Rhonda Smith
Division Committee Member
A senior lecturer in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Western Sydney University. Jed has a strong clinical background in gerontology and medical-surgical nursing. He is an experienced nurse academic, who have worked in the Philippines and New Zealand. Jed’s teaching areas include biosciences for nurses, gerontology and aged care nursing. Jed’s research focuses on population ageing, cardiovascular health of migrant populations, nursing policy and workforce issues.

Jed has written and published several research papers on influence of culture to health, transitions, adjustments and acculturation experience of older immigrants into the mainstream societies. Jed is an associate editor of Australasian Journal on Ageing.