[1][2] Ross earned a master's degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 2001.
[6][7] The theme of her inaugural professorial lecture was communities of place and of interest, and how she had contributed to them, and their impact on her work.
[6] Ross is the editor-in-chief of Te Pukenga School of Nursing Online Journal.
[5] Stories of Nursing in Rural Aotearoa – A Landscape of Care with Josie Crawley was published in 2019, and Rural Landscapes of Community Health: The Community Health Assessment Sustainable Education (CHASE) Model in Action in 2023.
[2] In 2008 the Rural General Practice Network awarded Ross the Peter Snow Memorial Award, "in recognition of her national contribution to rural health care".