Honorary Senior Lecturers

Anne Marie’s specialist subject area is Respiratory Nursing. She has been on the professional register and qualified since January 1988. She is currently a consultant respiratory nurse in Belfast and has previously been a Staff Nurse in the Mater. She has been a board member of NI RCN, Marie Curie Advisory, Chest Heart and Stroke NI, National Asthma and Lung UK, and Respiratory Nurse Lead on the Respiratory and Critical Care Hub for Covid-19.
Anne Marie is part of the teaching team on the respiratory short course at Queen’s University. In 2023 she was part of the NIPEC review of the course which received an excellent review.
She was involved in co-production of the curriculum of both the short course and specialist practice respiratory pathways and is part of the teaching team for specialist practice. She releases her team to support teaching in both the respiratory short course and specialist practice. Anne is involved in research alongside other colleagues in respiratory nursing across Norther Ireland. She supports the postgraduate nursing students in Quality assurance projects in practice.

Guy’s specialist subject area is Applied psychology, ethical behaviour, academic integrity, wellbeing, organisational leadership. Guy has extensive experience in developing quantitative data collection tools and engagement in trans-national projects on academic integrity.
His primary research interest is in the role of psychological individual differences in shaping human behaviour; taking basic psychological research and theory into applied domains with a particular focus on promoting positive outcomes such as ethical behaviour and well-being. This is implemented across applied areas including academic integrity and organisational leadership. He is an author over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles with over 2600 citations. Guy is a contributor to the work and papers evaluating the Academic Integrity Game within the Education and Practice Research theme in the School.

Esther is a cancer epidemiologist with a PhD degree in epidemiology and public health from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She has experience in analysis of population-based cancer registry data, as well as project-based epidemiological data and post-graduate teaching, with a recent interest in palliative care and end-of-life decisions.
Esther has authored over 250 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is a PhD and MSc (co-)supervisor of 11 finished PhD students and 12 MSc students. Esther is active in multiple international networks and projects.

Elizabeth is a Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and already a senior Honorary Lecturer, School of Nursing, Queens University, Belfast. Within Elizabeth’s specialist subject area of Tissue Viability Nursing she has a number of Publications/ Conference Papers with the University, with the most recent, Donnelly, J. & Collins, A. (2023) Wound Management and Tissue Viability In Clarke, S. and Drozd, M. (2023) Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing: An Evidence-based Approach to Musculoskeletal Care. (2nd Edition) Wiley Blackwell.
Elizabeth has published numerous documents related to clinical practice and she has also chaired the Society of Tissue Viability Conference, 26th – 27th April 2023, Peterborough, England, and Society of Tissue Viability Conference, 18-19th May 2022, Glasgow, Scotland.

Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation, Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation
Christine is an Associate Professor in Higher Education in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) at the University of Queensland (UQ), having previously worked at several other universities, and as co-director of a service business. As an academic in ITaLI her primary areas of responsibility are assessment, academic integrity, and more recently, artificial intelligence in education, and she contributes to UQ’s strategic priorities in these areas.
She is also involved in several initiatives aimed at promotion academic integrity and supporting schools in Queensland and nationally in the use of generative artificial intelligence. Christine Speciality subject area is Curriculum development, assessment, academic integrity, ePortfolios, digital health.

Dr. Lee Wan Ling has more than three decades of experience including teaching and supervising nursing students in clinical areas. After obtaining her PhD in 2018, she is actively involved in research activities with keen interest in mobile-Health, technology in education, coronary nursing, aged care especially in long-term facilities, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of questionnaire, health literacy, nursing education, critical care and non-communicable diseases.
Among her current projects in aged care research include the local adaptions and implementation of World Health Organization’s iSupport for Dementia in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation Malaysia. She is leading interdisciplinary research working on caregiving credentialing and music care module (IIRG003A-2022SAH). She is also expanding the development of electronic activity tracking system (EATs) prototype called UMFit™ (Grant RF009C-2018) with a team of UM researchers working on project entitled AI-Enabled Application for Personalization and Monitoring of Fitness Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients (PRGS/1/2022/SKK01/UM/02/1) in collaboration with international partners such as Huami and Huawei to build AI-enabled, hybrid cardiac rehabilitation program.

Hien has the following qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy, Public Health and Community Medicine 2006, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management 2006, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Medical Doctor (Grade: Outstanding) 1997, Medical Military University, Hanoi, Vietnam. BA in English (Grade: Distinction), 1997, Hanoi University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Since 2018 Hien has been working in partnership with the School of Nursing and Midwifery in a programme of research which seeks to improve the lives of families affected by non-communicable diseases (NCD) in Vietnam. During her previous tenure Hien has acted as Co-PI on 4 funded research grants including UKRI funded project. Hien has also established a programme of work extending the QUB designed support model cancer caring coping to other vulnerable groups such as those affected by Dioxin in Vietnam.

Adrian is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in Nutrition at UCL, teaching across the BSc in Nutrition and Medical Sciences and MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition. He has a BSc in Physiology and Biochemistry with Nutrition (University of Southampton, 2000) and PhD in Nutritional Sciences (University of Nottingham, 2005). Furthermore, he has a PG Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (University of West London, 2007) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He has previously been a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for a number of Nutrition and Sport, Health and Exercise Science degrees.
Adrian is a Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN), and has the following exercise qualifications, Level 2 Gym Instructor, Level 3 Personal Trainer, Level 3 Exercise Referral and Level 4 Cancer Rehabilitation certificates.

Elizabeth is a Midwifery Leader with a regional, national and international reputation. Working alongside the Midwifery Team in QUB, she uses her experience to positively influence the academic members of the team and the students in both the BSc and MSc programmes.
Elizabeth has contributed to the leadership modules within both the BSc Midwifery and MSc Midwifery. She provides students with a unique and exceptional insight into key aspects of leadership in midwifery. She also offers considerable experience in decision making in practice through her work in Croatia helping to develop an mentorship programme for hospital services. Elizabeth further contributed to seeking to develop leadership skills for nurses and midwives in Uganda.
Elizabeth carries a high professional standing within the midwifery profession in Northern Ireland. She was an experienced Co-Director of maternity and women’s services in the Belfast Trust for many years. Elizabeth was conferred the honour of OBE for services to Midwifery within N Ireland thus offering excellent role modelling to our students and this also reflects the uniqueness of her contribution to midwifery services. Elizabeth holds membership with many valuable institutions including Chair of the Iolanthe Midwifery Charity; Trustee of the charity ELSSA (Essential Life Savings Skills for Africa), Honarory Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives and a member of the advisory group currently reviewing N Ireland maternity Services led by Professor Mary Renfrew which will help to shape the future of maternity services in Northern Ireland. Elizabeth also has a history of terms of office in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and has held Chairs for the Health Committee and Audit Committee for the NMC. All these roles are exceptionally valuable for the education of our students. Elizabeth completed a Doctorate in Midwifery in 2020 demonstrating a high level of research capacity and knowledge and has had several articles published in peer-reviewed journals including publications with other members of academic staff within the School.

Caroline has taught in the School of Nursing and Midwifery for 20 years, providing expert support for post-registration students in Haematology and Oncology modules. She demonstrates strong leadership and commitment, and is Programme Lead for the Certificate in Health Studies Haematology Short Course, as well as the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) double module for adult and paediatric students.
This module was reviewed by the Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council (NIPEC) who commended it as an ‘exceptionally well run and meticulously delivered programme,’ demonstrating a commitment to partnership working. Meeting the needs of service and enhancing registrant’s contribution towards the delivery of current, person-centred, safe and effective care.
Caroline engages students through various teaching methods, including practical skills, presentations, group work, and online learning, all grounded in evidence-based practice. She encourages students to critique their clinical practice and is passionate about the provision of personalised care, having a particular interest in teaching communication skills.
Student feedback highlights Caroline as an approachable, knowledgeable and enthusiastic lecturer, offering expertise to ensure students understand complex topics.
Caroline has contributed to the development of new modules and has mentored teaching assistants/new lecturers in the post-registration teaching team. She is a core member of the Specialist Practice Oncology team and was part of the co-production team for the 2020 NMC Specialist Practice Cancer Nursing re-approval, contributing to the adaptation of the clinical portfolio to align with SSSA standards during the pandemic. Caroline supports the growing number of post-registration students and serves as a lecturer and examiner for other CPAD modules, also providing Oncology/Haematology expertise into pre-registration nursing programs.
Caroline is a previous chair and ongoing active member of the Haematology Association of Ireland (HAI), organising and chairing nursing and AHP sessions at the annual conference and study day. She has been the recipient of the HAI Gillian Lamrock Award for excellence in Haematology care. Caroline is highly respected as an educator in Haematology and SACT across the Island of Ireland and has also acted as external examiner for the Royal Marsden School/East Anglia University for a 5-year tenure. She is a member of the Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN) SACT Nurses Group and chairs the regional SACT Education Group. Caroline is a MSc dissertation supervisor for local and international students.
Current and recent scholarly activity includes:
- Peer reviewer for European Journal of Oncology Nursing, British Journal of Healthcare Management, British Journal of Nursing, BMC Palliative Care and Nurse Education Today.
- First author of a book chapter (and associated podcast) on Psychological Support in “The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Cancer Care” 2024 by Wiley Publishers.
- Co-author of publication - McCauley, L., Donovan, M., McCaughey, C. and Glackin, G. (2024) Neutropenic Sepsis: evaluating the timeliness of initial patient management on presentation to hospital. Cancer Nursing Practice, 23 (3) pp20-26.
- Currently undertaking a scoping review with an international research team entitled “Twenty years of Nursing Research in Haemato-Oncology”, with an aim to submit for publication to Seminars in Oncology Nursing 2025 special edition on Haematology.

Karen is an aged care academic, focusing on healthy ageing and the care needs of older people in a variety of health settings. She is a registered nurse and previously a practicing naturopath. Her blend of knowledge and experiences across these two health disciplines provides a unique skill set for Karen as a teaching and research academic.
Karen’s research aims to improve care outcomes for older people, including those with cognitive decline, when interacting with healthcare providers. Her work specifically seeks to improve aged care workforce training, resource availability and inclusive care; by developing evidence and working with key stakeholders to co-design practical and measurable interventions that foster quality and safety in care for older people.
Karen held an NHMRC Dementia Collaborative Research Centre Fellowship, and her recent and current research projects include investigating strategies that support people with dementia living in a variety of settings; healthy ageing; workforce issues in residential aged care. Karen is actively involved in supervising higher-degree students.
Karen has current and recent experiences coordinating and teaching undergraduate aged care and postgraduate research subjects. She contributes to curriculum development and is regularly involved in subject updates for aged care and chronic condition care and management. Karen is particularly experienced in delivering high-quality learning experiences for care of the older person, frailty and healthy ageing related subjects that are met with positive feedback. Her presentations also extend to the aged care workforce and lay persons.
She is an early-mid career researcher with current and recent projects in aged care and dementia with University Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, University New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI), Hammond Care, South-West Sydney Area Health Service (SWSAHS).
Karen’s appointment will further consolidate QUB’s relationship with the aged care research team at the University of Sydney. This expertise will provide opportunities for future research collaboration and joint publications in the Education and Practice Research theme (Long term care and Dementia training).