Advance Care Planning Community

Professor Brazil holds the appointment of Professor of Palliative Care in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast. His research focuses on the structure, process, and outcomes in service and system delivery of quality care for family carers and patients as they near the end-of-life. This work is designed to assist in the development, evaluation and translation of new and innovative interventions to improve access, quality and outcomes in this population. These activities have spanned the United Kingdom, European Union, North America and Southeast Asia. He has over 200 peer review journal publications related to these interests. He has been active on numerous advisory groups at the international and national levels and has served on several grant review boards in North America, United Kingdom and the European Union.

Julie is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University, Belfast. Julie has a particular interest in advance care planning and has previously developed and evaluated educational resources to support communication and shared decision-making.

Gary is a lecturer (education) at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a registered nurse with significant clinical and academic experience in care home nursing, frailty, dementia, delirium & palliative care. Gary holds the title of Queen’s Nurse (QN) and was named as Nurse of the Year by the British Journal of Nursing in 2016 for his work in dementia palliative care within care homes. More >>>

Nancy is a Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care and Co-Director of the International Observatory on End-of-Life Care at Lancaster University. Her research focuses on how we improve care for people at the end of life in any setting. She has a particular interest in advance care planning and conducted a large European study about it in 6 countries.

Anne is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. She was Research Lead at Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh for 10 years and has a strong track record in the design, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions for palliative care. Anne has PhD in Psychology and has a particular interest in psychological interventions that support people to live well with advanced illness.

Karen has over 40 years’ experience in nursing, most of those being in dementia care in a variety of settings and contexts. For the past 14 years she has worked with Dementia UK and is now the Head of Research and Publications.

A successful clinical career as a District Nurse culminated in a move to Keele University in 2003. Over the ensuing 19 years, Julie has incrementally achieved excellence in learning and teaching and the leadership of students and colleagues within the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the wider University. Julie’s journey started as a Clinical Skills Lecturer, instrumental in developing a comprehensive programme of skills teaching, to a respected Adult Field Lecturer, leading popular, positively evaluated modules and more recently to an innovative lead of the specialist practice post-registration programme for District Nurse education, recognised regionally and nationally as both innovative and inspirational.
Throughout her time at Keele, and more specifically over the last 8 years, Julie’s role has developed to include a range of key programme and school senior roles. Through undertaking these roles, Julie has developed, both personally and professionally, effectively preparing her from more senior roles. Julie was appointed Dean for Education for the faculty, alongside a leadership role within the School of Nursing in 2018.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), the largest of three within Keele, houses students studying across four schools. Julie’s role as Dean was to develop, support and lead pedagogical innovation and programme development across the full provision of the faculty, ensuring the best student experience and the provision of innovative academic programmes.
Following a rigorous process, Julie was promoted to Professor of District Nursing in January 2020; a promotion was awarded in recognition of Julie’s academic and professional achievements in the discipline of nursing and’ specifically’ District Nursing. In April 2021, following a scrupulous selection process, Julie was appointed to the role of Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University. Julie is proud to lead this innovative, high performing School and is working closely with her Executive Team and colleagues across the school to optimise curriculum delivery, to develop and embed authentic simulation and to develop pioneering scholarship and research opportunities.

Alice is Professor and Chair in Nursing and Midwifery research, Director of the Health Implementation Science Research Cluster, and Programme Lead for the Professional Doctorate in Healthcare Practice at University of Limerick (UL). Her research focuses on Implementation science, Evaluation, Transitional care, Gerontology, Dementia, and Palliative Care. Alice is a member of the editorial boards of Implementation Science- Frontiers in Health Services Journal and International Journal of Older People Nursing. She is the recipient of competitive funding awards as Principal Investigator from the HEA North South Research awards, Health Research Board, Irish Research Council, European Commission and Health Service Executive. Her publications include commissioned reports and publications in high impact international journals. Professor Coffey is active on several regional and national and international organisations vice president representing UL on Omega Epsilon Chapter (at large) of Sigma Theta Tau International and the All-Ireland Gerontological Nurses Organisation (AIGNA).