership within the professions, particularly when compared with cognate professional groups. The list below is updated on a regular basis, by looking at institutional websites, and when we are informed of changes. Please help us to keep this list up-to-date by emailing any inaccuracies to Dave O'Carroll.
The nursing and midwifery professoriate in the UK
A listing of nurses and midwives who hold substantive chairs (either personal or organisational) in UK Universities
Inaugural lectures
We have also been collating data on the tradition of the nursing and midwifery professorial inaugural lecture.
England
Birmingham
- Professor Fiona Irvine, Jenny Jones Chair in Nursing
- Professor Sara Kenyon, Professor of Evidence Based Maternity Care
- Professor Julie Taylor FRCN, Professor of Child Protection
- Professor Anne Topping, Professor in Nursing
Birmingham City
- Professor Joanne Brooke, Director of the Centre for Social Care, Health and Related Research
- Professor Ann-Marie Cannaby, Professor of Nursing Sciences
- Professor Fiona Cowdell, Professor of Nursing and Health Research
- Professor Carol Doyle, Professor of Nurse Education and Head of School
- Professor David Gray, Professor of Wound Study
- Professor Merryl Harvey, Professor in Nursing
- Professor Lucy Land, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Trixie McAree, Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health
- Professor Mervyn Morris, Professor of Community Mental Health
- Professor Joy Notter, Professor of Community Health Care Studies
- Professor Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor
- Professor Louise Toner, Associate Dean Academic Portfolio and Market Development
Bournemouth
- Professor Steven Ersser, Professor of Nursing and Dermatology Care and Head of Department of Nursing Science
- Professor Ann Hemingway, Professor of Public Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Vanora Hundley, Professor of Midwifery and Deputy Dean, Research and Professional Practice
- Professor Samuel Porter, Professor of Nursing Sociology and Head of Department of Social Sciences and Social Work
- Professor Stephen Tee, Executive Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
- Professor Sue Way, Professor of Midwifery Education
Bradford
- Professor Udy Archibong FRCN, Professor of Diversity
- Professor Shirley Congdon, Vice-Chancellor and Professor in Education Development
Brighton
- Professor Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice
- Professor Debra Humphris, Vice-Chancellor
Bucks New
- Professor Sue Procter, Professor of Clinical Nursing Innovation
Cambridge
- Professor Christi Deaton, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research
Canterbury Christ Church
- Professor Chris Burton, Professor and Head of School of Allied and Public Health Professions
- Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor of Mental Health
- Professor Kim Manley, Professor of Practice Development
Central Lancashire
- Professor Kinta Beaver, Professor of Cancer Care
- Professor Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies
- Professor Fiona Dykes, Professor of Maternal & Infant Health
- Professor Nigel Harrison, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Mick McKeown, Professor of Democratic Mental Health
- Professor Dame Caroline Watkins, Professor of Stroke and Older People's Care, and Director of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Karen Wright, Professor of Nursing and Head of School of Nursing
Chester
- Professor Alan Finnegan FRCN, Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health
- Professor Janice Gidman, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)
- Professor Susan Hooton, Professor of Nursing and Quality Improvement
- Professor Paul Kingston, Professor of Ageing and Mental Health
- Professor Andy Lovell, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
- Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, Professor of Health and Social Care
- Professor Angela Simpson, Professor of Teaching and Learning and Executive Dean of Health and Social Care
City
- Professor Leanne Aitken, Professor of Critical Care Nursing
- Professor Julienne Meyer, Emeritus Professor of Nursing (Care for Older People)
- Professor Debra Salmon, Dean, School of Health Sciences and Professor of Community Health and Nursing
- Professor Jacqueline Sin, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Coventry
- Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health)
- Professor Guy Daly, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)
- Professor Nina Morgan, Chief Nursing Officer, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Coventry University
Cumbria
- Professor Brian Webster-Henderson, Pro Vice Chancellor (Health) and Professor of Nursing
De Montfort
- Professor Jayne Brown, Professor in Palliative Care
