King's honorary doctorates 2015 – Professor Linda Aiken

King’s College London has awarded three distinguished recipients with honorary doctorates.

Those receiving their doctorates at the King’s Honorary Degree Ceremony on 27 October at King’s Strand Campus, from the Chairman of Council, the Duke of Wellington, and the President and Principal of King’s, Professor Edward Byrne AC, were Professor Linda H Aiken; Dr Andrew Mackenzie FRS, and Professor Maria Fidela de Lima Navarro.          

Professor Linda H Aiken FAAN FRCN is a global leader in nursing and health services and policy research, and one of the most high-profile policy thought leaders and prolific nurses in the world. She received the Institute of Medicine’s Lienhard Award – the Institute’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize – for the cumulative impact of her research on improving personal health services in the US and abroad. She is the Claire M Fagin Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, and Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Before the ceremony, Dr Aiken took part in a special event for the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery.  Staff and students heard her thoughts and insights on the parallels and differences between nursing in the USA and UK, policy care and safe staffing levels and patient outcomes. Guests also learned more about Dr Aiken’s personal life and inspirations.

You can watch In Conversation with Professor Linda Aiken in full here.

You can read the full list of honorary degrees awarded here.