Dr Alisi Talatoka Vudiniabola
Dr Alisi Vudiniabola is a registered nurse, an academic and a consultant. She is currently a consultant at Elim SurgiHealth Consultancy and an Academic Leader/Tutor at the Aniva Nursing Leadership Programme in New Zealand where she continues to teach clinical leadership, Professional Practice and Research Methods at postgraduate levels and also mentors and supervises higher research degree candidates. Dr Vudiniabola was an Associate Professor and Head of School for Nursing at the Fiji National University (FNU) under the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences from 2016 to 2021. A career nurse educator, she has been teaching nurses locally and internationally for over 35 years in the areas of clinical leadership and research. She has been a consultant at various higher education institutions in the Pacific, and an author, designer and presenter at local, regional and international conferences on Pacific and indigenous health and education.
Dr Vudiniabola specialises in the areas of Political Systems and Governance, Clinical Leadership, Educational Research, Designs and Curriculum Development, Analysis and Evaluation. She is a current member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Board of Directors for the Western Pacific and South East Asian region and the current President of the Fiji Nursing Association. Dr Vudiniabola is also a member of the Fiji Nursing Council and was a former Chair of the Nursing Professional Education and Standards Committee (of the Fiji Nursing Council) and a former member of the Fiji Qualifications Council of the Higher Education Commission Fiji. Dr Vudiniabola is a strong advocate for equity in health especially for Women’s Health, and devotes her time to developing strategies for addressing wellness and quality of life for Pacific people living with NCD and chronic diseases.
Qualification:
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Massey University)
MA in Education (University of the South Pacific)
BA(Hons) in Social Science (Massey University)