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 Dean of School for Health and Social Care and Professor of Nursing and Cardiovascular Health at Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, UK. Susan was President of the British Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) and represented BACPR on the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. She is a member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP) Scientific Committee for the European Society of Cardiology and previously served two term on the Education Committee of ACNAP. Susan is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing.