Marie Cameron

Registered General Nurse

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (molecular and cell biology)

PG Certificate Higher Education Learning and Teaching

MSc Health Service and Public Health Research

PhD candidate (University of Stirling)

15 years experience in Higher Education, including roles at four universities across Scotland, England, and New Zealand.  Roles include Lecturer, Professional Teaching Fellow, and Senior Lecturer - currently Head of Undergraduate Nursing at UHI. Extensive experience in teaching (face-to-face and online), assessment, and curriculum development and design, including leading on programme approval events.

Areas of teaching expertise include human anatomy and physiology, research methods, and clinical skills.  

Experience in both clinical research (research nurse and data manager in Haematology, involved in studies across a range of haematological malignancies and clotting disorders) and academic research (Trial Manager for multi-centre, pragmatic, research studies, including the PRISM and REFLUX Trials).

Experienced in quantitative research methods (RCTs and questionnaire surveys), qualitative research methods (Focus Groups), and mixed methods research.

Almost 30 years experience as a Registered Nurse, having worked in many clinical specialities (including haematology, ENT/general surgery, theatre recovery, day procedure unit), in both the public and private sectors, and in the UK and overseas.

Experience as a STEM careers advocate, and in public engagement, having taken part in/run events coordinated by, or involving, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, UHI STEM Hub, Skills Development Scotland, Inverness Science Festival, and 'I'm a Scientist; Get me Out of Here'.   

PRISM Trial

REFLUX Trial

Royal Society of Edinburgh - Start-Up Science Masterclasses

RSE - YouTube video for Start-Up Science Masterclasses

Skills Development Scotland - Girls Do Science! event

Inverness Science Festival 2019 - Not "just a nurse"; the science of nursing