Kathleen Theresa Galvin#
| Membership Number: | 6609 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/kathleen-galvin |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0946-3648 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 25th January 2016 - present Professor of Nursing Practice, School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton
- 18th September 2017 - 30th September 2019 Deputy Head of School Research and Enterprise, School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton
- April 2014 - Current Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Canada
- 2011- 2020 Guest Professor, Department of Caring Science, University of Boras, Sweden
- 2021 Appointed Governor, Board Member, Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust April 2021 - Contribution to education and research within national health service context. 2017 Appointed Governor, Board Member, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust April *2017 - April 2021 Contribution to National Health Service
- May 2012 - January 2016 Professor of Nursing Practice, Faculty Health & Social Care, University of Hull
- 18th Feb 2014 - January 2014 Concurrent Post Associate Dean Research, Enterprise & Scholarship
- July 2010 - May 2012 Professor Health Research, Professor Grade 2, School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University
- July 2007 - June 2010 Deputy Dean, Research & Enterprise, School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University
- May 2003 Professor Health Research and Head of Research, Professor Grade 1 Bournemouth University
- 1999 - 2007 Head of Research, Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University
- 1995 - 1999 Research Co-ordinator, Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University
- 1993 - 1995 Senior Lecturer Leeds Metropolitan University
Fields of Scholarship
- Qualitative enquiry development in nursing particularly phenomenology
- New theoretical developments in caring, 'humanisation of care', new theory existential wellbeing and its absence
- Theoretical applications of lifeworld led care to practice
- Novel development of 'Lifeworld led care'
- Doctoral education capacity building with impacts nationally and internationally
- Interdisciplinary research with humanities
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Honorary Doctorate, April 2022, ‘International Pioneer’, in recognition of sustained contribution to the discipline of caring science, and to capacity development in the Caring Science Faculty, University of Boras, Sweden.
- 2003 Zeta Omega Chapter Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma Theta Tau) elected and inducted as an International Leader in Nursing in 2003, Toronto.
- 2010 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Best Educational experience underpinned by Research Bournemouth University
- 2006 Fellow European Academy of Nursing Science.
- 1990 Clinical Research Nurses Association Research Prize (£3,000)
