Caroline Watkins

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Dame Caroline Watkins
DBE
Alma mater
AwardsSpecial Recognition Life After Stroke Award, Stroke Association, September 2016 [1]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis The Effects of Patient's Expectations on the Rehabilitation Process  (1990-1999)
Website uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_caroline_watkins.php

Dame Caroline Leigh Watkins DBE , is an English academic, the Professor of Stroke and Older People's Care - and Director of Research and Innovation - of the College of Health and Wellbeing, University of Central Lancashire. She is the only nursing stroke care professor in the United Kingdom.

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Career

Watkins was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School (MTGS) in Crosby, Liverpool. [2] She achieved her PhD at the University of Liverpool for her thesis titled The Effects of Patient's Expectations on the Rehabilitation Process, 1990-1999. [3]

Watkins leads the Clinical Practice Research Unit (CPRU) for stroke research, is Director of Lancashire Clinical Trials Unit (Lancashire CTU) and an Honorary Stroke Nurse Consultant at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR). She is also the Director of Capacity Building and Implementation for National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast (NIHR CLAHRC NWC) [4] and lead UK arm of the "HeadPost" international study into acute stroke care. [5] She was formerly the chair of UK Stroke Forum (UKSF). [4]

Watkin's work is internationally recognised, has been used to guide researchers and clinicians globally, [6] and has informed UK health policy and national stroke guidelines. [4] [7] [8] [9]

Awards

Watkins was awarded the honour of Dame (DBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours, for services to Nursing and Older People's Care. [5] [7] [10] She was also recognised with a Special Recognition Life After Stroke Award by UK's The Stroke Association in 2016. [11]

Watkins is a member of the World Stroke Organisation and is a Fellow of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), an honour which is usually only given to doctors. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "UCLAN PROFESSOR CAROLINE WATKINS RECOGNISED BY THE STROKE ASSOCIATION". News and Events. University of Central Lancashire . Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Former MTGS Pupil receives Damehood". Merchant Taylors' School. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Watkins, Caroline (1999). The Effects of Patient's Expectations on the Rehabilitation Process, 1990-1999 (PhD thesis). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Professor Dame Caroline Watkins, Professor of Stroke and Older People Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery". University of Central Lancashire . Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 "UCLan nursing stroke care professor receives damehood from Prince Charles". University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Jones, Stephanie P; Baqai, Kamran; Clegg, Andrew; Georgiou, Rachel; Harris, Cath; Holland, Emma-Joy; Kalkonde, Yogeshwar; Lightbody, Catherine E; Maulik, Pallab K; Srivastava, Padma MV; Pandian, Jeyaraj D; Kulsum, Patel; Sylaja, PN; Watkins, Caroline L; Hackett, Maree L (1 February 2022). "Stroke in India: A systematic review of the incidence, prevalence, and case fatality". International Journal of Stroke. 17 (2): 132–140. doi:10.1177/17474930211027834. ISSN   1747-4930. PMC   8821978 . PMID   34114912.
  7. 1 2 Walker, Ed (2 January 2017). "Preston professor becomes a Dame for work with stroke survivors". Blog Preston. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Stephenson, Jo (22 October 2018). "Exclusive: Work to start on new career framework for stroke nurses". Nursing Times. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Routinely collected data fuels a route to better stroke care and research - Health Tech World". www.htworld.co.uk. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Sample, Ian (31 December 2016). "Antarctic expert and HIV research pioneer among scientists made dames". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "UCLan professor Caroline Watkins recognised by the Stroke Association". University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  12. ↑ Ford, Steve (13 February 2012). "Nurse stroke expert gains European recognition". Nursing Times. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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