Professor Patricia Davidson is an internationally renowned leader in nursing, healthcare, and advocacy. She currently serves as a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Prior to this, she held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong from 2021 to 2024, and before that, served as Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, United States. Her global contributions to health have been widely acknowledged, including receiving the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Distinguished Leader Award in 2021 for her leadership in advancing global health equity.

With a distinguished career spanning decades, Professor Davidson brings invaluable expertise in person-centred care and improving cardiovascular health outcomes for women and priority populations, cardiovascular nursing, and addressing the broader social determinants of health – issues that sit at the centre of Her Heart’s mission to improve outcomes for women affected by cardiovascular disease.