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Mary Malone

Professor Mary Malone

Vice Dean (Education) and Professor of Nursing

Research interests

  • Education
  • Nursing

Biography

Mary Malone is Vice Dean (Education) and Professor of Nursing at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. She is responsible for ensuring that the Faculty’s education provision develops excellent, caring nurses, midwives and palliative care practitioners delivering evidence-based, research-driven care.

Mary’s expertise spans nurse and health visitor education, child and family health promotion, child and family public health and health.

Between 2018-2021, Mary was Director of the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery at Oxford Brookes University, which is a partnership between Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Brookes University. There she has established ‘Director Rounds’ to meet with students, worked closely with NHS Trusts to champion collaborations between partners, refreshed the curriculum based on student feedback, widening access, and improving equality, diversity and inclusion.

Before Oxford Brookes, Mary had been at King’s and was Head of the Department of Adult Nursing in the Faculty.

Research

Mary is currently Principal Investigator on the COV-ed Nurse study, a UK-wide investigation into the extent to which nurse education prior to the pandemic prepared nurses for their role in COVID, analysing what works.

Mary is a Fellow of the Institute of Health Visiting and is involved in research in this area, including a current study on effective parenting support for vulnerable families, funded by Public Health England.

Mary was a Research Fellow of the National Nursing Research Unit, which was active between 1977-2015 and produced health service research for policymakers and healthcare leaders.

 

Research profile

    News

    King's signs new partnership with Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education

    The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is delighted to partner with Hong Kong University School of Professional and...

    Three people sit in front of a wall with the HKU SPACE logo, holding King's prospectuses

    Navigating the NHS, present and future

    Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare

    NHS sign

    King's opens innovative children's simulation ward for enhanced learning

    State of the art technology will provide students with a real world-like opportunities to practice and learn.

    safari ward main

    Purple plaque honours nurse & entrepreneur, Andreia Trigo

    Andreia Trigo has been recognised by Innovate UK as a leading female entrepreneur

    Rhianna John, Andreia Trigo, Julia Mingay and Professor Mary Malone

    Celebrating students at the first King's graduation overseas

    BSc Nursing (Hons) students at Ngee Ann Academy in Singapore celebrated graduating from King’s first degree programme taught fully overseas.

    BSc Nursing (Hons) graduate

    Events

    27FebTommy and Mary

    Professor Mary Malone and Professor Tommy Dickinson inaugural lecture

    A celebration of new Professors in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    Navigating the NHS, present and future: how might an incoming government respond?

    Ahead of the general election PROFESSOR IRENE HIGGINSON looks at how the NHS can move forward, from failings and criticisms and into a better future.

    NHS sign

    Mary teaches and supervises students on our pre-registration adult nursing programmes. She is also a personal tutor. 

      News

      King's signs new partnership with Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education

      The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is delighted to partner with Hong Kong University School of Professional and...

      Three people sit in front of a wall with the HKU SPACE logo, holding King's prospectuses

      Navigating the NHS, present and future

      Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare

      NHS sign

      King's opens innovative children's simulation ward for enhanced learning

      State of the art technology will provide students with a real world-like opportunities to practice and learn.

      safari ward main

      Purple plaque honours nurse & entrepreneur, Andreia Trigo

      Andreia Trigo has been recognised by Innovate UK as a leading female entrepreneur

      Rhianna John, Andreia Trigo, Julia Mingay and Professor Mary Malone

      Celebrating students at the first King's graduation overseas

      BSc Nursing (Hons) students at Ngee Ann Academy in Singapore celebrated graduating from King’s first degree programme taught fully overseas.

      BSc Nursing (Hons) graduate

      Events

      27FebTommy and Mary

      Professor Mary Malone and Professor Tommy Dickinson inaugural lecture

      A celebration of new Professors in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      Navigating the NHS, present and future: how might an incoming government respond?

      Ahead of the general election PROFESSOR IRENE HIGGINSON looks at how the NHS can move forward, from failings and criticisms and into a better future.

      NHS sign

      Mary teaches and supervises students on our pre-registration adult nursing programmes. She is also a personal tutor.