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Dr Aletha Ward

Dr Aletha Ward
Name Aletha Ward
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Lecturer (Nursing)
Section School of Nursing and Midwifery
Office I227
Location Ipswich Campus
Phone +61 7 3812 6330
Extension 6330
Email
Qualifications BNurs USQ , PGCertMgt USQ , MBA USQ , PhD USQ

Biography

Dr Aletha Ward is an experienced academic within public health and nursing. Teaching experience includes areas of social and cultural determinants of health, nursing and public health, with a strong mixed methods research background in food insecurity, emissions reduction, climate change and health and plant-based diets within a social health policy framework. Aletha is an experienced Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in multi-disciplinary teams.

Research Career


  • Epidemiology ( 111706 )
  • Public Health and Health Services ( 111700 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 420599 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  • Nursing ( 420500 )

Public health, emissions reduction, plant-based diets, food security, climate change, obesity, socio-cultural determinants of health.


Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Australian College of Nursing


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

Teaching


NUR1120
HEA8001
NUR1204


7 Years


Co-ordinator Geraldton Campus.

Supervision


  • Epidemiology ( 111706 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 420599 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  • Nursing ( 420500 )