Dr Sue Plummer

Supervisory interests

• mental health
• primary care mental health
• depression and anxiety
• medical sciences

After completing her training in adult and psychiatric nursing, Sue obtained a BA in Nursing Education at the Royal College of Nursing. Whilst working as a Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University she completed an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Nursing at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College in London. She then went on to carry out clinical research at the Institute of Psychiatry for 9 years where she obtained a PhD in Psychiatry and was awarded a MRC Fellowship in Health Services Research. During the Fellowship she obtained a MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and spent a period of time at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre in Sydney. Sue then worked for two years as a Psychiatric Liaison Nurse in primary care for West Kent PCT. 

Sue has been responsible for developing the MCh in Surgery, the University’s first Post Graduate Diploma in Physician Associate Studies and between 2018 and 2019 led the Curriculum Development Group for the Kent and Medway Medical School which is due to take its first students in 2020. From 2006 to 2013 Sue was an accredited reviewer of education programmes for the Nursing and Midwifery Council and from 2007 to 2013 she was a Fitness to Practice Panellist on the Investigating Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. She has presented at conferences throughout the world. She is currently the Deputy Lead Governor for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and a member of Rochester Cathedral Council.

Sue believes that every person has the right to the highest quality evidence based healthcare and that this is the aim of the work of herself and the Institute. She is passionate about delivering the best possible education where learning is transformative and rewarding.