Health and Care Scotland specialist group: Meet our team
Here are the members of the Health and Care Scotland specialist group committee.
Chair
Dr Katie Maclure, PhD MSc BSc (Hons) DipSysPrac PgCert FBCS FEDIPAdvPrac Former SRPharmS AFHEA
Katie is an experienced digital health and health inequalities researcher with a background in IT. An active member of BCS Aberdeen Branch committee as Education Liaison Officer for many years. A former Lecturer in Computing, Procedures Analyst, latterly Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer with RGU School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, and still supervising several PhD students. Katie represents BCS Health & Care on the Scottish Government led annual DigiFest and The Alliance led Discover Digital conferences. Deputy Editor on BCS BMJ HCI and Academic Editor with PlosOne and Accreditation Assessor with FED-IP. Katie is now working as an independent research consultant.
Outside of work, I run a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Group in Aberdeenshire.
Treasurer
Sharon Levy, LFEDIP FBCS
Sharon is the current treasurer and immediate past Chair of BCS Health and Care Scotland. He is a registered nurse working as a research and development lead in a Third Sector organisation and as an educator at the University of Edinburgh. Sharon has a long history in nursing informatics and digital health as a clinical informatician and as an active researcher. When he is not working Sharon is playing on the Xbox with his wife and 3 children.
Committee member
- Alexander Jaiyesimi
