ProfessorLinda Sweet

Chair in Midwifery, Western Health

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Chair in Midwifery, Western Health
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation
  • 0404837665 (Mobile)
  • +61 3 924 45836 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AFFILIATION
    Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
  • AFFILIATION
    Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2017 Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2016 Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2015 Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education SAME (Scheme for Academic Mobility and Exchange) recipient
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2013 Nominee South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards, Research Category
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2011 Faculty of Health Science Teaching Excellence award, Flinders University.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2010 Winner: ANZAME National research award with A/Prof P Glover
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2006 National Ahmeda competitive scholarship for the International Board of Lactation Consultants examination.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2006 Winner: prestigious Mary Paton biannual national Australian Breastfeeding Association award, for the best original breastfeeding research paper.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    1990 Recipient of performance award as a Student Nurse.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Deputy editor of the international journal Women and Birth
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Peer rviewer for over 12 international journals covering midiwfery, nursing, education, and rural health.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Panel member for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Member of the Midwifery Accreditation Committee for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.