Hugh McKenna - Biography#

Professor Hugh P. McKenna CBE, PhD, B.Sc(Hons), RMN, RGN, RNT, DipN(Lond), AdvDipEd, FFN RCSI, FEANS, FRCN, FAAN

He has over 250 publications, including 12 books.

He was awarded Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his work on health and community and is a Fellow of four prestigious organisations.

In 2013, he was presented with the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Royal College of Nursing and in 2014, he was presented with a lifetime achievement Award at the Institute of Psychiatry.

In a 2018 Government report he was named as one of the 70 most influential nurses in the 70 year history of the NHS. Currently, he is an Adjunct/Visiting Professor in universities in Slovenia and Australia.

In 2014, he chaired the UK Research Excellence Framework panel for Pharmacy, Dentistry, Allied Health Professions, Biomedical Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery. He chairs the same panel for REF 2021 and is a member of the REF2021 Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel and the Research Metrics Panel.

He also chaired a clinical health research quality panel for the Swedish Research Council and chairs panels for the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation.

He is chair of Inspire Wellbeing, the largest mental health, learning disability and addiction charity on the island of Ireland. Recently he received an Honorary Doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University.