Head of Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University of London
A national and international leader in nursing, care and ethics, committed to professional education, innovation and research that contributes to excellence in health and social care.
General/adult nursing career began in Belfast during ‘The Troubles’ and then qualified as a mental health nurse (NMC Pin: 80Y0089N). Awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing (the highest RCN award for services to nursing) demonstrating outstanding professional profile. Highly experienced in educational leadership and development including award-winning practice-based learning nursing course at the Open University and co-production of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Ethical Decision-Making in Care’. Research collaborations with regulators and international scholars, expert Code advisor to International Council of Nurses and co-organizer of annual international nursing ethics conference.
Fulbright Scholar, Hastings Center Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of international journal Nursing Ethics with 2022/3 and author of over 170 publications including 6 books. Extensive experience of a range of research methodologies, PhD supervision and national and international research and education collaborations. University senior leadership roles have included Chair of the University of Surrey Research Ethics Committee and Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee.
Ann is Head of the Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University of London and works with practice partners to support quality learning experiences for students. She is Visiting Scholar at Tuskegee University, Alabama and was a working group member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in-depth inquiry on the ‘Future of Ageing’ (see The future of ageing - The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (nuffieldbioethics.org)). Her book Slow Ethics and the Art of Care described as ‘accessible and incredibly moving, its lessons are profoundly relevant to the changing world we find ourselves in. Every hospital, every care agency, every funding body should have this book in their library & put its lessons into practice’.