Adj. A/ Prof Angela Ryan

Angela is a registered nurse, with a background in adult and paediatric critical care in Australian and international environments. She has led policy reform and large-scale programs at the state and federal levels in digital health, virtual and clinical care, working across complex environments with diverse stakeholder groups, and has highly developed skills in the governance, design, development and deployment of complex business strategies and technologies.

Angela is a founding Fellow, former Vice Chair and current Board non-executive director of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, non-executive Director of Therapeutic Guidelines, and former Fellow and President of the Australasian College of Health Informatics. Angela is a former Chief Clinical Information Officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency, where she led the development of the National Digital Health Workforce & Education Roadmap, and the National Nursing & Midwifery Digital Health Capabilities Framework – both Australian firsts.

In 2021, Angela was the recipient of the inaugural Brilliant Women in Digital Health award and in 2017 was awarded a Churchill Fellowship through global research into digital health and patient safety governance.