Nicola Ring

Professor Nicola Ring is a leading academic in respiratory healthcare delivery at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Health and Social Care. With over £500k in competitive funding, she specializes in respiratory nursing education, patient self-management strategies, and digital health innovations. Ring's work spans from contemporary pulmonary rehabilitation frameworks to historical analyses of early nursing practices through Scottish witchcraft records.

• Key Projects: Developing CPD toolkits for ID/disabled populations, exploring antimicrobial prescribing, and creating digital smoking cessation programs
• Awards: Respiratory Researcher of the Year (2022)

Her research focuses on: respiratory nursing curriculum, health literacy, eHealth/mHealth applications, integrated care models, and historical discrimination in healthcare. Ring has supervised over 30 MSc students and currently leads 5 PhD projects through ENU studentships. She chairs international symposia and contributes to clinical guidelines for the British Thoracic Society.

Scientific Contributions include: 12+ peer-reviewed articles in top respiratory journals, development of the Academic Respiratory Research Alliance, and pioneering studies on frontline nurse well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research and The Conversation.