Dr Heather May Morgan – Scottish Crucible 2015

Lecturer in Applied Health Sciences

Office: 1.072 Polwarth Building | University of Aberdeen | Foresterhill | Aberdeen | AB25 2ZD

Email: h.morgan@abdn.ac.uk | Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 437860

I would attribute these successes to my participation in the Scottish Crucible programme in 2015:

• GRANTHOLDER ON £1.5M NIHR EME STUDY: 2017
• CO-PI ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND COMMERCIALISATION GRANT: 2016
• INVITED TO SIT ON GRANTS AWARD PANEL (APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCH) BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT: 2016
• INVITED TO BECOME TRUSTEE OF NEW NICOTINE ALLIANCE CHARITY: 2016
• AWARDED PRINCIPAL’S PRIZES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH RESEARCH: (2015 – pre-SC) 2016 and 2017
• Co-founder of the newly formed SAGES funded ‘Pollinating Wellbeing’ forum
• Secured full time, permanent lectureship (at Aberdeen) after 5.5 years on short term research contracts
• Became lead for public engagement in our Institute of Applied Health Sciences in 2017 (suggested creation of role)
• Joined the board of the Open Data Institute’s Aberdeen node Open Data Institute’s Aberdeen node (invited)
• BBC TV and radio interviews, Sky News live appearance and first person piece in the Daily Mail – coverage of a research paper in July 2017.