ProfessorLinda Sweet

Professor Linda Sweet is a midwife and nurse with broad experience across clinical environments, management, research, and education. Linda is the inaugural Clinical Chair of Midwifery at Deakin University and the Western Health Partnership. Before this appointment, she was Head of Midwifery and HDR Coordinator at Flinders University. Professor Sweet is the deputy editor of the international journal Women and Birth. She peer-reviews for many international journals covering midwifery, nursing, education, and rural health. Linda is a panel member of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and an assessor for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.

Professor Sweet is a Life Member of the Australian College of Midwives and a former Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Health Professional Educators. In 2024/5, she was a buddy on the Australian College of Midwives and the Papua New Guinea Midwifery Society's buddy leadership program.

Professor Sweet has supervised 15 honours, 21 Master's, and 15 PhD students to completion. She is currently supervising 14 research students. She has examined 30 honours, Master's or PhD theses. Linda has written 15 book chapters, has over 210 peer-reviewed journal articles (including 15 new papers under review), and 122 non-peer-reviewed editorials, commentaries, book reviews, and published abstracts.

In 2024 and 2025, Prof Sweet was recognised in the top 2% of the world’s scientists https://topresearcherslist.com/Home

Based on globally based metrics, ScholarGPS recognised Prof Sweet as the third-most highly ranked midwifery scholar in 2024, the second most highly ranked in 2025, and the most highly ranked midwifery scholar in 2026 globally, based on accomplishments over the prior five-year period https://scholargps.com/scholars/29270217637531/linda-sweet?e_ref=c9599a61deda614e0c3a

Research Groups
The Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research