Expert Collaborators

Building International Collaboration

The Institute has secured the support of a panel of leading national and international collaborators, all of whom add value to the work of the Institute. The Expert Collaborators have a wide range of experience and expertise in the area of palliative care and offer guidance and advice to the Institute.

Dr Anthony Byrne

Director & Thematic Lead: Rehabilitation & Cachexia, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre Cardiff

Ms Avril Jackson

News Editor, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

Prof Eduardo Bruera

Department Chair, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX

Prof John Ellershaw

Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Liverpool, Director, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, Medical Director, Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Clinical Director, Directorate of Palliative Care, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals

Prof Irene Higginson

Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, King’s College London / King’s Health Partners Director, Cicely Saunders Institute, Scientific Director, Cicely Saunders International, Director of Research & Innovation, (and Assistant Medical Director), King’s College Hospital

Dr Jose Pereira

Director, Research, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Clinical Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Scientific Officer, Pallium Canada

Prof Keri Thomas

National Clinical Lead of The National Gold Standards Framework Centre in End of life Care, Honorary Professor End of Life Care, University of Birmingham

Prof Lukas Radbruch

Chair of Palliative Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhem University Bonn, Director of the Department of Palliative Care at the University Hospital Bonn and Director of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein-Sieg

Prof Mari Lloyd-Williams

Professor and Director of Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Research Studies Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool. Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Prof Michael King

Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London

Prof Peter Lawlor

Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Clinical Investigator, Bruyère and Ottawa Hospital Research Institutes, Medical Director, Palliative Care Unit, Bruyère Continuing Care

Dr Robin Fainsinger

Professor and Division Director Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta

Prof Rose Anne Kenny

Professor of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Prof Sheila Payne

Professor, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University

Dr Suresh Kumar

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, India.

Prof Stein Kaasa

Head of Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital & University of Oslo, Director of European Palliative Care Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU).

Dr Susie Wilkinson

Advisory Board member for Dimbleby Cancer Care, consultant to Northern Ireland Cancer Network, Milford Cancer Care Centre, LOROS Hospice in communication skills training and International liaison lead for the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool.

Dr William Brietbart

Chief of the Psychiatry Service, Chair of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York