Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell joined Birmingham City University in 2016. She is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University with a doctorate from Bournemouth University. As a registered nurse she worked for many years in the National Health Service at senior levels both operational and strategic whilst developing close links with academia including posts as a Lecturer Practitioner and later as a Practice Development Consultant. She is a National Institute for Health and Care Research Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship alumna.

Fiona leads the Knowledge-to-Care (K2C) Research Group. K2C develops the theory and practice of evidence-informed healthcare. We strategically integrate five ways of working that underpin contemporary healthcare to inform our activity. K2C views knowledge mobilisation, implementation science, improvement science, co-creation and patient and public involvement and engagement as complementary and interlocking components. We skilfully combine these components in healthcare practice, research and scholarship to improve patient experience and outcomes. Alongside other work Fiona is committed to developing new female clinicians and researchers. She is actively engaged in Athena Swan activity and is co-lead of the Programme for Women Achieving Excellence in Research.