Our Team
Dedication. Expertise. Commitment.

Prof Jennifer Philip, is Chair of Palliative Medicine at University of Melbourne, a palliative care clinician, researcher and teacher whose work aims to improve equity of access to high quality care underpinned by high quality evidence is available to all with needs. She leads the Palliative Nexus Group.
Prof Jennifer Philip

Dr Anna Collins is a post-doctoral research fellow at Palliative Nexus, leading the Service Models for Serious Illness and Evolving Communities programs of research. Her research aims to improve timely engagement with quality end of life care.
Dr Anna Collins

Kylee Bellingham is a Research Fellow as part of our project team working on Care Plus implementation and better care for those suffering from Pancreatic cancer
Kylee Bellingham

Dr Farwa Rizvi is a Research Fellow working on the Care Plus study and better care for those suffering from Pancreatic cancer
Dr Farwa Rizvi

The First Nations Cancer Coordinator
Marissa Mulcahy

​Project Office and Research Administrator
Tanya Fraser

Clinical Trials Coordinator
Lucy Demediuk

Joyce is a trained palliative care nurse and co-ordinates multiple projects supporting clinical trials.
Joyce Chua

Clinical Trials Coordinator
Angela Chia

Research Officer
Mollie Wilson

Research Assistant, Palliative Medicine
working on better care for those suffering from Pancreatic cancer
Georgia Christopoulos
OUR AFFILIATES
Our Team

Brian is the Director of Parkville Integrated Palliative Care Service, and a key collaborator of Palliative Nexus on many studies across our research programs
Prof Brian Le

Aaron is a Medical Oncologist, Palliative Care Physician and Clinical Trial Fellow, and a collaborating researcher with Palliative Nexus on opioid pharmogenomics
Dr Aaron Wong

Vijaya is an Associate Professor at University of Melbourne, and a longstanding collaborator of Palliative Nexus bringing her health services research and analytic skills to our research programs
AProf Vijaya Sundararajan

David is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Palliative Care with a keen interest in bringing quantitative data to the clinical interface, and collaborating with Palliative Nexus on our Service Models for Serious Illness Program
Dr David Marco