Professor
Alison Kitson
Professor Alison Kitson RN, BSc(Hons), PhD, FRCN is
a UK nurse and is currently Professor of Nursing and Head of the Discipline
of Nursing at The University of Adelaide, Australia. She has previously
been responsible for leading on the Royal College of Nursing professional
nursing agenda.
She was previously Director of the RCN Institute. As Director she supported
the development of a number of innovative projects including the Clinical
Leadership Programme, the RCN Learning Zone, an e-learning venture with
three higher education establishments and an extensive set of practice-based
research programmes.
She has had a distinguished academic and professional career. In 1991 she
was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing for her work on
Standards of Care. She is a supernumerary Fellow of Green College, Oxford,
holds a number of Visiting and Honorary Chairs and in 2001 was awarded Distinguished
Graduate of the Year from her old university, the University of Ulster.
Alison has published over 100 academic and professional articles and has
appeared on numerous local, national and international platforms. She has
also worked with the World Health Organisation and as a consultant on international
projects for the World Bank. She is a Trustee of the Brendoncare Foundation
and former member of the Health Advisory Service 2000 Board and the Policy
Advisory Board of the Nuffield Trust.