Meet the Team
Back Row: Anthony Herbert, Stuart Ekberg, Sid Vermuri, Simon Waring
Front Row: Myra Bluebond-Langner, Melanie Rolfe, Natalie Bradford, Ross Drake, Ursula Sansom-Daly
Our team spans universities and hospitals around Australia and internationally. If you'd like to collaborate on a project, please reach out!
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Centre Director
Natalie Bradford is the Centre Director and a Professor in Childhood Cancer and Palliative Care outcomes in a conjoint position with Queensland University of Technology and Cancer Council Queensland. Natalie holds a PhD and Masters in Public Health and has decades of clinical and research experience in cancer control and palliative care nursing in children. Her research program explores outcomes at the individual, service and systems level of health, across the continuum of care in hospitals, homes and communities.
Clinical Director
A/Prof Anthony Herbert is the Clinical Director for the PPC CRE, Director of the Paediatric Palliative Care Service at Queensland Children’s Hospital, and lead of the national paediatric palliative care education program ‘QuoCCA’ (Quality of Care Collaborative Australia).
Research Director
A/Prof Stuart Ekberg is the Research Director for the PPC CRE. He works within the Research Centre on Palliative Care Death and Dying (RePaDD) at Flinders University. His CRE research focuses on communication and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families, and their communities.
Centre Manager Research Fellow
Melanie Rolfe is a psychosocial researcher with experience in national paediatric palliative care policy and research. Her research passions include parental and sibling wellbeing, community development, trauma-informed care and creative expression and research methods. Her CRE research focuses on identifying national priorities for research in paediatric palliative care.
Rebecca May
Knowledge Translation Coordinator
Bec brings nearly 20 years of clinical, leadership and education nursing experience in Paediatric Palliative Care and Neonatal Intensive Care. Bec's role focuses on bridging the gap between research and clinical practice, supporting the translation and implementation of evidence to improve the care of children living with life limiting illness and their families.
Madonna Dunn
Lived Experience Consultant
Having cared for her daughter Lara, who had a life-limiting condition, Madonna understands the importance of listening to and learning from families. She is passionate about ensuring lived experience voices are welcomed, respected and meaningfully included in paediatric palliative care research.
Our Investigators
Our investigators include parents with lived experience, researchers, and clinicians from around Australia and the world.
Meet some of the team here.
