Hugh McKenna#
| Membership Number: | 4912 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/life-and-health-sciences/schools/nursing/people |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4916-6602 |
| Twitter: | @mckenna_ho |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/aodh.mckenna.31 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-mckenna-2733717/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 08 to present Dean of Medical School Developments, Ulster University, UK
- 2011 08 to 2016 08 Pro Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation, (Deputy VC for Research) Ulster University, UK
- 2004 06 to 2011 08 Executive Dean, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, UK
- 2001 01 to 2004 06 Head of School of Nursing, Ulster University, UK
- 1999 09 to 2001 01 Head of School of Health Sciences, Ulster university, UK
- 1996 10 to 1999 09 Director, Nursing Research Institute, Ulster University, UK
- 1994 03 to 1996 10 Senior Lecturer, Director Post Graduate Studies, School of Nursing, Ulster University, UK
- 1988 10 to 1994 03 Lecturer in Nursing, School of Nursing, Ulster University, UK
- 1986 10 to 1988 10 Department of Health Research Fellow. Northern Ireland, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Research methodology
- Suicide and self harm
- Interdisciplinary research
- Research impact
- Research assessment
- Workforce planning and skill mix in health
- Mental health care
- Nursing research
- Evidence based practice
- Doctoral education
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Maribor, Sovenia.
- 2019 Appointed as a member of Academia Europaea
- 2018 One of 70 Most Influential Nurses since the founding of the NHS in 1948
- 2017 Appointed Distinguished Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- 2016 Honorary Doctoral Degree, Napier University, Edinburgh.
- 2014 - 2017 Invited Member of Lancet Commission on Nursing
- 2014 Highest cited paper ever in Journal of Advanced Nursing (since 1970s)
- 2014 JPMHN. Lifetime achievement Award. Institute of Psychiatry, London.
- 2014 Highest cited paper ever in International Journal of Nursing Studies
- 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award, Royal College of Nursing
- 2013 Member International Research Advisory Board, Sweden
- 2013 - present Adjunct Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- 2013 - present Adjunct Professor, University of Moribor, Slovenia
- 2012 - 2018 Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin
- 2012 Research Assessor, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
- 2010 - present QS Academic Peer for Asian university rankings
- 2009 - 2014 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas, United States of America
- 2009 Senior Distinguished Research Fellowship; University of Ulster
- 2009 International Fellowship of the American Academy of Nursing (1st nurse in UK)
- 2008 Commander of the British Empire (CBE) appointed by HM The Queen
- 2007 EU Leader. The International Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau
- 2007 Identified as ‘World Class Speaker’ by the British Council
- 2007 Honorary Colonel, 253 GS Medical Regiment (V), by HM the Queen
- 2003 Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (Research Contribution)
- 2003 Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science
- 2003 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Wales, Bangor
- 2003 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Northumbria
- 2002 Honorary Member. Sigma Theta Tau International 108 Delta Xi
- 1999 Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- 1998 Joint Founder and leader: International Nurse Doctoral Forum, USA