- Professor Kay de Vries, Professor of Older People's Health Care
- Professor Bertha Ochieng, Professor of Integrated Health and Social Care
- Professor Raghu Raghavan, Professor of Mental Health
Derby
- Professor Denis Anthony, Professor of Health and Social Care Research
- Professor Sue Dyson, Professor of Nursing and Head of Health and Social Care Research Centre
Durham
- Professor Charlotte Clarke, Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Health
East Anglia
- Professor Antony Arthur, Professor of Nursing Sciences
- Professor Kenda Crozier, Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Sally Hardy, Dean of the School of Health Sciences
Edge Hill
- Professor Lucy Bray, Professor of Child Health Literacy
- Professor Bernie Carter FRCN, Professor of Children's Nursing
- Professor Barbara Jack, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Mary O'Brien, Professor of Palliative and Support Care
- Professor Brenda Roe, Professor of Health Research
Essex
- Professor Peter Martin, Professor of
- Professor Fiona Nolan, Florence Nightingale Foundation Clinical Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Exeter
- Professor David Richards, Professor of Mental Health Services Research
Greenwich
- Professor Karen Cleaver, Professor of Integrated Care
- Professor David Evans, Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being
Hertfordshire
- Professor Frances Bunn, Professor in Health and Complex Conditions
- Professor Claire Goodman, Professor of Health Care Research
- Professor Natalie Pattison, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice
- Professor Mark Whiting, WellChild Professor of Community Children's Nursing
Huddersfield
- Professor Felicity Astin, Professor of Nursing and Applied Health Research
- Professor Ann-Louise Caress, Professor of Health Services Research
- Professor Christine Hallett, Professor of Nursing History
- Professor Nicholas Hardiker, Professor and Associate Dean - Research and Enterprise
- Professor Karen Ousey, Professor of Skin Integrity
- Professor Barry Tolchard, Professor and Head of Department of Nursing and Midwifery
Hull
- Professor Peter Draper, Professor of Nursing Education and Scholarship
- Professor Mark Hayter, Professor of Nursing and Health Research and Associate Dean, Research
- Professor Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences
- Professor Colin Martin, Professor of Perinatal Mental Health
- Professor Thomas Phillips, Professor of Nursing (Addictions)
- Professor Roger Watson FRCN, Professor of Nursing
Imperial College London
- Professor Mary Wells, Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)
Keele
- Professor Julie Green, Professor of District Nursing and Dean for Education
- Professor Philip Keeley, Professor of Nursing
- Professor June Keeling, Professor of Women's Health
- Professor Patricia Owen, Professor of Nursing, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Professor Sarah Ryan, Professor of Rheumatology Nursing
- Professor Pauline Walsh, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean
Kent
- Professor Karen Cox, Vice Chancellor
- Professor Sally Kendall, Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health
- Professor Patricia Wilson, Professor of Primary and Community Care
King's College London
- Professor Louise Barriball, Professor of Nursing Education and Vice-Dean (Education)
- Professor Angus Forbes, FEND Chair in Clinical Diabetes Nursing
- Professor Patricia Grocott, Professor of Nursing Technology Innovation
- Professor Ruth Harris, Professor of Health Care for Older Adults
- Professor Ian Norman FRCN, Executive Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
- Professor Christine Norton, Professor of Clinical Nursing Research
- Professor Dame Anne-Marie Rafferty FRCN, Professor of Nursing Policy
- Professor Louise Rose, Professor of Critical Care Nursing
- Professor Jane Sandall, Professor of Social Science and Women's Health
- Professor Alan Simpson, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Jackie Sturt, Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing
Kingston and St George's
- Professor Mary Chambers, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Katherine Curtiss, Associate Dean External Engagement
- Professor Vari Drennan, Professor of Health Care and Policy Research
- Professor Jayne Price, Professor of Children's Nursing
- Professor Tom Quinn FRCN, Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Professor Fiona Ross, Professor of Health Research
- Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Professor in Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care
Lancaster
- Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medicine
- Professor Catherine Walshe, Professor of Palliative Care and Head of Department
Leeds
