Louise Dubras | Academic Aventurer

Louise Dubras, Professor Emeritus, led the creation of a new GP focused Graduate Entry Medical School, at Ulster University. She joined Ulster University as Foundation Dean of the new medical school in 2018, developed the curriculum, put together the educational team, and the first cohort of medical students graduated in 2025. During this time she continued to work as a general practitioner one day each week, and immersed herself in the local community. She was born and grew up in Jersey in the Channel Islands. She was lead GP for a homeless service. addiction and mental illness in Southampton where her increasing involvement with the University of Southampton led to her running the medical degree programme. She became Deputy Dean of Medical Education King’s College GKT homas’s medical school in London at a time of huge curriculum change and later became Interim Dean of Medical Education. She was recognised by the award of MBE in the King's Birthday Honours in 2025.