Professor Christine Brown Wilson is a Registered Nurse with an international research profile in Ageing and Dementia focusing on service development and quality improvement in residential and community contexts. Christine's methodological focus lies in participatory qualitative methodologies including coproduction involving multiple stakeholders (older people, people with dementia, families, staff and health professions students) to improve education and practice. Christine works collaboratively to co-design serious games and digital resources  to support the delivery of evidence based person centred care in residential, community and acute services. Christine also works closely with service-user led organisations to raise public awareness of dementia and brain health in high and low-middle income countries. This has led to a culturally responsive approach to codesign process in Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore wiht the dementia awareness game translated into five languages. Christine was recognised in Stanford/Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list (2024, single-year citation impact). 

Christine is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and provides leadership to the School and University in Educational Scholarship. Christine led the School in coproduction of the UG /PG curricula resulting in the first Graduate Entry Masters in pre-registration nursing on the island of Ireland. She contributes her knowledge and expertise in Leadership, Ageing and Dementia in both pre and post registration nursing and supervises PhD and Masters students. 

Leadership roles:

• Director of Internationalisation for the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
• Education and Practice Theme Lead for the School 2017-2023
• Academic Lead for Graduate Entry Masters Nursing 2020-2023

Ongoing education projects 

1. Co-design and  Controlled Trail of a Digital Clinical Skills Game for first year undergraduate students. 
2. Co-design and evaluation of a Digital Delirium Clinical Escape room for second year undergraduate students.