Roger Watson (academic)

Roger Watson
Born (1955-11-20) 20 November 1955 (age 69)
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
NationalityScottish
Citizenship
  • British
  • Irish
Known forResearch on Nursing and Mokken scales
SpouseDeborah Watson[1]
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Sheffield
St George's Hospital
Doctoral advisorMike Fowler
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsUniversity of Hull

Roger Watson (born 20 November 1955) is a British academic and Honorary Professor at the University of Hull.[2]

He is Academic Dean in the School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, China and Professor of Nursing, Saint Francis University (formerly Caritas Institute of Higher Education), Hong Kong.

He is the editor-in-chief of Nurse Education in Practice and an Editorial Board Member of the WikiJournal of Medicine.[3][4] Watson was the Founding Chair of the Lancet Commission on Nursing, and a founding member of the Global Advisory Group for the Future of Nursing.[5][6]

Watson was elected vice president of the National Conference of University Professors in 2020 and became president in 2022 until 2024.[7] Watson is a First Gulf War veteran having served with 205 General Hospital RAMC(v) (Later 205 Field Hospital now merged with 225 Medical Regiment to form 215 Multirole Medical Regiment).[8]

  1. ^ Kelly, J., ed. (2018). The Catholic Who's Who. Manchester, United Kingdom: Universe Media Group.
  2. ^ "Roger Watson". University of Hull. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Nurse Education in Practice". Elsevier. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Editors". WikiJournal of Medicine. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ Dean, E. (2014). "Lancet Commission". Nursing Standard. 28 (21): 10. doi:10.7748/ns2014.01.28.21.10.s4. PMID 24446596.
  6. ^ "Global Panelists". GAPFON. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Council Members". National Conference of University Professors. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Formation parade for only Army medical services unit in Scotland". MoD News. Retrieved 25 March 2024.