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Alison Kitson is the inaugural Vice President and Executive Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University South Australia. Prior to this appointment she was Dean and Head of School at Adelaide Nursing School at the University of Adelaide.
Before moving to Australia in 2009, Alison worked at the Royal College of Nursing in executive leadership, education and research roles. She has published over 300 peer reviewed articles and in 2014 was acknowledged in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Thomas Reuters) list of high cite world researchers for her work on knowledge translation.
Her contribution to nursing and health service research continue to be recognised internationally. Honours include, Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2015); Honorary Doctorate from Malmo University (2013); Fellowship of the American Nurses Association (2011). Earlier awards include the Florence Nightingale Leadership Award in 2004; Distinguished Graduate of the Year from the University of Ulster in 2002, a Florence Nightingale Travel Award in 1999 (The Edith Cavell Travel Fellowship) and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in 1991.
She is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University and QUT. She is also an Associate Research Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. In 2017 she was appointed to the Board of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Research Interests
Fundamentals of Care, Knowledge Translation & Implementation Science, Evidence Based Clinical Practice in Health Care.
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Creating ‘partnership in iSupport program’ to optimise carers’ impact on dementia care
Xiao, L., Ratcliffe, J., Meyer, C., Chapman, M., Chen, L., Ullah, S., Kitson, A., De Andrade, A. Q., Brodaty, H., Beattie, E., Low, L., Nguyen, T. A., Brijnath, B., Sinclair, R., Voss, D., McKechnie, S., Whitehead, C. & Yu, Y.
1/06/21 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Adaptación al español del Marco de los Fundamentos del Cuidado: Reporte en español e inglés
Pinero de Plaza, M. A. & Kitson, A., 2 Jun 2023, South Australia: Flinders University, p. 1-21, 21 p. (The first research symposium on care and humanisation).Translated title of the contribution :Adaptation of The Fundamentals of Care Framework to Spanish: : White paper in Spanish and English Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper
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Care Depersonalized: The Risk of Infocratic “Personalised” Care and a Posthuman Dystopia
Tieu, M. & Kitson, A., 2023, In: American Journal of Bioethics. 23, 9, p. 89-91 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Co-designing, measuring, and optimizing innovations and solutions within complex adaptive health systems
Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Yadav, L. & Kitson, A., 31 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Health Services. 3, 18 p., 1154614.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the role of a facilitator in supporting family carers when embedding the iSupport for Dementia programme in care services: A qualitative study
Yu, Y., Hunter, S. C., Xiao, L., Meyer, C., Chapman, M., Tan, K. P., Chen, L., Mckechnie, S., Ratcliffe, J., Ullah, S., Kitson, A., Andrade, A. Q. & Whitehead, C., 21 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Evidence-Based Practice to Knowledge Translation: What Is the Difference? What Are the Roles of Nurse Leaders?
Chan, R. J., Knowles, R., Hunter, S., Conroy, T., Tieu, M. & Kitson, A., Feb 2023, In: Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 39, 1, 6 p., 151363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research Program: Visibility and Technological Solutions for Frail, Homebound and Bedridden People - FHBP
Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza (Participant), Penelope McMillan (Participant), Alline Beleigoli (Participant), Michael Lawless (Participant), Alexandra Mudd (Participant), Mandy Archibald (Participant), Matthew Tieu (Participant), Rebecca Feo (Participant), Erin Morton (Participant), Belinda Lange (Participant), Mark Thompson (Participant), Danielle Taylor (Participant), Sue Gordon (Participant), Agustina Gancia (Participant), Sarah Hunter (Participant), Kathy Phelan (Participant), Robyn Clark (Participant), Ricky Buchanan (Participant), Renuka Visvanathan (Participant) & Alison Kitson (Participant)
Jun 2022 → Jun 2026Activity: Other activity types › Other
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February KT Conversations
Alejandra Pinero de Plaza (Speaker), Michael Lawless (Speaker), Sarah Hunter (Speaker), Constance Kourbelis (Speaker) & Alison Kitson (Speaker)
22 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk