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Dr Aletha Ward

Dr Aletha Ward
Name Aletha Ward
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Associate Director (First Nations Research Alliance)
Section First Nations Research Alliance
Office Q204
Location Ipswich Campus
Phone +61 7 3812 6076
Extension 6076
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, First Nations health, and public health. Aletha has a strong mixed methods research background in food insecurity, emissions reduction, climate change, planetary 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. Aletha is a fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and is a national leader in climate health policy.


  • 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 not elsewhere classified ( 420699 )
  • Health Equity ( 420602 )
  • Social Determinants Of Health ( 420606 )
  • Primary Health Care ( 420319 )
  • Health Promotion ( 420603 )

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


Fellow of Australian College of Nursing
Member of Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

NUR1120 Burden of Disease and Health Equity
HEA8001 Context of Practice
NUR1204 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health


7 Years


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