Professor Catherine Ross

Professor Catherine Ross is the Chief Scientific Officer for Scotland.

Catherine is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Biologist, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the Academy of Healthcare Science, the National Institute of Prevention and Cardiovascular Health in Ireland and the European Society of Cardiology. She is a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Research Consultant in NHS Lothian. Catherine is non-executive director of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Irelands largest health trust.

Catherine holds a number of senior leadership positions Nationally and Internationally. She is the current Vice-Chair of the Science Council, the international awarding body of Chartership in Science. And is an executive Board member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions within the European Society of Cardiology and Member of the European Society of Cardiology Taskforce on Allied Professionals