Dr Mark Dornan is an Adult Nursing Lecturer and Early Career Researcher with a professional background in Primary Care Nursing. Alongside his dedication to teaching, Dr Dornan’s research focuses on the areas of cancer survivorship and supporting patients and families with psychosocial challenges of cancer. Dr Dornan's current research focuses on the impact living with a chronic health condition can have on eating and drinking in social settings (commensality). Mark has worked in the digital technology industry and has a continued interest in Nurse Informatics and ethical practices of AI in healthcare having completed a qualification in the Role of Ethics in the Responsible use of AI from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. 

Dr Dornan read for his PhD at Ulster Univeristy, Master of Arts in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the University of Kent, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Adult Nursing and Bachelor of Divinity (Hons) at Queen's University Belfast. 

Mark is a musician and trustee of local concert band promoting community music and arts.

Dr Dornan is keen to collaborate and support within the research areas of social eating and cancer survivorship. Additionally, he welcomes collaborations in qualitative methodology, health and intervention theory, and the sociology of health.

• Living well, with and beyond cancer, for patients and families.
• Understanding the impact of chronic health conditions on eating in social environments.

Accepting PhD Students

Undergraduate Lecturer

• Year 3 Adult Nursing Teaching Team (Modules include: Evidence-Based Practice, Developing Leadership Practice, Community and Integrated Care & Specialist and Complex Care)
• Applied Pharmacology - Module Coordinator
• SafeMedicate - Module Coordinator
• Interprofessional Education (IPE) - Module Coordinator
• IPE Clinical Simulation - Facilitator
• Digital Health Technology and Artificial Intelligence - Lecture
• Clinical Placement Link Lecturer, Academic Assessor and Personal Tutor

Postgraduate Taught Lecturer

• Respiratory Specialist Practice Nursing Course - Co-Lead
• Respiratory Nursing Short Course - Co-Lead
• Palliative Care Course - Course Teaching Team & Lecturer
• Nurse and Midwifery Prescribing (NMP) - Course Teaching Team & Lecturer
• Oncology Course - Psychosocial Cancer Support - Lecture
• MSc Dissertation Supervisor

Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (Advance HE) (UK Teaching Qualification) (November 2024)

External Examiner - MSc Cancer Care - University of Liverpool (September 2025 - Present)

Current Positions:

• Research and Development Lead - South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) - Member
  • Early Career Cancer Nurse Working Group Member 
• Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice - Editorial Advisory Board Member
• Journal of Clinical Nursing - Editorial Board Member
• Royal College of Nursing Foundation - Grant Reviewer
• Deputy Chair Staff Development Committee
• School Postgraduate Research Committee Member & PhD Masterclass Coordinator
• Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) - Member

Previous Positions:

• European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) 
  
  • Scientific Committee Member - EONS18 - August 2024 - October 2025

• QUB Teaching Award - Individual Category - Winner (September 2025)
• Martha McMenamin Scholarship Recipient (April 2025)
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) NI Nurse of the Year - Research Award – Winner (June 2024)
• Outstanding PhD Thesis – Ulster University (June 2024)
• RCN Foundation Impact Award for outstanding achievement in professional development in Northern Ireland (July 2023)
• UU/QUB Doctoral Conference Best Oral Presentation (May 2022)
• European Oncology Nursing Society PhD Research Workshop (July 2021)
• Travel Fund Scholarship (November 2021)
• European Oncology Nursing Society Video Presentation Winner (May 2021)
• 3MT (3 Minute Thesis) Runner Up (May 2021)
• Marcia Mackie Grant - RCN Foundation (February 2021)