Dr Gillian Manning trained as a Clinical Physiologist in the 1970s and earned her PhD in 1998, followed by an MSc in Medical Science (Clinical Education) in 2006 from the University of Nottingham (UoN).

Appointed Associate Professor of Vascular Medicine at the UoN in 2006, Dr Manning played a pivotal role in shaping medical education and workforce development. She was part of the team that launched the innovative 4-year Graduate Entry Medical (GEM) Programme in 2003 and led a British Hypertension Society initiative in 2006 to train non-medical independent prescribers in hypertension care. 

Her leadership extended across multiple roles within the UoN School of GEM, including Director of Research Education, Examinations Officer, and Director of a new Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching, Learning and Assessment. During a part-time secondment to the Department of Health’s Modernising Scientific Careers programme, she led the development of undergraduate and postgraduate curricula across more than 50 Healthcare Science (HCS) specialisms.

Dr Manning’s expertise spans undergraduate and postgraduate education (including apprenticeships) across HCS, Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Medical Education. In 2024/25, she was invited to join a high-profile NHS England review panel chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre, examining the Genomics Education Programme and the National School of HCS. During this review, she gained experience in the use of Generative AI to analyse qualitative survey data. She also served as an education advisor to the Royal College of Surgeons Intercollegiate Extended Surgical Team Board from September 2023 to January 2025.

Her research contributions have included publications on clinical education, hypertension, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, diabetes, and vascular medicine, with over 50 presentations at national and international scientific meetings. She received the Chief Scientific Officer HCS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was awarded Fellowship of the Academy for HCS in 2019.

From 2019 to 2023, Dr Manning led a project to strengthen the assessment of current and new modules within the EASD e-learning programme. She also led the first programme of work to gain accreditation for a series EASD e-learning modules whilst contributing to module development, quality assurance and writing assessment material. 

Duality of interest: No potential conflict of interest to report.
Date: November 2025