Dr Eleanore Dring is a Clinical Lead (RN) within the Institute of Care Excellence (Research & Innovation), at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ University Hospitals NHS Trust.
She is a senior nurse with a wealth of clinical, research and leadership experience in Dermatology and Skin Integrity, and research design and delivery. Eleanore currently combines research and practice at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
Her clinical role focusses on Evidence-Based practice, skin integrity and Clinical Academic Careers, which involves leading the annual NUH ‘Step-into’ Clinical Academic Careers Programme. Eleanore is currently part of the 2023 cohort of the NIHR Nursing & Midwifery Research Leaders Programme, and her national role includes the implementation of the NHS England Self-assessment of readiness tool within NUH (September 2023).
Eleanore has experience as a Chief Investigator and a Principal Investigator, and has delivered research studies within NUH, in collaboration with the International Lymphoedema Framework. Her research interests, knowledge and skills include undertaking qualitative research which explores topics around skin integrity, social inequality and health inequality, and qualitative data analysis.
Eleanore has co-authored a number of publications (ORCID ). Eleanore received her PhD in Business and Management (Health) from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ University Business School, in 2022. Her study explored the coproduction of care for service-users living with chronic oedema (lymphoedema), within a context of socioeconomic deprivation. She holds an honorary Assistant Professor appointment at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.