Dr Mary Cruickshank has held academic teaching and research positions in Australia and has served as Professor and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery at Federation University, the University of Canberra, and Charles Darwin University. Mary is currently a board member of a higher education School of Commerce in Victoria, and also served as a director on a rural health service board in Victoria. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the ASEAN Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand.