Professor Susan Dawkes is a registered nurse who has spent over twenty years working with cardiology patients in Scotland and Canada. Her clinical roles included nursing in acute cardiology units and latterly working as a specialist nurse in cardiac rehabilitation. Susan is currently the Head of School for Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice and Professor of Nursing and Cardiovascular Health at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, UK and an Honorary Research Consultant in the Cardiology Department of NHS Lothian. Susan is President of the British Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) and represents BACPR on the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. She is a member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP) Education Committee for the European Society of Cardiology. Susan is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing and CV Edge.