Ann Gallagher has extensive experience as a healthcare ethicist, nurse, educator, researcher & editor of the international journal Nursing Ethics.

She is Chair of the University of Surrey Ethics Committee, a member of the RCN Ethics Committee, the SE NHS Research Ethics Committee and of clinical ethics committees working with practitioners to resolve ethical challenges in everyday practice. She is also a Stakeholder Governor of a NHS Trust

The current focus of her research relates to understanding and responding to deficits in care, dignity in care, end of life ethics and research ethics. Ann has published on a wide range of topics in healthcare ethics, for example, on restraint, whistleblowing and conflicts of interest. She is co-author of Nursing and Human Rights (with Jean McHale) and Ethics in Professional Life: Virtues for Health and Social Care (with Sarah Banks). She is co-editor of Ethical, Legal and Professional Aspects of Healthcare: A practice-based approach (with Sue Hodge 2012).