- Professor John Baker, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Janet Hirst, Professor in Maternal Care and Head of School of Healthcare
- Professor Elizabeth Hughes, Professor of Mental Health
- Professor Linda McGowan, Professor of Applied Health Research and Pro-Dean for International
- Professor Gretl McHugh, Professor of Applied Health Research
- Professor Jane Nixon, Professor of Tissue Viability and Clinical Trials Research
- Professor Karen Spilsbury, Professor in Nursing Research
- Professor Veronica Swallow, Professor in Child and Family Health
- Professor Carl Thompson, Professor of Applied Health Research
Leicester
- Professor Liz Anderson, Professor of Interprofessional Education
- Professor Dave Clarke, Foundation Professor of Nursing
- Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery
Liverpool
- Professor Liz Perkins, William Rathbone VIth Professor of Community Nursing
Liverpool John Moores
- Professor Valerie Fleming, Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Ian Jones, Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Professor Raphaela Kane, Professor of Healthcare Leadership
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender, Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health
- Professor Penelope Phillips-Howard, Professor
London South Bank
- Professor Suzanne Bench, Professor of Critical Care Nursing
- Professor Neil Brimblecombe, Professor of Mental Health
- Professor Patrick Callaghan, Dean of School of Applied Sciences and Professor of Mental Health Science
- Professor Eddie Chaplin, Professor of Mental Health in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Professor Nicola Thomas, Professor of Kidney Care
Manchester
- Professor Michelle Briggs, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice Research
- Professor Dame Nicky Cullum, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Dawn Dowding, Professor in Clinical-Decision Making
- Professor Gill Harvey, Professor of Healthcare Management (Manchester Business School)
- Professor John Keady, Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Sue Kirk, Professor of Family and Child Health
- Professor Karina Lovell, Professor of Mental Health
- Professor Karen Luker, QNI Professor of Community Nursing
- Professor Jackie Oldham, Director, MIMIT (Manchester: Improving Medicine with Innovation and Technology)
- Professor Steven Pryjmachuk, Professor of Mental Health Nursing Education
- Professor Ann Wakefield, Professor of Nursing Education
- Professor Janelle Yorke, Professor of Cancer Nursing
Manchester Metropolitan
- Professor Joy Duxbury, Professor of Mental Health
- Professor Kirsten Jack, Professor of Nursing Education
- Professor Laura Serrant, Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing
Middlesex
- Professor Helen Allan, Professor in Nursing
- Professor Carmel Clancy, Academic Dean of Faculty of Health Social Care and Education
- Professor Irena Papadopoulos, Professor of Transcultural Health and Nursing
- Professor Michael Traynor FRCN, Professor of Nursing Policy
Northumbria
- Professor Susan Carr, Professor of Public Health Research
- Professor Amanda Clarke, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Glenda Cook, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Geoffrey Dickens, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Debra Porteous, Professor of Nursing and Head of Department
- Professor Alison Steven, Professor of Research in Nursing and Health Professions Education
- Professor John Unsworth, Professor of Nursing
Nottingham
- Professor Jane Coad FRCN, Professor in Children and Family Nursing
- Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange)
- Professor Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities
- Professor Helen Spiby, Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Judith Tanner, Professor in Adult Nursing
Nottingham Trent
- Professor Christine Moffatt FRCN, Professor of International Clinical Nursing
Oxford Brookes
- Professor Jane Appleton, Professor of Primary and Community Care
Plymouth
- Professor Ruth Endacott, Professor in Clinical Nursing (Critical Care)
- Professor Bridie Kent, Professor in Leadership in Nursing
- Professor Jos Latour, Professor in Clinical Nursing
- Professor Sarah Neill, Professor in Nursing
- Professor Jill Shawe, Professor in Women's Health
Queen Mary University of London
- Professor Julie Sanders, Clinical Professor Cardiovascular Nursing
Salford
- Professor Martin Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Nursing
- Professor Jacqueline Leigh, Professor of Nurse Education Practice
- Professor Tony Long, Professor of Child and Family Health
- Professor Sue McAndrew, Professor of Mental Health and Young People
- Professor Paula Ormandy, Professor of Long-Term Conditions Research
- Professor Margaret Rowe, Executive Dean, School of Health and Society
