We are pleased to announce the appointment of David Currow as Professor of Palliative Medicine in the Faculty of Health.
Professor Currow has been an honorary Professor of the Faculty of Health at UTS for some time and recently accepted this new appointment. He will join fellow palliative, aged and chronic disease colleagues in the Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease, including Professors Jane Phillips, Meera Agar and Deborah Parker.
Professor Currow holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Master of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy among a string of other qualifications and accolades. He has published more than 350 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and books and is an internationally recognised expert in palliative care research and in improving its delivery. In this new role, he will continue to lead a busy research program which includes phase III and IV clinical trials, population-based studies using existing databases, population-based surveys and codifying the evidence base underpinning palliative care.
He is senior Associate Editor of Journal of Palliative Medicine and on the Editorial Boards of BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and the Journal of Oncology Practice. David is a former president of Palliative Care Australia and the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Australia.
Professor Currow is also the Chief Cancer Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Institute NSW and will continue in this role.
Welcome Professor Currow!