Nicky Cullum

Dame Nicola Anne Cullum (born 6 June 1962) is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Manchester.

Education
Cullum was educated at the University of Liverpool where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pharmacology in 1990. She became a Registered General Nurse (RGN) in 1985.

Research and career
Cullum completed postdoctoral research at the University of Surrey and the University of Liverpool. Between 1994 and 2011 she worked at the University of York. Her research is primarily on wound care. Since 2011 she has worked at the University of Manchester.

Awards and honours
Cullum was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to nursing research and wound care in the 2013 Birthday Honours. She was an inaugural National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator (2008–2012, renewed 2013) and was made a Fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in 2012.

Publications
Cullum has over 200 articles listed on Web of Science that have been cited over 6000 times giving her an h-index of 47. Her top three most cited articles are: