Susan Morrow

Appointments and Activities 

Susan joined the department of Clinical Surgery in 2020 to lead delivery of year 1 and 2 of the Surgical Sciences programme. Since her appointment in 2020, Susan has lead the development and delivery of an alternative to the Surgical Sciences year 3 Dissertation course (Evidence Based Surgery) and the development and delivery of the Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Surgery programme.

Susan’s current activities include:

• Programme Director of the PgCert in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice.
• Quality Assurance Director for the Deanery of Clinical Sciences.
• Convenor of the Board of Examiners for the Clinical Management of Pain and DClinDent Paediatric Dentistry programmes

Susan completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh, with a BSc in Pharmacology and a PhD in Molecular Biology. Prior to joining Clinical Surgery, Susan spent over 15 years working in clinical and applied health research with Astra, Napp, Quintiles and the University of Edinburgh. She has also worked as an NHS midwife and as a lecturer during a 3 year stay in the US.

Qualifications 

1990: BSc Hons Pharmacology (1^st Class), University of Edinburgh

1994: PhD Molecular Biology ‘Identification of Regulatory Elements Within The Rat Preprotachykinin-A Promoter’, University of Edinburgh

2009: Bachelors Midwifery, Edinburgh Napier University

2021: PgCAP, University of Edinburgh

Memberships

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• University of Edinburgh Senatus Academicus
• College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, QAE Committee
• Edinburgh Medical School Executive Committee
• Edinburgh Medical School Board of Studies