Mark Hayter (academic)
Mark Hayter (born 7 November 1963) is a British academic. He is Head of Nursing at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He serves as editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Clinical Nursing" and on the editorial boards of "Journal of School Nursing", and "Nursing Outlook". Hayter is best known for his research on sexual health including psychosexual health, adolescent reproductive health, family planning, contraceptive counseling, and HIV. He was a founding member of The Lancet Commission on Nursing. Education. Hayter is a Registered Nurse, holds a BA in social dimensions of health from Sheffield Hallam University, and  a MMed.Sci in clinical nursing and PhD from the University of Sheffield. Professional life. Hayter served as Head of Department, Nursing (2013 -2016) and Associate Dean of Research (2016-2020) and is now Professor of Nursing and Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull. He is an international expert in qualitative research, and has offered highly-cited guidance on the subject. Hayter is a regular contributor to "The Conversation", arguing that nurses should take the HIV self-test to role-model sexual health behaviors to their patients. He is also a regular contributor to "The Guardian" encouraging  the National Health Service to support an increase in the number and the quality of the training of nurses. Awards and recognition. Hayter is a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (2021), a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2013), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts a fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery "ad eundem" (2020). He has served on numerous international scientific committees including the Royal College of Nursing research conference (2010 and 2012), the International School  Nurse Conference (2011) and the World Association for Sexual Health Conference (2011). Bibliography. Hayter has 132 publications listed on Scopus that have been cited more than 1000 times, giving him an h-index of 20. His three most-cited articles are: