ENRICH Scotland Staff

Dr Emma Law l Co-Chair ENRICH Scotland

In my role as co-chair for ENRICH Scotland, I am actively involved in decisions around how we shape ENRICH Scotland, in partnership with Professor Susan Shenkin, my co-chair and the rest of the team including our full time manager, Dr Maria Drummond, for whom I have direct responsibility for.

This is an exciting and progressive time enabling us to engage with care homes and all those who live, work and visit them in thinking about research and how we can enhance and change practice, using the most up-to-date ideas.

Professor Susan Shenkin l Co-Chair ENRICH Scotland

Susan has been working as a clinical academic in geriatric medicine at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian since 2011, with main interests in cognitive ageing/delirium & dementia, and the health and care of residents and staff of care homes, in particular the role of data and technology. She has skills in data linkage in health and social care, and systematic reviews, and particularly enjoys interdisciplinary working.

She is part of the Advanced Care Research Centre (edin.care) and is Systematic Reviews Editor for Age and Ageing. 

Susan joined Dr Emma Law as co-chair of ENRICH in 2019, and they have worked together as part of the interdisciplinary team to build the infrastructure of ENRICH and to work with the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government to secure funding. She also co-chairs the Lothian CHIP (Care Home Innovation Partnership) and is a strong advocate for working across and between disciplines to promote research to understand and improve the care for care home residents, their families and those who care for them.

Dr Maria Drummond l Senior Clinical Studies Officer

Maria is Senior Clinical Studies Officer at ENRICH Scotland. She is a registered adult nurse, district nurse and independent prescriber with over twelve years clinical experience in community nursing (including care homes) prior to joining ENRICH Scotland in 2021. Maria completed her mixed-methods PhD from the University of Glasgow in Nursing and Healthcare in 2022. She explored the unpaid caregiver role to identify and design complex nurse-led interventions to better support caregivers. As part of her role at ENRICH Scotland, Maria has worked as a Research Assistant and Principle Investigator on two interview studies. Her research interests include improving access to evidence to address the theory-practice gap, and co-design.

Dr Rosie Ashworth l Patient and Public Involvement (RICH Voices) Co-Lead

Rosie Ashworth is the co-lead for RICH Voices and lead for Partners in Research, the 'patient and public involvement' groups for ENRICH Scotland and NRS Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network respectively. As a research psychologist with a background in dementia research, Rosie has a passion for working closely with people with lived experience in research-related activities. In recent years, Rosie has worked with people living with dementia to co-write a book about their experiences, and is in the process of developing co-research with people living with neuroprogressive conditions.

Anna Crawford l Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer 

Anna Crawford is the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Officer for ENRICH Scotland and the Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) at the University of Edinburgh. She is one of two co-leads for the PPI group, Research in Care Home (RICH) Voices. She is also a graduate from the University of West London (UWL) with a BSc degree in Nutrition and Food Management. While at UWL, she worked as a Research Assistant at the School of Biomedical Sciences where she assisted in the development of a regional patient and public involvement network for those living with young onset dementia in collaboration with the University of Bradford and University of Northampton. Prior to this role, Anna was a field researcher at ICF on the EU Reformulation and Monitoring (EUREMO) study with an objective of delivering an interoperable dataset of nutritional information on processed foods sold in 15 EU Member States.

Maureen Brown l Clinical Studies Officer (Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow and Clyde)

My name is Maureen Brown and I am one of the Clinical Studies Officers working In Lanarkshire and Greater Glasgow and Clyde. I love being a part of ENRICH Scotland, working together towards the goal of improving the lives of residents, their families and care home staff.

I love my job

I love working with Care Homes

I love to think I could contribute to making a difference to the lives of Care Home residents staff and relatives.

Kirsty Hynes l Clinical Studies Officer (Grampian, Shetland)

My name is Kirsty and I am the ENRICH Clinical Studies Officer (CSO) for Grampian and Shetland. I am a registered mental health nurse and prior to ENRICH, my background was in inpatient mental health services, specifically Intensive Psychiatric Care and Forensic mental health care, for both males and females. Having worked in this area since I graduated in 2014, I decided early 2023 that it was time for a total change. I began the post with ENRICH  in February and have been enjoying the variety of opportunities that the job offers.

To date, I have raised the profile of ENRICH in my areas, signed up some interested care homes, re designed the ENRICH banner, and even starred in our ENRICH film! I have also recently enjoyed attending the ENRICH national meeting in Birmingham and the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium conference earlier in the year. Like everyone at ENRICH, I think it is so important that care homes are given the opportunity to participate in Research and in the coming months,  I am looking forward to meeting with more care homes, and working with them on upcoming research projects. 

Lesley Cousland l Clinical Studies Officer (Tayside, Forth Valley)

Lesley is a Mental Health Nurse with nearly 40 years experience working in many roles most of this supporting people living with dementia and their families/carers across NHS Tayside. Her last role before semi-retiring was Senior Charge Nurse in a busy dementia assessment ward.

For the last 2 years has worked part-time as Clinical Studies Officer with a great team at ENRICH Scotland and has had the  privilege to get to know and work with some amazing people from care home communities and be part of new and exciting opportunities for care home research.

Bernie McInally l Clinical Studies Officer (Lothian, Borders, Ayrshire and Arran)

Bernie has been a CSO with the Neuroprogressive Network since 2010 and ENRICH since 2021.

Previously he was a CPN in older adult for over 20 years. He set up nurse led clinics in the  Scottish Borders, specialising in Dementia/Alzheimer’s early/differential diagnosis.

Andy Gibson l Clinical Studies Officer (Highland)

I am responsible for a number of research studies at the Clinical Research Facility in NHS Highlands.  I also have a small amount of time to devote to the ENRICH Scotland network.  Prior to my move here I managed a Generic Research Team for the NIHR in Yorkshire and Humber.  Whilst working for the NIHR in Yorkshire and Humber I was heavily involved in setting up ENRICH and carrying out research activity in care homes.

I am particularly interested in assisting in the design of new research projects to maximise the ease of recruiting participants and ensuring the effective capturing of the right data.  I am a GCP facilitator having performed the role in both England and Scotland.  I am an author on several papers with a diverse subject range including peri-operative medicine and digital physiotherapy. 

I have a BA in education with Qualified Teacher Status, a BSc in Adult Nursing Leadership pathway and an MSc in Health Research.