Prof Peter Hudson
Director | Centre for Palliative Care
Honorary Professor | The University of Melbourne
Honorary Professor | Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium
Peter is the Director of the Centre for Palliative Care which is a state wide academic unit based at St Vincent’s Hospital and a Collaborative Centre of The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is a Professor (Honorary) at The University of Melbourne and Professor (Honorary) at Vrije University Brussels, Belgium. Peter is a registered nurse with more than twenty-five years’ experience in palliative care practice, education and research. He was the Vice President of Palliative Care Australia and a past board director of The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. Peter is the Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care’s International Palliative Care Family Caregiver Research Collaboration and he is an international expert advisor to the All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care. Peter is a past recipient of the Premier's Award for translating evidence into practice and was appointed as a United States Fulbright scholar in 2017.
See Prof. Hudson’s Melbourne University expert profile.
A/Prof Mark Boughey
Deputy Director | Centre for Palliative Care
Director of Palliative Medicine | St Vincent's Hospital
Associate Professor | The University of Melbourne
Mark has oversight of the Centre’s education programs, as well as supervising a broad range of palliative services, research and education in his dual roles at the Centre and at St Vincent’s Hospital. He is also involved in service development on a local, state and national level as Chair and Clinical Lead of the Victorian Palliative Care Network. Mark is involved in the International Collaborative for Best Care of the Dying Person, and Chairs both the Renal Supportive Care Pathway Working Group and the Victorian Aboriginal Palliative Care Collaborative. Nationally, Mark is the immediate past president of the Royal Australian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine, and has mentored emerging palliative medicine leaders in less developed countries through the International Palliative Medicine Leadership Development Initiative.
"As a teacher, one of the most rewarding things is when a health professional suddenly understands what palliative care is truly about."
See A/Prof Boughey’s Melbourne University expert profile.
Operations Manager, Palliative Care Services
Michael Bramwell
e: michael.bramwell@svha.org.au
Manager, Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) - Victoria
Molly Carlile AM
e: molly.carlile@svha.org.au
Victorian Palliative Medicine Training Program Coordinator (VPMTP)
Dr Laura Booth
e: laura.booth@svha.org.au
Manager, Palliative Care Education
Fiona Israel
e: fiona.israel@svha.org.au
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Project officer/Nurse Educator
Kate Holmes
e: katrina.holmes@svha.org.au
Project Officer/Nurse Educator
Kerrie Cunningham
e: kerrie.cunningham@svha.org.au
Research Fellow
David Marco
e: david.marco@svha.org.au
Research Nurse/Project Officer
Di Saward
e: di.saward@svha.org.au
Research Nurse
Indy Khera
e: indy.khera@svha.org.au
Deputy Director Palliative Care Medicine, Palliative Medicine Physician and Palliative Care Clinical Trials Lead, SVHM
Dr Jennifer Weil
e: jennifer.weil@svha.org.au
Senior Research Fellow
Kristina Thomas
e: kristina.thomas@svha.org.au
Windermere Foundation Fellow
Dr Natasha Smallwood
e: Natasha.Smallwood@mh.org.au
Windermere Music Therapist
Stephanie Zappino
e: stefanie.zappino@svha.org.au
Advance Care Planning and Voluntary Assisted Dying
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Caroline Scott
e: caroline.scott@svha.org.au
Emma Ning
e: emma.ning@svha.org.au
PhD Students
Alysia Coventry
e: Alysia.Coventry@acu.edu.au
Lena Ly
e: lyl2@student.unimelb.edu.au
Sophie Hatzipashalis
e: s.hatzipashalis@student.unimelb.edu.au
PA to the Director of Palliative Care Services
Rhonda Mason
e: rhonda.mason@svha.org.au
Administration Officers
Valerie Judge - Senior Administrative Team Leader
e: valerie.judge@svha.org.au
Alfreda Plazzer
e: alfreda.soetopo@svha.org.au
Michelle Foot
e: michelle.foot@svha.org.au
Ramesh Thapa
e: ramesh.thapa@svha.org.au