Professor Laura Stroud

Non-Executive Director

From December 2020 Professor Laura Stroud is Professor of Public Health and Education Innovation, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Leeds. With a wealth of experience in public health and student education, Laura is an invaluable link between the Trust and the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University, helping us to develop the healthcare professionals of the future. As a teaching hospital Board member, Laura is the nominated Non-Executive from the University of Leeds. She is Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee and a member of the Research & Innovation and Workforce Committees. During her role she has held lead Non-Executive roles for Emergency Preparedness, Duty of Candour, Safeguarding, Mortality, and CQC until the amendments from the publication by NHS England in December 2021 on the Non-Executive Champion roles, but retains her role as Maternity Board Safety Champion.