Professor Paul Bowie

Alongside his investigation education role with us at the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB), Paul is Professor of Human Factors for Health and Social Care at Staffordshire University and Programme Director (Safety and Improvement) with NHS Education for Scotland.

He is a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors specialist by profession with over 30 years of experience in a range of safety leadership, education and research roles in healthcare and academia.

Paul gained his doctorate in significant event analysis from the University of Glasgow in 2004. He has published over 170 peer reviewed articles on healthcare quality and safety in international journals and co-edited a book on patient safety and quality improvement.

Paul is also Honorary Professor and a PhD supervisor and examiner at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow and a Visiting Professor at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. He is Honorary Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of General Practitioners; Patient Safety Lead of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Healthcare Special Interest Group; and a Clinical Human Factors Group Ambassador.

Last updated: 23 October 2023.