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The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre UTS has both an Advisory Board and a Management Committee.

The Management Committee comprised of Faculty of Health members meets regularly to discuss the Centre’s work plan and activities.

The Advisory Board has been formed to advise the Centre, it includes at least 12 members both from within UTS and core regional partners for a four year term. Members include regional senior nursing and midwifery officers, UTS academic staff, and other senior international health service professionals and representatives from donor organisations.

New Board 2024-2028
Professor Debra Anderson, Dean, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Kathleen Baird, Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Michele Rumsey, Director, WHO CC UTS
A Professor Debra Thoms, former CNMO Australia
Dr Jane O’Malley, former CNMO New Zealand
Mr Michael Larui, CNMO Solomon Islands
Sr Colleen Wilson, CNMO Fiji
Adj. Professor James Buchan, UTS
Mr Nick Lord, Director, WHO CC for Health Workforce Regulation, AHPRA
Professor Jill White, former Dean Sydney Nursing School
Ms Stephanie Copus Campbell, Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality (AGE)
 

Core partnerships have also been formed with the South Pacific Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officers Alliance (SPCNMOA) as the secretariat for SPCNMOA. Other strong links exist with Pacific Forum, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), NZAID, Department of Health, Global Network of WHO CCs, International Council of Nurses, International Confederation of Midwives, Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH), Pacific Human Resource for Health Alliance (PHRHA) and other national, international and regional Professional Organisations.

The WHO CC UTS also collaborates with other Centres within both the Faculty of Health and the wider UTS community such as:

Australian Research Consortium in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) 

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Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation (IMPACCT)

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.