The Academy Advisory Board

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Prof Donald Macaskill has worked for many years in the health and social care sectors across the United Kingdom. A particular professional focus has been issues related to bereavement, palliative care and individual human rights. He is the CEO of Scottish Care and serves on a number of Scottish, UK and international charities and boards related to health and social care. 

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Dr Sarah Barry, PhD, is Director of Academic Programmes & Senior Lecturer at Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. She is Centre Director and Director of the HRB funded National SPHeRE Programme in health services, policy and population health. Her research focusses on integrated care implementation in complex systems. Recent work includes evaluation of Community Healthcare Networks Implementation for the HSE.

Sarah has been a PPI representative for many years, working with a variety of organisations including NIHR, NICE, and the MS Society. She is a keen advocate for the inclusivity of PPI and its potential to assist and improve the relevance and experience of research for both researchers and participants. With a BSc in Natural Science, she has worked in management and administration across a variety of sectors including health, pharmaceutical, accountancy and law.

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Juliet is strategic lead for nursing and midwifery research in NHS Lothian and Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University, Belfast. Her role includes professional leadership of 180 clinical research nurses/midwives working on clinical trials and research capacity building including developing clinical academic career pathways for health and care professionals, working in partnership with 6 universities across Scotland.  She supervises 6 PhD students in 4 different institutions in nursing, learning disabilities, mental health and midwifery. 

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Irene Oldfather is a former MSP and Chair of the Scottish Parliament European and External Affairs Committee. Now Director of Strategy and Engagement with ALLIANCE Scotland, she consults with a range of national and advisory bodies including the Health and Social Care Partners Group, the IHub Board, the Focus on Dementia Advisory Forum, and Living Well in Communities Board. She is also on the board of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

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Margaret is Head of Care and Well Being Innovation at the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre  with a focus on  supporting innovation in care and whole system working. She previously led the national Technology Enabled Care programme in Scotland since 2014 in partnership with the NHS, Local Government, Third, Housing and Independent sector providers which aimed to support at scale deployment in Scotland. She is active in  the European arena and wider international work.  

Margaret is a Trustee /Board member  of ENABLE Scotland and Hanover Housing Association.