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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

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.


  • 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)

NUR1120
HEA8001
NUR1204


7 Years


Co-ordinator Geraldton Campus.


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