Prof. Dr. Sue Jordan

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Swansea University, Wales, UK

Professor Sue Jordan, MB.BCh, PhD, PGCE, FHEA, is an emeritus professor of medicines’ management and health services’ research at Swansea University. She is also a community councillor for Gwaun Cae Gurwen.

Professor Jordan holds medical qualifications from the Welsh National School of Medicine, qualified teacher status from Cardiff University, and a PhD. in nurse education from the University of the West of England. She has served as a governor and union president at Swansea University, on EMA groups, and on UK and Wales grant awarding panels.

Professor Jordan’s group works on medicines optimisation and patient safety throughout the life cycle, developing patient-centred multidisciplinary adverse drug reaction profiles to identify, communicate and minimize any adverse effects of prescription medicines and optimize doses.

All Professor Jordan’s projects, including clinical trials, qualitative evaluations, and analyses of large, linked databases demonstrate the importance of balancing the benefits and harms of medicines and ensuring that monitoring is in place to ensure patient safety. Previous findings influenced recommendations for lower doses of medicines in labour, which was followed by improvement in UK breastfeeding rates.

Professor Jordan serves as an associate editor for the International Breastfeeding Journal. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in academic and professional journals on the links between theory and practice in medicines management, adverse drug reactions, adverse events and nurse education.

Updated 5 August 2025