2002 – Doctor of Philosophy (Victoria University, Australia)

1983 – Master of Science Nursing (Boston University, Massachusetts, USA)

1977 – Bachelor of Science Nursing (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Director of Studies Institute of Health & Management / Health Careers International May 2018 – Present

Regional Director – Middle East Health Careers International Jan 2017 – April 2018

Associate Professor Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University 1991-2015

Principal Lecturer Phillip Institute of Technology 1989-1991

Senior lecturer Phillip Institute of Technology 1987-1989

Assistant Professor American University of Beirut July1983- December 1987

Instructor/Lecturer American University of Beirut February 1979- December 1981

Staff nurse/Charge nurse American University of Beirut Medical Centre November 1977- January 1979

Albakawi, H., Maude, P., & Shahwan-Akl, L. (2016). Saudi Arabian Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Management: Survey Results Using the KASRP. (IJHSR), 6 (12), 150 – 164.

Alrashidi, M., Shahwan-Akl, L., James, J., Jones, LK. (2015). Contributing Factors to Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Kuwait. International Journal of Health Sciences.3(1), pp. 133-155.

Alshmemri, M, Shawhan-Akl, L., & Maude, P.( 2017). Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory. Life Science Journal 14(5).

Alshmemri, M. Shahwan-Akl, L. and Maude, P. (2016).Job satisfaction among Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Review of Literature. Life Science Journal. 13 (9).

Alshmemri, M. Shahwan-Akl, L. and Maude, P. (2016). Job satisfaction of Saudi nurses working in Makkah region public hospitals, Saudi Arabia. Life Science Journal. 13 (12).

Alshmemri, M. Shahwan-Akl, L. and Maude, P. (2013). Job satisfaction of Saudi nurses working in Saudi Arabian public hospitals. In Dr, Stephen Martin (ed.).Proceedings of the 1st Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference Singapore. pp197-199.

Barnett, T., Walker, L., Jacob, E., Missen, K., Cross, M., Shahwan-Akl, L. ( 2011). Expanding the clinical placement capacity of rural hospitals in Australia: Displacing Peta to place Paul? Nurse Education Today. DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.013

Barnett, T., Cross, M., Jacob, E., Walker, L., Missen, K. & Shahwan-Akl, L. (2010). Building Capacity for Clinical Placements and Interprofessional Learning (IPL): Final Report. OCLC, Monash University. Churchill, Victoria.

Barnett, T., Cross, M., Shahwan-Akl, L., Jacob, B., (2010) The evaluation of a successful collaborative education model to expand student clinical placements. Nurse Education in Practice. 10 (1), pp. 17-21.

Barnett, T., Cross, M., Jacob, E., Shahwan-Akl, L., Welch, A., Caldwell, A. & Berry, R. (2008). Building capacity for the clinical placement of nursing students. Collegian. 15 (2), pp. 55-61.

Barnett, T., Cross, M. & Shahwan-Akl, L. (2007). Building Capacity for Clinical Placements in East Gippsland /Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria. http://www.health.vic.gov.au/workforce/downloads/innovation/monash.pdf

Bush, T., Shahwan-Akl, L. ( 2013). Palliative care education-does it influence future practice? Contemporary Nurse. 43(2):172-177. DOI:10.5172/conu 2013.43.2.172.

Chee, B., Baldwin, I., Shawan-Akl, L., Fealy, N., Heland, M., & Rogan, J. (2011). Evaluation of a Radial Artery Cannulation training Program for Intensive Care Nurses: A Descriptive Explorative Study. Australian Critical Care. 24 ( 2), pp. 117-125.

Chester, A., Kienhuis, M., Pisani, H., Shawhan-Akl, L., Whire,K. ( 2013.) Professionalism in Student Online Social Networking: The Role of Educators . E-Learning and Digital Media. 10 (1):30-39. DOI: 10.2304/elea.2013.10.1.30

Katooa, N., Shahwan-Akl, L., Reece, J. & Jones, LK . (2015.) Characteristics of Mothers with Chronically Ill Children in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Nursing. Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 59-73.ISSN 2373-7662 (Print) 2373-7670 (Online).

Shahwan-Akl, L. (2010). Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Adult Australian- Lebanese in Melbourne. International Journal of Research in Nursing. 6(1), pp. 1-7.

Welch A., Shahwan-Akl, L., Intherarasa, K. (2007). Establishing Guidelines for the Development of Quality Clinical Experience in Mental Health within the Bachelor of Nursing Programs offered in Victoria. Department of Human Services. Melbourne, Victoria.

Supervised 11 PhD students to completion, 8 Master of Nursing by Research Students, 22 Master of Nursing by coursework Projects and 7 Honours students’ thesis, and 40 Bachelor of Nursing research projects. RMIT University, Melbourne Australia.

Cardiovascular Health, Public Health, Ethnic, Cross-Cultural and Immigrant Health, Public Health, Clinical Nursing, Nursing Education, Palliative Care,

2010 “Social Media in Professional Practice: Development of a Professional Digital Identities (PDI) Resource for Health Science Students.” Funded by RMIT, ($15,000).

2009 “Palliative Care Education in Australia.” Funded by QUT, ($5000).

2008 “Building clinical placement capacity and inter-professional learning”, Funded by Departmentof Health Services, Victoria Australia. ($80,000).

2008 “Prevalence of Depression among Australian-Lebanese Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Disease in Melbourne and Sydney.” Funded by Mental Health Services, New South Wales, ($ 30,000).

2007 “Assessment of Australian-Lebanese Women’s Knowledge Attitudes and Beliefs about Type 2 Diabetes Prevention. “Funded by RMIT School of Health Sciences ($7,500)

2007 “Building capacity for clinical placements in East Gippsland.” Funded by Department of Health Services, Melbourne, Victoria, under the undergraduate clinical placement funding scheme ($184,580).

2006 “Assessing Mental Health Clinical Placements and Requirements.” Funded by Department of Health Services, Melbourne, Victoria ($48,000).

2006 “Alignment of RMIT Bachelor of Nursing delivered offshore with the requirements of the Nurses Board Victoria and offshore Nursing Registration Boards.” Funded by Department of Health Services, Melbourne, Victoria ($50,000).

2005 “Evaluation of Victoria’s Maternal and Child Health Service.” Funded by Department of Health Services, Melbourne, Victoria, ($200,000).

2004 “Assessing the Needs of Primary School Teachers”, Strengthening Program Partnerships with External Organizations in the implementation of health-related initiatives in the city of Whittlesea, Funded by Faculty of Life Sciences, RMIT, ($6020).

2004 “Health Promotion needs of Primary School Children: Students and Parents Perceptions.” Funded by the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, RMIT, ($ 4190).

2002 “Evaluation of Effective Use of e-Communication in a Post Graduate Nursing Programs.” Funded by Faculty of Life Sciences, RMIT, ($ 4995).

In recognition of her outstanding work, Dr Lina has been granted a number of awards.

2009 B-HERT Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Research & Development, Higher Education & Training, Vocational Education and Training & Community Engagement. Melbourne, Australia.

2002 Inaugural Research Award by the Faculty of Human Movement, Victoria University of Technology. Melbourne, Australia.

1994 Australian Post Graduate Research Award, Commonwealth Government.

1982 International Council of Nurses, Nurse of the Year Award, ICN-3M, NY, USA.