Dr Mary Tanay RN, RNT, MSc, FHEA
Associate Dean (Postgraduate Taught Studies)
- Faculty Lead for Student Electives and Exchanges
- Lecturer of Adult Nursing Education
Research interests
- Nursing
Biography
Mary has worked at King’s Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care as a Senior Teaching Fellow since 2011 and currently a Lecturer in Nursing. Mary graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (cum laude).
She moved to the UK in 2000 and worked as a staff nurse in a head and neck maxillofacial surgical ward in East Sussex. For many years, Mary worked clinically in various medical and surgical oncology units in a cancer specialist hospital in London and also led a team of cancer specialist clinical trials nurses and trials co-ordinators.
She completed Diploma in Cancer Nursing at The Royal Marsden School, and MSc in Nursing Research and PGCert in Healthcare Education at King’s College London.
She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. In 2019, Mary received a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Fellowship award to support her PhD studies which was awarded by King's College London in January 2023.
Mary is a Board Member of the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society and Working Group member of the European Oncology Nursing Society.
Enquiring about potential PhD supervision
If you’re thinking of applying for one of our PhD programmes and are looking for potential supervisors, please email nmpc_pgr_enquiries@kcl.ac.uk listing the names of the supervisors you’ve identified as having expertise in your chosen area, along with your CV and a short research proposal.
Our Postgraduate Research Team will contact supervisors on your behalf and get back to you. If you have any queries in the meantime, please use the email address above, rather than contacting potential PhD supervisors directly, because they are unable to respond to initial enquiries.
Mary offers supervision in the following areas:
Cancer and palliative care, living with and beyond cancer, self-management of side-effects of cancer treatment, nursing, nursing workforce, global health, experience-based co-design, intervention development
Research profile
News
Inclusivity in cancer care: co-creating a nursing module
Sian Hawkins, nursing lecturer and cohort lead, talks about how she developed a more inclusive Cancer Care module for Adult nursing students.
Virtual placement wins Student Nursing Times Award for innovation in education
“Around the World in Six WHO Regions: a Virtual International Elective” wins Student Nursing Times Award for Teaching Innovation of the Year.
Features
5 minutes with Mary Tanay
Meet Mary Tanay, an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Adult Nursing. She recently received an Outstanding Study Group Leader Award by the...
Spotlight
Working together to improve healthcare services
How do you improve healthcare services for patients and staff alike? By bringing healthcare professionals, patients, carers and relatives together to identify...
News
Inclusivity in cancer care: co-creating a nursing module
Sian Hawkins, nursing lecturer and cohort lead, talks about how she developed a more inclusive Cancer Care module for Adult nursing students.
Virtual placement wins Student Nursing Times Award for innovation in education
“Around the World in Six WHO Regions: a Virtual International Elective” wins Student Nursing Times Award for Teaching Innovation of the Year.
Features
5 minutes with Mary Tanay
Meet Mary Tanay, an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Adult Nursing. She recently received an Outstanding Study Group Leader Award by the...
Spotlight
Working together to improve healthcare services
How do you improve healthcare services for patients and staff alike? By bringing healthcare professionals, patients, carers and relatives together to identify...