Roger Watson

Roger Watson is a graduate of The University of Edinburgh with a PhD in biochemistry from The University of Sheffield who qualified in nursing at St George’s Hospital, London. Working in care of older people, he has a special interest in the feeding and nutritional problems of older people with dementia. He has been a leading proponent of the use of Mokken scaling in questionnaire development. He is Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Education in Practice. A frequent visitor to the Far East, South East Asia and Australia, he has held honorary and visiting positions in China, Hong Kong, and Australia. He was a member of the UK 2008 Research Assessment sub-panel for Nursing and Midwifery and the 2014 Research Excellence Framework sub-panel for Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy. Most recently he was Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull.