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.

Vicki Jones

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Vicki is a palliative care specialist and professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland. She is passionate about palliative care education and sits on the RACP Palliative Care Chapter committee and the ANZSPM education committee.

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.

Rod MacLeod

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Rod retired from clinical practice in 2019 having been a doctor for 45 years and a palliative care specialist for more than 30 years in England, New Zealand and Australia. He holds an honorary position at the University of Auckland and is chair of the clinical committee of The Violet Initiative in Australia. He is a widely published palliative medicine researcher.

Richard McNeill

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Richard is a palliative care specialist in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. He is dual-trained as a clinical pharmacologist and his research interests include all aspects of pharmacotherapy in palliative care, including interventional trials, adverse drug effects, and polypharmacy. He is a member of PaCCSC collaborative in Australia.

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.