ProfDavid Currow

David Currow is an adjunct Professor of Palliative Medicine at ImPACCT (Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation), Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney. He is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President at the University of Wollongong.

He was Associate Director (Research) for the Wolfson Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull. Research track record includes: better understanding and treating chronic breathlessness; phase II, III and IV clinical trials; population-based planning for palliative care; and codifying the evidence base underpinning palliative care.

He is the principal investigator for the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) which has randomised more than 1800 palliative care patients across 23 sites to adequately powered and rigorously designed phase III symptom control studies. He is a foundation partner in the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative (PCOC), an initiative to improve systematically clinical outcomes in palliative care. Competitive funding has included the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

David has published more than 600 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and books. He is an editor on the 5th edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. He is senior associate editor of Journal of Palliative Medicine and on the editorial boards of Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care and the Journal of Oncology Practice. David is a former president of Palliative Care Australia and the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia.