Dilla Davis
Lecturer in nurse education
King's College London
Dilla Davis is a lecturer and researcher at King’s College London. She has enjoyed various roles as lecturer (University of Salford), clinical teaching fellow (University of Manchester), education development practitioner and practice education facilitator during her 22-year nursing career. Her PhD focused on lifestyle changes and self-management experiences of South Asians diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.
Dr Davis led the research and co-led the campaign to ease the registration process for overseas nurses working as unregistered practitioners in the UK. The campaign led to a major change in the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s registration policy. The work was awarded Workforce Initiative of the Year and highly commended in the NHS Race Equality category of the HSJ awards in 2023.
She has appeared at several national and international conferences (RCN Research, British Sociological Association) and her articles are published in Nursing standard, Nurse Researcher, Journal of Nursing Management and Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Awards include the Research Impact Award 2023, nominated for King’s Engaged Researcher Network Award 2024, Postgraduate Researcher Award 2018, Three-minute Thesis presentation heat winner in 2014 and 2015, and the People’s Choice Award for the best PechaKucha session in 2016.
Dilla Davis is speaking at the following session on Wednesday 23 October:
Understanding the Supporting Information From Employers (SIFE) pathway