Senior Management

  • Brian Webster

    Brain Webster

    Brian is a Professor in Nursing and the Head of School. He also serves as an executive member of the Council of Deans of Health, external examiner and a member of numerious NHS Education Scotland boards.  

  • Ruth Taylor

    Ruth Taylor

    Dr Taylor is the Associate Head of School and is a member of the Institute of Health and Welfare Research. Her particular research interests include the student experience, retention and selection of students, and the patient experience. She completed her PhD in 2009 and has since presented widely on the student experience and student retention/attrition, and is involved with and leads related national work.  

  • Tracy Humphrey

    Tracy Humphrey

    Tracy is a Professor of Midwifery at the School and is also active as a Clinical Professor of Midwifery and Supervisor of Midwives at NHS Grampian, member of the Maternity Services Action Group (Scottish Government), Vice Chair of the Scottish Midwifery Research Network, a member of the Royal College of Midwives Lead Midwives Group Scotland and a reviewer for various peer professional and academic journals.  

  • Colin Macduff

    Colin MacDuff

    Dr. Macduff is currently a Reader in the School of Nursing & Midwifery and also co-ordinates all the research projects within the school.  

  • Sheelagh Martindale

    Sheelagh Martindale

    Dr. Martindale is currently the school's interim Head of Professional Development. She is also a member of Grampian Area Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (GANMAC), and an External Examiner for the University of Dundee.  

  • Alison McLennan

    Alison McLennan

    Alison is the learning disability lead and a performance manager excelling in the field of strategic leadership of practice education. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the area of Practice Education.  

  • Avril Milne

    Avril Milne

    Avril is a Senior Lecturer and International Coordinator in the School of Nursing & Midwifery.  

  • Susan Cumming

    Susan Cumming

    Susan is the School of Nursing & Midwifery's Administration Manager and oversees the administrative functions by working closely with central departments within RGU in relation to marketing and admissions.  


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