The nursing professoriate in the UK | Royal College of Nursing

Since 2003, the RCN have 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 represents the information collected during the last comprehensive survey in November 2015, although it is amended as and when we are informed of changes. Please email any inaccuracies to Dave O'Carroll

Inaugural lectures

We have also been collating data on the tradition of the nursing and midwifery professorial inaugural lecture

England

Anglia Ruskin

Professor Sarah Redsell, Professor of Public Health
Professor Patricia Schofield, Deputy Dean Research and Income Generation
Professor Ruth Taylor, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education

Birmingham City

Professor Fiona Cowdell, Professor of Nursing and Health Research
Professor David Gray, Professor of Wound Study
Professor Merryl Harvey, Professor in Nursing
Professor Lucy Land, Professor of Nursing
Professor Mervyn Morris, Professor of Community Mental Health
Professor Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor

Bradford

Professor Udy Archibong, Professor of Diversity
Professor Gwendolen Bradshaw, Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Quality)

Brighton

Professor Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice
Professor Debra Humphris, Vice Chancellor
Professor Julie Scholes, Professor of Nursing

Bucks New

Professor Colin Martin, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor Sue Procter, Professor of Clinical Nursing Innovation

Canterbury Christ Church

Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor of Mental Health
Professor Kim Manley, Professor of Practice Development

Chester

Professor Helen Cooper, Professor of Community and Child Health
Professor Alan Finnegan, Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health
Professor Janice Gidman, Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)
Professor June Keeling, Professor of Women's Health
Professor Paul Kingston, Professor of Ageing and Mental Health
Professor Andy Lovell, Professor in Mental Health and Learning Disability
Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, Professor of Health and Social Care
Professor Annette McIntosh Scott, Professor of Education in Healthcare and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Community Liaison)
Professor Angela Simpson, Professor of Teaching and Learning and Executive Dean of Health and Social Care

Coventry

Professor Jane Coad, Professor in Children and Family Nursing and Associate Dean - Research, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

East Anglia

Professor Antony Arthur, Professor of Nursing Sciences
Professor Kenda Crozier, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Rosalynd Jowett, Professor in Nursing Sciences

Essex

Professor Peter Martin, Professor of
Professor Fiona Nolan, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Mental Health Nursing Practice Research

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

Hull

Professor Peter Draper, Professor of Nursing Education and Scholarship
Professor Mark Hayter, Professor of Nursing and Health Research
Professor Julie Jomeen, Professor of Midwifery and Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Care
Professor Roger Watson, Professor of Nursing

Keele

Professor Sue Read, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing

King's College London

Professor Louise Barriball, Vice Dean for Education
Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery
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 Alison Metcalfe, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Care Research
Professor Ian Norman, Professor of Mental Health and Executive Dean of Faculty
Professor Christine Norton, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research
Professor Anne-Marie Rafferty, Professor of Nursing Policy
Professor Glenn Robert, Professor of Health Care Quality and Innovation
Professor Jane Sandall, Professor of Social Science and Women's Health
Professor Jackie Sturt, Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing

Leeds

Professor Dennis Anthony, Professor of Applied Health Research
Professor John Baker, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor José Closs, Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Linda McGowan, Professor of Applied Health Research and Director of Research
Professor Gretl McHugh, Professor of Applied Health Research
Professor Andrea Nelson, Professor and Head of School of Healthcare
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

Liverpool

Professor Rumona Dickson, Professor of Health Services Research
Professor Liz Perkins, William Rathbone VIth Professor of Community Nursing

Manchester

Professor Kinta Beaver, Professor of Nursing
Professor Michelle Briggs, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice Research
Professor Peter Callery, Professor of Children's Nursing
Professor Dame Nicky Cullum, Professor of Nursing and Dean of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Professor Christine Hallett, Professor of History Nursing
Professor Gill Harvey, Professor of Healthcare Management (Manchester Business School)
Professor John Keady, Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Older People
Professor Sue Kirk, Professor of Family and Child Health
Professor Tina Lavender, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Karina Lovell, Professor of Mental Health and Director of Research
Professor Karen Luker, QNI Professor of Community Nursing
Professor Jackie Oldham, Director, MIMIT (Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology)
Professor Steven Pryjmachuk, Professor of Mental Health Nursing Education
Professor Ann Wakefield, Professor of Nursing Education
Professor Janelle Yorke, Professor of Cancer Nursing

Northumbria

Professor Susan Carr, Professor of Public Health Research
Professor Amanda Clarke, Professor of Nursing and Head of Department of Healthcare
Professor Glenda Cook, Professor of Nursing (Gerontological)
Revd Professor Pauline Pearson, Professor of Nursing

Open

Professor Jan Draper, Professor of Nursing

Oxford Brookes

Professor Jane Appleton, Professor of Primary and Community Care
Professor Debra Jackson, Professor of Nursing

Salford

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 Tony Warne, Professor of Mental Health Care and Head of School

Sheffield Hallam

Professor Charmaine Childs, Professor of Clinical Science
Professor Laura Serrant, Professor of Nursing
Professor Hora Soltani, Professor of Maternal and Infant Health

