Ph.D, RN, RHV, NIP, PGCert. Med Ed., BSc(Hons), MSc

Hannah has had a varied career having worked within the fields of health visiting, diabetes, and heart failure. She started her career in diabetes research and went on to specialise in this area, initiating the first Diabetes Specialist Nurse role in her health authority. Following a career break she returned to research, but this time focusing on heart failure. This role led to the appointment as a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse, a role she maintained until she took up an opportunity to pursue a clinical PhD. Her research was focused on identifying factors that influences the uptake of cardiac rehabilitation by people with chronic heart failure. This work is going to inform further research on the development of interventions to improve uptake. Her teaching career started when she worked part time as a lecturer at the University of Nottingham on the graduate entry medical course. From here she joined a national educational organisation where she developed their post-registration cardiovascular portfolio. She is currently working as a nurse lecturer whilst pursuing further opportunities for clinical research