Amanda Landers, co-chair

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Amanda leads the ASPERT research group which investigates the use of pancreatic enzyme replacement in pancreatic cancer across Aotearoa and Australia. She is completing a PhD which explored end-stage COPD, and models of care. Amanda is a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Otago and works clinically for Hospice Southland

Cheryl Davies, co-chair

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Cheryl has managed the Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust for more than 30 years. She is a senior Māori researcher at the University of Otago and has worked on a number of key research studies involving Māori communities over the past 23 years. She has an interest in research projects involving Māori health, housing, and renewable energy options.

Kaye Basire

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Kaye is a palliative medicine specialist working at Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt and has chaired the Te Omanga Research Champions group for the past five years. She is collaborating on a Māori-centred research project exploring delirium prevention measures.

Richard Egan

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Richard is an associate professor in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, and co-director of the Social and Behavioural Research Unit at the University of Otago. He is a past president of the New Zealand Public Health Association and past vice-chair of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand. He is a Meaningful Ageing Australia honorary research consultant.

Lucy Elkin

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Lucy is a palliative medicine advanced trainee in the Wellington region. She was previously a GP. She has submitted a PhD looking at online vaccine information and focusing on the importance of language. She has a particular interest in patients with mental health challenges, addictions, dementia and communication difficulties.

Lis Heath

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Lis is a lecturer and module convener at the University of Otago medical school in Dunedin. She is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand undergraduate medicine palliative and end of life care curriculum working group. Lis is a registered nurse with 25 years experience in palliative care and she is currently working towards a PhD.

Salina Iupati

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Salina is a palliative care specialist at Te Omanga Hospice, Lower Hutt. Before that, she was a GP for 10 years. Salina is a PhD candidate at the University of Otago researching a future model of community specialist palliative care in Aotearoa.

Jacqui Swain

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Jacqui is education programmes facilitator for Hospice New Zealand. She has a background in nursing and teaching and has held various roles in nurse leadership and education, with palliative care as a speciality.

Julia Wilson-Orr

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Ko Tutoko te maunga, Ko uruoa te waka, Ko Ngāi Tahu tōku iwi. Julia is a mātanga tapuhu (nurse practitioner) and research coordinator at Arohanui Hospice. She is a member of the International Collaborative for the Best Care of the Dying and other national and international research groups.

Ruth Choi Lee

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Ruth Choi is a Programme Director for postgraduate palliative care at the University of Auckland. She directs courses on psychosocial, cultural, ethical, and communication aspects. She has over a decade of clinical experience as a palliative care social worker. Her current doctoral research focuses on the psychosocial dimensions of palliative care in primary health care.