Professor Debra Jackson RN PhD is Professor of Nursing and Associate Head of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development, in the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), & Assistant General Secretary WHO CC GLobal Network (http://www.globalnetworkwhocc.com/secretariat.html).
She is a committed and experienced mentor and supervisor of developing researchers, scholars and leaders. She has supervised 30 research students to completion, and in 2007 won the Vice Chancellors Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision (UWS). In addition to being an active supervisor of doctoral students, she teaches into the coursework Masters level programs.

Professor Jackson is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Xi Omicron). She leads research programs in adolescent and family health, with a particular focus on parenting; and workforce development and adversity with a particular focus on leadership and workplace culture.  A key objective of her work is to enhance the well-being of vulnerable and socially marginalised groups and through the development of sustainable and culturally sensitive supportive interventions.

Professor Jackson is an experienced writing mentor and coach and has published widely, with over 350 publications including journal articles, books and book chapters. She has co-edited three widely used text books, two of which are into their 3rd editions. She is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Clinical Nursing and Clinical Case Reports, and sits on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Child Health Care, Nursing Inquiry, and Nursing and Health Sciences.