Professor Catherine Ross

Professor Catherine Ross is Scotland's Chief Scientific Officer.

Catherine is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Biologist and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the Academy of Healthcare Science, the National Institute of Prevention and Cardiovascular Health in Ireland and the European Society of Cardiology. In 2024 Catherine was awarded Honorary Fellowships of the Royal College of Pathologists and the Physiological Society. She is a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Ulster University and Honorary Research Consultant in NHS Lothian.

Catherine holds a number of senior leadership positions nationally and internationally. She is the current President of the Science Council, the international awarding body of Chartership in Science, having previously held the role of Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Policy Advisory Committee. She has previously served as the President of the Professional Body for Cardiac Scientists. Catherine is currently a Board member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and is the Chair of Allied Professionals National Societies Committee and Chair of the European Society of Cardiology Taskforce on Allied Professionals.  

Catherine’s professional interests include cross-boundary working, professional identity and heart failure and she is an Editorial Board member of the British Journal of Cardiology and peer reviewer for a number of international scientific journals. She has led and been involved in a number of STEM initiatives aimed at inspiring children and in particular girls, to pursue a career in science.