Lia is a nurse practitioner with significant experience in primary, hospital and palliative care.
She currently practises in the cardiology service at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora – Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua | MidCentral, where she is responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of care for people with cardiac disorders.
Her role includes facilitating care for patients and their whānau across the care continuum, including improving access to primary, secondary and palliative services. She also supports those providing health services by mentoring registered nurses who are on a pathway to undertake or complete postgraduate study.
Lia, who has a Master of Nursing from Massey University, is passionate about improving health outcomes for people and has a particular interest in supporting equity and access to health services for Māori.
Lia’s approach to nursing is influenced by both her worked and lived experience as a Māori accessing health services.
She has a strong commitment to quality and service improvement. She completed a term as co-chair of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Heart Failure Working Group.
She is the current palliative care interface cardiology representative and is involved with the integration of cardiology specialist services within primary care.
Patricia M. Davidson Lecture (ex Cardiovascular Nursing Lecture ~ 2024)
The first Cardiovascular Nursing lecture was presented at the 2006 CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting in Canberra. In 2023, the Cardiovascular Nursing Council submitted a proposal to the CSANZ Board to re-name the Cardiovascular Nursing Lecture in honour of Professor Patricia Davidson and it was unanimously approved at the Board meeting in November 2023.
Prof Davidson has been instrumental in developing the leading cardiovascular nurse researchers in Australia to improve the cardiovascular health of their communities. She is committed to mentoring the next generation of research leaders across many disciplines. Her career has focussed on improving the outcomes of individuals with chronic illness and developing policy-relevant health interventions. As a global leader in nursing, health care, and advocacy, Prof Davidson’s work focuses on person-centred care delivery and the improvement of cardiovascular health outcomes for women and at-risk populations.
Throughout her research career, she has supervised more than 56 doctoral students. She has over 700 publications, a large number are published with students, mentees, clinical collaborators and fellow nurse scientists, many of whom are former students or mentees.
After beginning her tertiary education at the University of Wollongong in 1995, Prof Davidson returned as Vice-Chancellor and President in May 2021. Prior to her return to Australia, she spent 8 years in the United States as Dean and Professor of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Her previous appointments were at the University of Technology, Sydney, firstly as Professor and Director for the Centre for Cardiovascular & Chronic Care then appointed as the Professor, IMPACCT Research Centre Sydney.
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