Professor Aisha Holloway (BSc (Hons) Nursing RGN PhD PGCHE FHEA)
Head of Nursing Studies, Professor of Nursing Studies
Email: aisha.holloway@ed.ac.uk
Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Chair
RCNi Non Executive Director
Nursing Now Global Campaign Research and Evidence Lead
Florence Nightingale Foundation Trustee
Council of Deans UK Member
Adjunct Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Room 2m6, School of Health in Social Science, Doorway 6, Old Medical Quad, Teviot Place
EH8 9AG
Professor Aisha Holloway, Chair of Nursing Studies and Head of Nursing Studies provides strategic leadership to support the propagating and delivery of the School and College academic, research and financial plans within the Subject Area. Leading learning, teaching and research activity at all levels in the disciplines relevant to Nursing Studies including internal- and external-facing dimensions, and including local, national and international contexts. Directly responsible for the management, leadership and effective administration of activities and resources within the Subject Area and contribute to the development and implementation of the School and University strategic plan.
Aisha is also Programme Lead: Research and Evidence for Effective Practice the Global Nursing Now Campaign, launched in February 2017 for 3 years. The campaigns partners are ICN and WHO, 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
Overarching research programme has two distinct elements: 1) a global public health and alcohol related harm and 2) nursing workforce with a strong professional health policy and political nurse leadership focus. The main aims of both programme are to reduce the risks and harms of alcohol in society, influencing and shaping alcohol policy alongside alongside, development of an evidence base focused on global political nurse leadership. My programme of research has and is funded by MRC-PHIND, NIHR-PH, CSO, ESRC, NIHR-GCRF and Alcohol Change UK as well as others.
Alcohol related harm focuses specifically on (i) the development and evaluation of nurse led alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) across a wide range of health related settings, (ii) the education and teaching development of the nursing workforce in responding to alcohol-related harm and (iii) the use of innovative multi-disciplinary, public engagement methodologies for co-production of alcohol research.
Nursing workforce focuses on (i) political leadership in nursing (ii) nurses influence on health policy and (iii) innovative nurse and midwifery advanced clinical practice and leadership development in Africa
Alongside this, Aisha has a larger focus on global public health and health related factors with a particular interest in Low and Middle Income Countries and developing countries where health workforce and its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals is fundamental. With the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh and the Director, Professor Liz Grant, we have been developing strategic and operational opportunities for clinical academic research application to strengthen the positioning, role and educational attainment of nurses and midwives globally, with a particular focus on Africa as well as LMICs . This is particularly relevant to Aisha's professional and political nurse leadership collaborations and partnership with Governments and her work as Programme Lead for Research and Evidence for effective practice for the Global Nursing Now campaign and partners, ICN and WHO. Here I look to advise, influence, inform and shape health policy and the global position of nurse leadership through development of a strong evidence base.
With a strong interest in nurse political leadership both nationally and globally, Aisha works at the interphase between nurse led health and social care research and influencing relevant health and social care policy. She was previously an Hon Nurse Consultant for Alcohol Policy and Research at Scottish Government. In 2016, Aisha also submitted written evidence on political leadership in nursing to the All Party Parliamentary Group (UK APPG) on global health, Chaired by Lord Crisp. This evidence was subequently used in the Triple Impact report published by the APPG http://www.who.int/hrh/com-heeg/triple-impact-appg/en/ In 2017 she was invited to submit written and oral evidence to the Scottish Health & Sports Committee. Scottish Parliament, Round table evidence session at Scottish Parliament as part of the Prisoner Health Inquiry.
Awarded a Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholarship in 2014, which provided a bespoke programme of strategic leadership development, Aisha completed a Leadership programme at Harvard Business School and visited Congress, Washington DC, USA as part of the Scholarship working with Nurse leaders in the USA to explore the development of nursing political and strategic leadership to influence health policy.
Founder and Chair of the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN)
Cavell Star Award 2019 https://www.ed.ac.uk/arts-humanities-soc-sci/news-events/news/current-news/nursing-studies-head-wins-award-for-care
Scottish Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Award. Established Career Research Award 2017
Scottish Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Award. Impact 2015
BSc (Hons) Nursing RGN
PGCHE
Cert ILM
Responsibilities & affiliations
Chair and Founder of the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) www.sarn.ed.ac.uk
Non-Executive Director of the Board RCNi https://rcni.com
Adjunct Professor Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore
Trustree Florence Nightingale Foundation
Programme LeadL Research and Evidece for effective practice for Nursing Now global campaign https://www.nursingnow.org/join-the-campaign/
Global public health and alcohol related harm (i) the development and evaluation of nurse led alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) across a wide range of health related settings, (ii) the education and teaching development of the nursing workforce in responding to alcohol-related harm and (iii) the use of innovative multi-disciplinary, public engagement methodologies for co-production of alcohol research.
Nursing workforce (i) global political leadership in nursing (ii) global skills partnership (nurse migration) (ii) innovative nurse and midwifery advanced clinical practice and leadership development in Africa.
Current research interests
Health and wellbeing in marginalised populations, specifically prison health and alcohol interventions in prison for men on remand. Identifying research priorities for prison health in Scotland. Developing research capacity, capability and sustainability for global health workforce. Workforce and contribution to SDGs. Political and health policy research . RTAs and alcohol in Sri Lanka. Child and Maternal Health (DIPLOMATIC) study in Africa.
Past research interests
Selection of past research projects: Chlamydia Screening funded by HTA (ClaSS) multi-centre collaborative project led by Bristol University, School of Social and Community Medicine and Primary Care and General Practice at the University of Birmingham. Anxiety and Depression experiences of families and significant others. Photovoice in Recovery. Increasing Public Health Workers capacity to respond to alcohol related harm.
With a strong interest in nurse political leadership both nationally and globally, Aisha works at the interphase between nurse led health and social care research and influencing globally relevant health and social care policy. Most recently Aisha developed a Masters course, "Nursing & Global Health Policy: developing your political leadership." In its first year we welcomed a range of nurse leaders working in a health policy political landscape, including, Howard Catton, CEO of the ICN, who engaged with our global Masters nursing students to provide insight into influence, position, voice and presence. Aisha also mentors a number of early career nurses, a great passion of hers.
In 2017 she was recently invited to submit written and oral evidence to the Scottish Health & Sports Committee. Scottish Parliament, Round table evidence session at Scottish Parliament as part of the Prisoner Health Inquiry. In 2016, Aisha also submitted written evidence on political leadership in nursing to the All Party Parliamentary Group (UK APPG) on global health, Chaired by Lord Crisp. This evidence was subequently used in the Triple Impact report published by the APPG http://www.who.int/hrh/com-heeg/triple-impact-appg/en/
In 2015 at a meeting of the Scottish Parliament a Motion brought by Shona Robison (Cabinet Secretary Health) on making progress on the Scottish Government's in "Changing Scotland's Relationship with Alcohol: A Framework for Action" Thursday 4th June acknowledged the work of Aisha and colleagues in their Photovoice research work with those in recovery from alcohol. The Photovoice research study raised by 3 MSPs and The Minister for Public Health.
Affiliated research centres
International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA)
Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh
Providing verbal evidence to the Health and Sport Committee on healthcare in prisons 17 Mar 2017
The First China-UK International Nursing Management Forum 19 Apr 2013
Alcohol and alcoholism (Journal) 2011
Journal of Advanced Nursing (Journal) 2007
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Current project grants
NIHR-PH funded APPRAISE study (Chief Investigator)
NIHR-GCRF funded DIPLOMATIC study (Co-applicant)
CSO funded SCARF study (Co-applicant)
ESRC IAA funded Delphi Study (Chief Investigator)
RCN Foundation YARNS funded study (Co Chief Investigator)
Burdett Trust funded STAY-SAFE study (Co-applicant)
Past project grants
Highlighted previous grants held:
Alcohol Research UK ORBITAL study (Co-applicant)
MRC-PHIND PRISM-A Study (Chief Investigator)
CSO Clinical Academic Research Fellowship
SFAAD (Chief Investigator)
ARUK (Co-applicant)
SHAAP (Chief Investigator)
Identifying the challenges and opportunities of the executive nurse director role in the UK: A scoping review (7 pages) 26 Nov 2020 In: Nursing management (Harrow, London, England : 1994), vol. 27, pp. 21-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2020.e1948
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
"I just can't sit around and do nothing!": Experiences of women diagnosed with, and treated for, heart disease in Indonesia: a qualitative study 29 Jul 2020 In: Nursing & Health Science
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)
Task shifting: A high-level analysis of scholarship 9 Jun 2020 In: Journal of Nursing Regulation
Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A Medical Research Council complex mHealth intervention mixed-methods feasibility study to inform global practice 8 Jun 2020 In: Journal of Advanced Nursing
Understanding HIV-positive drug users' experiences of taking highly active antiretroviral treatment: The identity-value-conscious engagement model 12 Mar 2020 In: Journal of Clinical Nursing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15228
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
A key dimension in midwifery decision making theory and practice for safe labour care 4 Mar 2020 In: African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
Evidence into action: A policy brief exemplar to support attainment of nursing now (7 pages) 16 Jan 2020 In: International Nursing Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12573
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Literature review (E-pub ahead of print)
Evidence‐based policy: Nursing now and the importance of research synthesis 3 Jan 2020 In: International Nursing Review
What do HIV-positive drug users' experience tell us about their antiretroviral medications taking? An international integrated literature review 19 Nov 2019 In: Addiction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14857
Social media in nursing and health policy: A commentary (3 pages) 7 Nov 2019 In: Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154419886292
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published)
Analytic methods considerations for the translation of sensitive qualitative data from Mandarin into English 9 Aug 2019 In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 18
'A bridge to normal': A qualitative study of Indonesian women's attendance in a phase two cardiac rehabilitation programme (9 pages) 21 Jul 2019 In: European journal of cardiovascular nursing, vol. 18, pp. 744-752
Rapid Evidence Review: Dual diagnosis, double stigma: a rapid review of experiences of living with alcohol-related brain damage Jul 2019
Research output: › Other report (Published)
Prioritization of outcomes in efficacy and effectiveness alcohol brief intervention trials: International Multi-stakeholder e-Delphi Consensus Study to inform a core outcome set 30 Jun 2019 In: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.299
The variability of outcomes used in efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol brief interventions: A systematic review 30 Jun 2019 In: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 80, pp. 286-298
A systematic review of the efficacy of alcohol interventions for incarcerated people 1 Jul 2018 In: Alcohol and alcoholism, vol. 53, pp. 412-425
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agy032
Cue acquisition: A feature of malawian midwives decision making process to support normality during the first stage of labour Mar 2018 In: Midwifery, vol. 58, pp. 56-63
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.11.009
Research on health in prison settings in Scotland - a colloquium (24 pages) 2018
The "Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol" (ORBITAL) framework: Protocol to determine a core outcome set for efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol screening and brief intervention 22 Dec 2017 In: Trials, vol. 18, pp. 1-7
Webinar: Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) for male remand prisoners: protocol for development of a complex intervention and feasibility study (PRISM-A) 4 Sep 2017
Research output: › Digital or Visual Products (Published)
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This article was published on 14 Jan, 2021