Founder Stories - Lorna Moxham, Social Entrepreneur

Lorna Moxham is the recipient of international and national awards related to her work. She is currently Professor of Mental Health Nursing and was the Global Challenges Program challenge leader for Living Well, Longer from 2013 - Jan 2021. Lorna has been a nurse for 42 years, 40 of which she specialized in mental health. She has clinical, academic and governance experience and research expertise in nursing education, particularly work integrated learning, mental health and mental illness and qualitative research methodologies. She has published more than 170 papers, chapters and text books and has a strong track record for supervising higher degree students to successful on-time completion. Lorna currently is Non-Executive Director on 2 boards specifically related to mental health.

Lorna is passionate about mental health, and is the co-founder of Recovery Camp, an evidence based award winning psychosocial intervention and educational program. Recovery Camp provides a research based work integrated learning experience for future health professionals and a trauma informed person centred recovery-oriented program for people living with mental illness. The aim of Recovery Camp's research outputs is to enrich student learning experiences, whilst providing meaningful outcomes for people who are living with mental health issues.