Diane Dickson

Diane joined GCU in 2012 as Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging from an advanced practitioner sonographer role within the NHS. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018 and appointed Head of Department in 2021. Diane completed her PhD in 2020 and is an active member of the Musculoskeletal Health research group. Current doctoral supervision includes projects on measurements of inflammatory foot disease in rheumatoid arthritis.

Diane is responsible for the strategic leadership of activities across the Department of Podiatry and Radiography and the wider School of Health and Life Sciences as member of Senior Management Group. Diane is an elected member of Senate.

Diane leads the education and training for the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening course and introduced the department’s first-ever transnational education programme in the United Arab Emirates. She acts as an external accreditor for the Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) and is a member of the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening lead screener and workforce group. She is a member of the AHP academic heads group and represents AHP academics within the Scottish Government AHP Public Health implementation plan National Oversight Group.

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