Professor Lydia Aziato

Vice-Chancellor, University of Health and Allied Sciences

Professor of Nursing, Nursing Researcher, University Administrator

Professor Lydia Aziato is a Ghanaian nursing scholar, health researcher and university administrator who became the third Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in August 2022. Her reappointment for a second four-year term, effective 1 August 2026 through 31 July 2030, continues her leadership of Ghana's specialist public university for health-professional education. She earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing and Psychology from the University of Ghana in 2001, an MPhil in Nursing in 2005 and a PhD in Nursing in 2013. Before becoming Vice-Chancellor, she progressed through academic appointments at the University of Ghana, serving as Head of the Department of Adult Health, Acting Dean and subsequently Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She also worked as a nurse earlier in her career, giving her experience across clinical practice, teaching, research and university leadership. Her research interests include qualitative health research, pain management, cancer care, surgical nursing, women's health and herbal medicine.