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Heather Doran.

Heather Doran

Member since 2025

Occupation: Public Engagement Manager at Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee

My focus is on collaboration to drive societal change that improves lives for everyone.

Bio

Heather Doran is the Public Engagement Manager at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS), University of Dundee. In this role, she leads public and external engagement through creative methods. The LRCFS has received a Gold Watermark Award from the National Co-ordinating Centre for its public engagement approach.

She is an elected representative at Angus Council and a member of the International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Scientific Committee. She was Chair of the Programme Committee for the PCST 2025 Conference in Aberdeen. She also serves on the Public Engagement Advisory Board for CÚRAM (a medical device research centre), and is a previous jury member for the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications.

Heather was the Science Editor for The Biochemist (2020–2023). In 2015-16, she received a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship to study global science communication.

Roles

  • Science & Tech Diplomacy in a Changing World

Interests

  • Climate change
  • Critical thinking skill development in education
  • Engaging under-represented audiences
  • International engagement
  • Misinformation and disinformation
  • Public Health messaging
  • Research culture
  • Societal impact of research
  • Timely information sharing

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