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
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 nicola.mills@rcn.org.uk
Inaugural lectures
We have also been collating data on the tradition of the nursing and midwifery professorial inaugural lecture.
England
Anglia Ruskin
- Professor Nigel Harrison, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care
- Professor Fiona Nolan, Clinical Professor in Mental Health Nursing
Birmingham
- Professor Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Professor of Gender Based Violence and Health
- Professor Cara Bailey, Professor of End of Life Care, Postgraduate Research Lead
- 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 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 / NLTH Research Centre Co-Lead
- 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, Pro Vice-Chancellor Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and 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
Brunel
- Professor Nigel Davies, Professor (Education) and Head of Interprofessional Learning (IPL)
Bucks New
- Professor Karen Buckwell-Nutt, Director of the Institute for Health and Social Care
Cambridge
- Professor Christi Deaton, Professor of Clinical Nursing
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 Claire Thurgate, Professor and Head of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Central Lancashire
- Professor Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies
- Professor Dawne Gurbutt, Professor of Collaborative Education, Head of Centre of Collaborative Learning
- Professor Liz Lightbody, Professor of Stroke Care and Improvement
- 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
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 and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Mental Health
- Professor Andy Lovell, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
- Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead, Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of Chester Medical School
- Professor Debbie Roberts, Head of Health and Social Care Cluster - University Centre Shrewsbury
- Professor Angela Simpson, Professor of Teaching and Learning and Executive Dean of Health and Social Care
City
- Professor Leanne Aitken, Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise and Professor of Critical Care Nursing
- Professor Lars E. Eriksson, Professor of Nursing
- 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, VCO Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health and Life Science)
- Professor Guy Daly, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)
- Professor Rosie Kneafsey, Professor of Nursing and Applied Health Research, Director for the Centre for Healthcare Research and Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Cumbria
- Professor Brian Webster-Henderson, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Health, Environment and Innovation) and Professor of Nursing
De Montfort
- Professor Jayne Brown, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Kay de Vries, Professor of Older People's Health
- Professor Karen Harrison-Dening, Professor of Dementia Care
- Professor Bertha Ochieng, Professor of Integrated Health and Social Care
- Professor Raghu Raghavan, Professor of Mental Health
Derby
- Professor Alex Molasiotis, Pro Vice-Chancellor/Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Education
Durham
- Professor Charlotte Clarke, Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Health
East Anglia
- Professor Kenda Crozier, Professor of Midwifery
- Professor Morag Farquhar, Professor of Palliative Care Research
- Professor Sally Hardy, Dean of the School of Health Sciences
- Professor Julia Hubbard, Professor of Clinical Health Education
- Professor Kim Manley, Professor of Practice Development
- Professor Jonathan Webster, Professor of Practice Development
Edge Hill
- Professor Lucy Bray, Professor of Child Health Literacy
- Professor Bernie Carter FRCN, Professor of Children's Nursing
- Professor Barbara Jack, Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care
Exeter
- Professor Ann Gallagher FRCN, Head of Nursing and Professor of Care Education, Ethics and Research
- Professor David Richards, Professor of Mental Health Services Research
- Professor G J Melendez-Torres, Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology, Associate Dean for Global
Greenwich
- Professor Karen Cleaver, Professor of Integrated Care and Head of the School of Health Sciences
- Professor Lesley Dibley, Professor of Qualitative Nursing Research
- Professor David Evans, Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being
- Professor Sharon Weldon, Professor of Healthcare Simulation and Workforce Development
Hertfordshire
- Professor Frances Bunn, Professor in Health and Complex Conditions
- Professor Claire Goodman, Professor of Health Care Research
- Professor Natalie Pattison, Clinical Professor of Nursing
Huddersfield
- Professor Ann-Louise Caress, Professor of Health Services Research
- Professor Joanne Garside, Professor of Nursing
- 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 Thomas Phillips, Professor of Nursing (Addictions)
Imperial College London
- Professor Mary Wells, Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing)
Keele
- Professor Patricia Owen. PhD; MPH; BSc; RN; SCPHN (HV); MIHPE. Emerita Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Professor Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Julie Green, Professor of District Nursing and Head of School, School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Professor Philip Keeley, Professor of Nursing
- Professor June Keeling, Professor of Women's Health
