Doctor Heather Mackenzie

Dr Heather Mackenzie

 PhD, FHEA
Principal Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Doctoral professional development
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Food allergy

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About

Heather is the Doctoral College Professional Development Programme Manager working closely with colleagues in the Doctoral College and the Centre for Higher Education Practice, as well as in the Faculties and Professional Services to ensure that we have a high quality and comprehensive professional development provision for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). As part of the Doctoral College and CHEP teams, Heather leads the Doctoral College Professional Development Programme and Doctoral College PGR Events Programme, and contributes to our induction for new PGRs. Passionate about PGRs and their professional development, Heather has been working leading University-wide PGR development programmes and facilitating workshops for PGRs for over a decade. With a background in Health Sciences, Heather has been an active researcher in the field for 15 years and has supervised both PhD and Professional Doctorates students to completion.