Sheffield
- Professor Penny Curtis, Professor of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Tracey Moore, Professor in Nursing and Head of Department
- Professor Jane Seymour, Professor of Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Professor Angela Tod, Professor of Older People and Care
Sheffield Hallam
- Professor Charmaine Childs, Professor of Clinical Science
- Professor Alison Metcalfe, Pro Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Paula Procter, Professor of Nursing Informatics
- Professor Patricia Schofield, Professor of Pain and Ageing
- Professor Hora Soltani, Professor of Maternal and Infant Health
Southampton
- Professor Jane Ball FRCN, Professorial Research Fellow, Nursing Workforce Policy
- Professor Jackie Bridges, Professor in Older People's Care
- Professor Sue Colley, Associate Dean - Strategy and International
- Professor Julie Cullen, Professorial Fellow; Health Education and Leadership
- Professor Mandy Fader, Professor of Continence Technology and Head of School, Health Sciences
- Professor Peter Griffiths, Professor of Health Services Research
- Professor Sue Latter, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Mari Carmen Portillo, Professor of Long Term Conditions
- Professor Alison Richardson, Clinical Professor in Cancer Nursing and End of Life Care
- Professor Lisette Schoonhoven, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Theresa Wiseman, Clinical Professor of Applied Health Research in Cancer
Staffordshire
- Professor Wilfred McSherry FRCN, Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People
Suffolk
- Professor Helen Langton, Vice-Chancellor
- Professor Jill Robinson, Professor of Healthcare Practice
Sunderland
- Professor Ann Crosland, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Sheila McQueen, Professor of Nursing and Continuing Professional Education
Surrey
- Professor Elizabeth Barley, Professor of Mental Health Sciences and Nursing
- Professor Melaine Coward, Professor and Head of School of Health Sciences
- Professor Sara Faithfull, Professor of Cancer Nursing Practice
- Professor Ann Gallagher FRCN, Professor of Ethics and Care
- Professor Faith Gibson FRCN, Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care
- Professor Jill Maben, Professor of Health Services Research and Nursing
- Professor Caroline Nicholson, Professor of Palliative Care and Ageing
- Professor Emma Ream, Professor of Supportive Cancer Care and Director of Health Sciences Research
Teesside
- Professor Sharon Hamilton, Professor of Nursing
Warwick
- Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Clinical Trials
- Professor Kate Seers, Professor of Health Research
West London
- Professor Bob Gates, Professor of Learning Disabilities
- Professor Heather Loveday, Professor of Evidence-based Healthcare
- Professor Jennie Wilson, Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology
West of England, Bristol
- Professor David Evans, Professor of Health Services Research
- Professor Candy McCabe, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice Research
- Professor Pam Moule, Professor of Health Services Research (Service Evaluation)
Wolverhampton
- Professor Carol Bond, Professor of Learning and Teaching, Health in Higher Education
- Professor Rebecca Jester, Professor in Nursing
- Professor Magi Sque, Chair in Clinical Practice and Innovation
Worcester
- Professor Mary Nolan, Professor of Perinatal Education, Allied Health Sciences
- Professor Tracey Williamson, Professor of Family Care
York
- Professor Paul Galdas, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Joanna Latimer, Professor of Sociology, Science and Technology
Northern Ireland
Queen's University Belfast
- Professor Bronagh Blackwood, Professor in Critical Care
- Professor Michael Brown, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Christine Brown Wilson, Professor (Education)
- Professor Donna Fitzsimons, Professor and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Professor Joanne Reid, Professor of Cancer and Palliative Care
- Professor David Thompson FRCN, Professor of Nursing
Ulster
- Professor Owen Barr, Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities
- Professor Viv Coates, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice Research
- Professor Carol Curran, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences
- Professor Tanya McCance, The Mona Grey Professor of Nursing Research and Development
- Professor Eilis McCaughan, Professor of Cancer Care
- Professor Sonja McIlfatrick, Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care
- Professor Hugh McKenna FRCN, Professor of Nursing and Dean of Medical School Development
- Professor Kader Parahoo, Research Director, Institute of Nursing and Health Research
- Professor Assumpta Ryan, Professor of Ageing and Health
