Dr Alicja Rogusz

I was born and grew up in Poland. In 2009, I completed an integrated MSc degree in Animal Science at the University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland. I began training as a student nurse in 2012 at Northumbria University. Since qualifying in 2014 with a PGDip in Adult Nursing, I worked in the gynaecology ward at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne for the next three years, after which I went on to complete an MSc in Practice Development at Northumbria University in 2015.

In 2017 I moved into the field of health research as a Clinical Research Nurse at NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria where I was a member of the primary care clinical delivery team. 

I joined the University of Sunderland in October 2021 as a Lecturer in Continuing Professional Development. I am now a Senior Lecturer in Post Registration Nursing and a Deputy Programme Lead for MSc in Nursing. 

In 2022 I gained a PGCE in Higher Education and was awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. As a member of the Sunderland University Ethical Group, I review ethical applications for student and staff research projects. 

I completed my research degree (PhD) in 2022. My qualitative study on the lived experience of people with thyroid cancer was funded by Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust and hosted by Newcastle Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The results were disseminated at the World Congress of Thyroid Cancer, London, 2023, where I was also a panel member in a discussion titled 'Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Thyroid Cancer'.