Alison Kitson FRCN is inaugural Vice President and Executive Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University South Australia.

The conceptual framework, ‘Promoting Action on Research implementation in Health Systems’ (PARIHS) has shaped the way the scientific community has operationalised and studied knowledge translation.

Before coming to Australia in 2007, Kitson had a long and successful career in executive leadership, education and research in the United Kingdom.

As Director she was responsible for leading the professional nursing agenda and supporting the development of a number of innovative projects including the Clinical Leadership Programme.

[5] As of October 2021[update], Kitson has over 350 academic and professional articles listed on Google Scholar which have been cited over 18,000 times giving her an h-index of 55.