School of Health & Social Care staff
Our staff aim to make an enduring positive impact on the world around us. 

Our staff work to make an enduring and positive impact on the world around us.

From the highest standards of teaching, delivered by an exceptional academic team, to ground-breaking research, we’re setting our School of Health & Social Care apart as the best of its kind in the UK.

With over 120 academic staff and the highest number of Professors and Associate Professors in this sector in Scotland, we are committed to the delivery of outstanding quality research and education with real-world impact.

We are structured into seven key subject disciplines: Innovating Practice, Population and Public Health, Health and Social Care Sciences, Mental Health, Simulation and Clinical Skills, Cardiovascular Health, Women, Children and Families.  We work closely together across our disciplines, embracing interprofessional and interdisciplinary working in all that we do. Our staff are pivotal to our continual drive for excellence in our world-leading education and research.

Use the links below to view detailed staff profiles, including a biography and full contact details, or to email them directly if there is no profile available.

Dean of the School of Health and Social Care

Professor Alison Machin, Dean of School

 

Administrative Support to Dean of School and Leadership Team

 

Innovating Practice 

Theme Leader: Dr Elizabeth Anne McKay, Associate Professor, Head of Innovation in Health & Social Care Practice

Population and Public Health

Health and Social Care Sciences

Dr Anna Bak-Klimek, Lecturer
Dr Nadine Dougall, Associate Professor
Dr Carol Gray Brunton, Lecturer
Dr Janet Hanley, Associate Professor
Dr Coral Hanson, Research Fellow
Dr Peter Hillen, Lecturer
Dr Paul Hutton, Associate Professor
Prof Athanasios Karatzias, Professor
Dr Lisa O'Leary, Lecturer
Dr Jennifer Murray, Associate Professor
Jan Savinc, Research Fellow
Jill Stavert, Professor

Mental Health

Theme Leader: Professor Austyn Snowden, Head of Mental Health

Simulation and Clinical Skills


Cardiovascular Health

Theme Leader: Professor Lis Neubeck, Head of Cardiovascular Health

Women, Children and Families

Theme Leader: Professor Nicola Ring, Professor