- Professor Marlene Sinclair, Professor of Midwifery Research
Scotland
Aberdeen
- Professor Ruth Taylor, Vice-Principal Education
- Professor John Swinton, Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies
Dundee
- Professor Martyn Jones, Professor of Healthcare Research
- Professor Lynn Kilbride, Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Professor Alison McFadden, Professor of Mother and Infant Public Health
- Professor Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health
Edinburgh
- Professor Tonks (Josephine) Fawcett, Professor of Student Learning (Nurse Education)
- Professor Aisha Holloway, Professor of Nursing Studies
- Professor Pam Smith, Professorial Fellow, Nursing Studies
Edinburgh Napier
- Professor Susan Dawkes, Professor in Cardiovascular Health
- Professor Alison Machin, Dean of Health and Social Care
- Professor Caroline J Hollins Martin, Professor of Maternal Health
- Professor Lis Neubeck, Professor and Head of Theme: Long Term Conditions
- Professor Graeme Smith, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Austyn Snowden, Professor of Mental Health
Glasgow
- Professor Bridget Johnston FRCN, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice Research
- Professor Ann Marie Rice, Professor of Nursing
Glasgow Caledonian
- Professor Joanne Booth, Professor of Rehabilitation Nursing
- Professor Frank Crossan, Professor in Nursing and Principal, Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing
- Professor Kay Currie, Professor of Nursing and Applied Healthcare Research and Associate Dean - Research
- Professor Lawrie Elliott, Professor, Nursing and Community Health
- Professor Jacqueline McCallum, Professor and Head of Department of Nursing and Community Health
- Professor Andrea Nelson, Dean of School of Health and Life Sciences
- Professor Jacqui Reilly, Professor of Healthcare Associated Infection
Highlands and Islands
- Professor Annetta Smith, Professor of Nursing
Queen Margaret, Edinburgh
- Professor Jan Dewing, The Sue Pembrey Chair in Nursing
- Professor Brendan McCormack FRCN, Head of Division of Nursing
Robert Gordon
- Professor Catriona Kennedy, QNIS Professor of Community Nursing
- Professor Ian Murray, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery
Stirling
- Professor Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health and RCM Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Jayne Donaldson, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport
- Professor Anne Whittaker, Professor of Nursing Research
Strathclyde
- Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Professor of Social Work
- Professor Roma Maguire, Professor of Digital Health and Care
West of Scotland
- Professor Jean Rankin, Professor of Maternal, Child and Family Health
- Professor Debbie Tolson FRCN, Alzheimer Scotland Professor of Dementia, and Assistant Dean (Research and Enterprise)
Wales
Bangor
- Professor Jane Noyes, Professor in Health and Social Services Research and Child Health
- Professor Debbie Roberts, Foundation of Nursing Studies Professor of Practice Learning
Cardiff
- Professor Davina Allen, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Molly Courtenay, Professor of Health Sciences
- Professor Dinah Gould, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Ben Hannigan, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Jane Hopkinson, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Billie Hunter, RCM Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Aled Jones, Professor of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
- Professor Daniel Kelly FRCN, RCN Professor of Nursing Research
- Professor Julia Sanders, Professor of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery
- Professor Ann Taylor, Professor of Medical Education
- Professor Dianne Watkins, Professor and Deputy Head of School
South Wales
- Professor Joyce Kenkre, Professor of Primary Care
- Professor Maggie Kirk FRCN, Professor of Genetics Education
- Professor Ruth Northway FRCN, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
- Professor Sara Owen, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)
- Professor David Pontin, Aneurin Bevan Chair of Community Health
- Professor Linda Ross, Professor of Nursing (Spirituality)
- Professor Carolyn Wallace, Professor of Community Health and Care Service
- Professor Keith Weeks, Professor of Innovation and Engagement in Healthcare Numeracy and Education
Swansea
- Professor Michael Coffey, Professor of Mental Health Care
- Professor Louise Condon, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Deborah Fenlon, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons, Professor of Health Outcome Research
- Professor Joy Merrell, Professor of Public Health Nursing
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