Staffordshire

Professor Wilfred McSherry, Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People

Suffolk

Professor Jill Robinson, Professor of Healthcare Practice

Sunderland

Professor Ann Crosland, Professor of Nursing
Professor Sheila McQueen, Professor of Nursing and Continuing Professional Education

Teesside

Professor Sharon Hamilton, Professor of Nursing
Professor Rob McSherry, Professor of Nursing and Practice Development

Warwick

Professor Annie Young, Professor of Nursing
Professor Kate Seers, Professor of Health Research

West London

Professor Elizabeth Barley, Professor in Health and Wellbeing
Professor Bob Gates, Professor of Learning Disabilities
Professor Heather Loveday, Professor of Evidence-based healthcare

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

Bedfordshire

Professor Mike Cook, Professor of Healthcare Leadership and Management

Birmingham

Professor Debbie Carrick-Sen, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Practice Research
Professor Fiona Irvine, Jenny Jones Chair in Nursing
Professor Julie Taylor, Professor of Child Protection
Professor Anne Topping, Professor in Nursing

Bournemouth

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 & Social Work
Professor Elizabeth Rosser, Professor of Nursing and Deputy Dean, Education and Professional Practice
Professor Stephen Tee, Executive Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

Cambridge

Professor Christi Deaton, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Research

Central Lancashire

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 Mike Thomas, Vice-Chancellor
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

City

Professor Leanne Aitken, Professor of Critical Care Nursing
Professor Julienne Meyer, Professor of Nursing (Care for Older People)
Professor Debra Salmon, Dean, School of Health Sciences and Professor of Community Health and Nursing
Professor Alan Simpson, Professor of Collaborative Mental Health 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

Edge Hill

Professor Lucy Bray, Professor of Child Health Literacy
Professor Bernie Carter, 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

Exeter

Professor David Richards, Professor of Mental Health Services Research

Huddersfield

Professor Felicity Astin, Professor of Nursing and Applied Health Research
Professor Ann-Louise Caress, Professor of Health Services Research
Professor Nicholas Hardiker, Professor and Associate Dean - Research and Enterprise
Professor Liz Hughes, Professor of Applied Mental Health Research
Professor Phil Keeley, Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean - Teaching and Learning
Professor Karen Ousey, Professor of Skin Integrity
Professor Barry Tolchard, Professor and Head of Department of Nursing and Midwifery

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

Kingston and St George's

Professor Mary Chambers, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
Professor Vari Drennan, Professor of Health Care and Policy Research
Professor Jayne Price, Professor of Children's Nursing
Professor Tom Quinn, Professor of Nursing
Professor Fiona Ross, Professor of Research
Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Professor in Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care

Lancaster

Professor Katherine Froggatt, Professor of Ageing and Palliative Care

Leeds Beckett

Professor Steve Robertson, Professor of Men, Gender and Health
Professor Alan White, Professor of Men's Health

Leicester

Professor Liz Anderson, Professor of Interprofessional Education
Professor Dave Clarke, Foundation Professor of Nursing
Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery

Lincoln

Professor Sara Owen, Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Social Science

Liverpool John Moores

Professor Valerie Fleming, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Ian Jones, Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing
Professor Raphaela Kane, Professor of Healthcare Leadership

London South Bank

Professor Patrick Callaghan, Dean of School of Applied Sciences
Professor Sally Hardy, Professor of Mental Health Nursing and Practice Innovation
Professor Nicola Thomas, Professor of Kidney Care
Professor Alison Twycross, Professor of Children's Nursing

Manchester Metropolitan

Professor Joy Duxbury, Professor of Mental Health
Professor Carol Haigh, Professor of Nursing
Professor Duncan Mitchell, Professor of Health and Disability
Professor Josephine Tetley, Professor of Nursing (Ageing and Long Term Conditions)

Middlesex

Professor Helen Allan, Professor of Nursing
Professor Kay Caldwell, Professor of Nurse Education (Practice)
Professor Sue Dyson, Professor of Nursing
Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Professor of Social Care
Professor Irena Papadopoulos, Professor of Transcultural Health and Nursing
Professor Michael Traynor, Professor of Nursing Policy

Nottingham

Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange)
Professor Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities
Professor Gina Marie Awoko Higginbottom, The Mary Seacole Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health
Professor Christine Moffatt, Professor of Clinical Nursing Research
Professor Helen Spiby, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Judith Tanner, Professor in Adult Nursing

Plymouth

Professor Ruth Endacott, Professor in Clinical Nursing (Critical Care)
Professor Bridie Kent, Professor in Leadership in Nursing and Interim Executive Dean)
Professor Jos Latour, Professor in Clinical Nursing
Professor Janet Richardson, Professor in Health Services Research
Professor Jill Shawe, Professor in Women's Health
Professor Heather Skirton, Professor in Applied Health Genetics

Sheffield

Professor Penny Curtis, Professor of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing
Professor Jane Seymour, Professor of Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Professor Angela Tod, Professor of Older People and Care

Southampton

Professor Jane Ball, Professorial Research Fellow, Nursing Workforce Policy
Professor Jackie Bridges, Professor in Older People's Care
Professor Mandy Fader, Professor of Continence Technology and Dean of Health Sciences
Professor Peter Griffiths, Professor of Health Services Research
Professor Sue Latter, Professor of Nursing
Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clark, Professor of Nursing
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

Surrey

Professor Melaine Coward, Professor and Head of School of Health Sciences
Professor Sara Faithfull, Professor of Cancer Nursing Practice
Professor Ann Gallagher, Professor of Ethics and Care
Professor Faith Gibson, Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care
Professor Jill Maben, Professor of Nursing
Professor Emma Ream, Director of Health Sciences Research

West of England, Bristol

Professor David Evans, Professor of Health Services Research
Professor Sarah Hewlett FRCN, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology Nursing
Professor Candy McCabe, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice Research
Professor Pam Moule, Professor of Health Services Research (Service Evaluation)

York

Professor Steven Ersser, Professor in Clinical Nursing Research
Professor Joanna Latimer, Professor of Sociology, Science & Technology
Professor Vanessa Taylor, Deputy Head of Nursing, Midwifery and Professional Programmes & Chair in Teaching and Learning

Northern Ireland

Queen's University Belfast

Professor Christine Brown Wilson, Professor (Education)
Professor Donna Fitzsimons, Professor and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery
Professor Peter Hudson, Professor in Palliative Care

Ulster

Professor Owen Barr, Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities
Professor Viv Coates, Florence Nightingale Foundation Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice
Professor Carol Curran, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences
Professor Tanya McCance, Research Director, Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor Eilis McCaughan, Professor of Cancer Care
Professor Sonja McIlfatrick, Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care and Head of School
Professor Hugh McKenna, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
Professor Kader Parahoo, Professor of Health Research
Professor Assumpta Ryan, Professor of Ageing and Health
Professor Marlene Sinclair, Professor of Midwifery Research

Scotland

Aberdeen

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 Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health
Professor Margaret Smith, Co-Director of the Academic & Health Sciences Partnership

Edinburgh Napier

Professor Michael Brown, Professor in Health and Social Care Research
Professor Caroline J Hollins Martin, Professor of Maternal Health
Professor Tracy Humphrey, Dean of School of Health and Social Care
Professor Lis Neubeck, Professor and Head of Theme: Long Term Conditions
Professor Graeme Smith, Professor of Nursing
Professor Austyn Snowden, Professor of Mental Health
Professor Brian Webster-Henderson, Professor of Nursing and Dean of Learning and Teaching

Highlands and Islands

Professor Annetta Smith, Professor of Nursing

Queen Margaret, Edinburgh

Professor Jan Dewing, The Sue Pembrey Chair in Nursing
Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of Division of Nursing

Stirling

Professor Helen Cheyne, RCM Professor of Midwifery
Professor Jayne Donaldson, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport

Strathclyde

Professor Roma Maguire, Professor of Digital Health and Care

Abertay

Professor Geoffrey Dickens, Professor in Mental Health Nursing

Edinburgh

Professor Charlotte Clarke, Professor and Head of the School of Health in Social Science
Professor Tonks (Josephine) Fawcett, Professor of Student Learning
Professor Aisha Holloway, Professor of Nursing Studies
Professor Pam Smith, Professorial Fellow, Nursing Studies

Glasgow

Professor Bridget Johnston, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice Research

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
Professor Lawrie Elliott, Professor, Nursing and Community Health
Professor Jacqui Reilly, Professor of Healthcare Associated Infection

Robert Gordon

Professor Susan Crowther, Professor of Midwifery
Professor Catriona Kennedy, QNIS Professor of Community Nursing
Professor Ian Murray, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery

West of Scotland

Professor Ruth Deery, Professor of Maternal Health
Professor Belinda Dewar, Professor of Practice Improvement
Professor Paul Martin, Depute Principal
Professor Jean Rankin, Professor of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Professor Debbie Tolson, Alzheimer Scotland Professor of Dementia, and Assistant Dean (Research and Enterprise)

Wales

Bangor

Professor Christopher R Burton, Head of School of Healthcare Sciences and Noreen Edwards Professor of Rehabilitation and Nursing Research
Professor Jane Noyes, Professor in Health and Social Services (Research and Child Health)
Professor Debbie Roberts, Foundation of Nursing Studies Professor of Practice Learning
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Professor of Implementation and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Impact)

South Wales

Professor Joyce Kenkre, Professor of Primary Care
Professor Maggie Kirk, Professor of Genetics Education
Professor Helen Langton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development)
Professor Ruth Northway, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
Professor David Pontin, Aneurin Bevan Chair of Community Health
Professor Keith Weeks, Professor of Healthcare Numeracy and Education

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 Daniel Kelly, RCN Professor of Nursing Research
Professor Julia Sanders, Professor of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery
Professor Ann Taylor, Professor of Medical Education
Professor Heather Waterman, Head of School and Dean, Healthcare Sciences
Professor Dianne Watkins, Professor and Deputy Head: International and Engagement

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 Public Health and Policy Studies
Professor Joy Merrell, Professor of Public Health Nursing

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