Deputy President & Registrar

Anne was appointed Deputy President of Dublin City University in February 2006. Since February 2009 she has assumed the role of Deputy President / Registrar. Prior to this Anne worked as Professor of Nursing and Head of the School of Nursing. (September 2000 – Feb 2006).

She has also worked as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling and as a lecturer in Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Glasgow.

Anne trained in the West of Ireland, in Sligo General Hospital and took her primary Degree in Trinity College Dublin. She then moved to the University of Edinburgh for her MSc and University of Glasgow for her PhD.

She has worked clinically and as an academic in Ireland, Scotland and Kenya; mainly in the areas of oncology, medicine and tropical medicine.

Anne’s research interests are in the philosophy and ethics of health care and in judgement and decision-making.

Professor Scott has been appointed by the Minister of Health and Children (Ireland) to the Board of the Health Services Executive. She was also a founding member of the Irish Council for Bioethics and is a former board member of the Health Research Board and the Board of Governors, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview. She is currently also a board member of the European Academy of Nursing Science.