- Professor Pauline Walsh, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean
- Professor Sarah Ryan, Professor of Rheumatology Nursing, Haywood Foundation and the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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 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
Lincoln
- Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Ian Baguley
- Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Tony Butterworth CBE FRCN
-
Substantive Chair, Professor Ros Kane
Liverpool
- Professor Liz Perkins, William Rathbone VI Chair of Community Nursing Research
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Professor Dame Tina Lavender, Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health
- Professor Penelope Phillips-Howard, Professor
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 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 Calvin Moorley, Chair of Diversity and Social Justice, Institute of Health and Social Care / Adult Nursing
- Professor Nicola Thomas, Professor of Kidney Care
Manchester
- Professor Michelle Briggs, Professor of Clinical Nursing
- Professor Dame Nicky Cullum, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Dawn Dowding, Professor in Clinical-Decision Making
- 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
- Professor Mark Hayter, Head of 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 Marco Tomietto, Professor of Nursing
- 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
- Professor Sara Owen, Executive Dean of School of Social Sciences
Open University
- Professor Joan Simons, Professor of Health Studies and Associate Dean, Teaching Excellence
- Professor Felicity Astin, Professor of Nursing
Oxford Brookes
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 Heather Iles-Smith, 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 Parveen Ali, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Penny Curtis, Professor of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing
- Professor Julie McGarry, Professor in Nursing
- 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
- 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
Surrey
- Professor Elizabeth Barley, Professor of Mental Health Sciences and Nursing
- Professor Melaine Coward, Professor and Head of School of Health Sciences
- 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
University College London
- Professor Helen Bedford, Professor of Children's Health
- Professor Anne Lanceley, Professor of Women's Cancer Care
Warwick
- Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Clinical Trials in Maternal Health
- 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 Nikki Cotterill, Professor of Nursing in Continence Care
- 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)
Winchester
- Professor David Voegeli, Professor of Nursing
Wolverhampton
- Professor Carol Bond, Professor of Learning and Teaching, Health in Higher Education
- Professor Rebecca Jester, Professor in Nursing
Worcester
- Professor Mary Nolan, Professor of Perinatal Education
- Professor Tracey Williamson, Professor of Family Care
York
- Professor Kate Flemming, Professor of Hospice Practice and Evidence Synthesis
- 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 Kevin Gormley, Professor of Nursing and Health Care Sciences
- 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 Sonja McIlfatrick, Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care
- Professor Hugh McKenna FRCN, Professor of Nursing and Dean of Medical School Development
- Professor Kader Parahoo, Professor 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 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 Alison Machin, Dean of Health and Social Care
- Professor Caroline J Hollins Martin, Professor of Maternal Health
- Professor Lis Neubeck, Professor of Cardiovascular Health
- Professor Austyn Snowden, Professor of Mental Health
Glasgow
- Professor Bridget Johnston FRCN, Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Nursing Practice Research
- Professor Eileen Cowey, Professor of Nursing and Health Care
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, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
- Professor Jacqui Reilly, Professor of Healthcare Associated Infection
- Professor Carol Bugge, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Lisa Kidd, Professor of Nursing
Highlands and Islands
- Professor Annetta Smith, Professor of Nursing
Queen Margaret, Edinburgh
Robert Gordon
- Professor Susan Dawkes, Professor of Nursing and Cardiovascular Health and Head of School
- Professor Catriona Kennedy, QNIS Professor of Community Nursing
- Professor Angela Kydd, Clinical Professor in Nursing
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
Cardiff
- Professor Davina Allen, Professor of Nursing
- Professor Molly Courtenay, Professor of Health Sciences
- Professor Ben Hannigan, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
- Professor Jane Hopkinson, Velindre Professor of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Cancer Care
- 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 of Public Health Nursing and Deputy Head of School
South Wales
- Professor Ruth Northway FRCN, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
- Professor David Pontin, Emeritus Professor
- 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 Jayne Cutter, Head of Department of Nursing
- Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons, Professor of Health Outcome Research
- Professor Sue Jordan, Professor of Medicines Management and Health Services Research
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