Professor Lisa Jackson
Dean of Brunel Medical School

Professor Lisa Jackson became Dean of Brunel Medical School in April 2026. She is an experienced academic leader and medical educator with extensive experience in curriculum development, education quality, assessment and faculty development across UK and international medical schools. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has held senior academic roles at Brunel Medical School, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dubai, and Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia.

Before taking up the role of Dean, Professor Jackson was Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she chaired the Curriculum Committee and led a major undergraduate MBBS curriculum review. This work included engaging students, faculty, patients and employers in the co-creation of a revised programme structure, with a focus on preparing graduates for a global healthcare environment, new technologies and changing expectations of medical practice. As part of this review, she led international benchmarking activity with medical schools in Singapore and contributed to the school’s engagement with global developments in medical education through the World Federation for Medical Education.

Her academic interests include integrated curriculum design, team-based learning, professionalism, clinical communication, cultural competence and the use of technology in medical education. She has introduced and evaluated team-based learning in undergraduate family medicine, with this work published in BMC Medical Education, and has contributed to scholarship on clinical learning environments, professionalism in multicultural settings, entrustable professional activities and the use of large language models in medical assessment and virtual patient simulation. 

Professor Jackson has a long-standing association with Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, where she has held honorary senior lecturer and associate professor roles since the school’s inception. Her work there included curriculum design, problem-based learning, consultation skills teaching, tutor development and quality assurance of clinical teaching in primary care. She has also served as an external examiner for medical schools, contributed to national and international medical education conferences, and been involved in academic publishing, including textbooks and peer-reviewed research in medical education, paediatrics, nutrition and primary care.

Professor Jackson’s career combines academic leadership in new and developing medical schools with a sustained commitment to inclusive, evidence-informed and student-centred medical education. Her work has focused particularly on building high-quality curricula, supporting faculty development and strengthening the integration of clinical reasoning, communication skills, professionalism and research within undergraduate medical education.