Prof Andrée le May

Andrée qualified as a graduate nurse at Chelsea College, University of London and Charing Cross Hospital in 1982. After working in the community, she was appointed as Specialist Nurse for Research and Development at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth and became interested in how nurses used knowledge in practice. This led to a move to Higher Education and more work on evidence-based practice, the dissemination and implementation of research and the use of communities of practice for improving learning and care. She has particular expertise in the care of older people and a specialist interest in the importance of dignity and compassion in nursing care. Her research skills centre on qualitative research methods and designs. Between 2012 and 2024 she was co-editor in chief of the Journal of Research in Nursing and is an editor across the NIHR Library’s research portfolio.  She is now Professor Emerita of Nursing at the University of Southampton and is a visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge