Elaine is the programme leader for the BSc (hons) Professional Health Studies. Elaine is a Registered Nurse and worked in hospice care for over thrity years. Elaine has worked for the University of the West of Scotland as a full time academic since December 2013. For 13 years prior to this Elaine was a joint appointment with UWS and Ayrshire Hospice.

Elaine completed her PhD at UWS in April 2018. This study explored the outcomes of attending a traditional model of specialist palliative day services on attendees' quality of life, wellbeing and mood. She continues to explore the vlaue of day services.

Elaine's main interests are related to palliative care. More specifically psychological wellbeing, palliative care educational research and development, ethical issues , team working, professional stress, moral injury and burnout and the meaning and purpose in life. In addition Elaine has a keen interest in issues of loss, grief and bereavement in patients, families and professional care givers. Elaine has been invloved at national level in developing strategies and policies for palliative care and also loss, grief and bereavement. She has recently been party of a national colaition that develope a bereavenmet rights charter for Scotland.

Elaine is interested in forwarding the research aound specialist palliative day services, particularly around the outcomes for attendees.