Dr. Marian Traynor is an Associate Dean of Education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. In addition, she is a Registered Nurse and her main research interests focus on simulation-based education with a particular interest in interprofessional education. Since the early 2000s, an important focus for her work has been on the development of interprofessional simulation. Over the same period, she has worked to revise selection and admission to nursing and midwifery, culminating in the introduction of MMIs for selection in 2016/17. This work has since developed, with Marian leading the establishment and implementation of a regional selection for nursing and midwifery preregistration education in NI. Marian has held several leadership roles within Queens including Director of Education, at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, (2013–2017); Acting Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery (2017), Associate Dean of Education for the Faculty of Medicine Health & Life Sciences (2019–present).
Dr. Katherine M.A. Rogers is a Reader of Bioscience Education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. Her area of expertise is bioscience education for healthcare professions and cancer-related projects, particularly those with a treatment/pharmacology or epidemiological focus. She is a winner of Queen’s University Belfast’s Rising Star Teaching Award. She has authored and/or edited more than 10 textbooks and numerous peer-reviewed papers in the fields of bioscience, pharmacology, oncology, and nurse education.
Dr. Iseult Wilson is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. Iseult was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences (Ulster University) where she first completed an MSc and then her PhD. In 2018, Iseult accepted a Senior Lecturer position in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast. She was subsequently invited to join the MBRU faculty in the College of Nursing and Midwifery in 2020. Since 2002, Iseult has been involved in teaching and learning in Higher Education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and she teaches both undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Her research area is primarily about musculoskeletal health, and more recently, the impact of surgery for cancer on the musculoskeletal system.
