Natasha Taylor

Natasha Taylor is a Curriculum Lead Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. She leads the OfS-funded CAVE project (2022-2025), focusing on immersive virtual environments for healthcare education. Her work bridges simulation, artificial intelligence, and extended reality to enhance clinical training.

Education:

• Doctorate in Education, University of East Anglia (2012)
• MSc Occupational Psychology, Coventry University (2018)
• MSc Educational Psychology, University of Cambridge (2013)
• MA Learning Innovation, Queensland University of Technology (2008)
• Paramedic Degree, University of Hertfordshire (2006)

Research Focus: Taylor’s research emphasizes virtual patient systems, extended reality (XR) in healthcare education, and interprofessional collaboration. Her projects explore how technologies like haptics and AI can improve clinical training outcomes. Recent work includes co-creating XR resources and evaluating simulated placements for healthcare students.

Awards:

• Burdett VSP (2022)
• IndoVSP (2022)
• Top 10 oral presentation at ASPiH 2018

Advising & Grants: Accepts PhD students in simulation research. Active in grants like the £1M+ CAVE project. Supervises projects on AI-driven virtual patients and XR applications.

Labs/Teams: Leads the CAVE initiative’s virtual environment development. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams in medical education, including paramedic and occupational therapy specialists.