THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The Scientific Committee oversees the call for abstracts and subsequent review and selection of abstracts for inclusion in the Conference programme in order to ensure that the process is independent and equitable, and based on clear pre-defined scientific objectives.

MR Christopher Hall MA, GradDipAdol&ChPsych, BEd, CertIVTAE, MAPS, MAICD, FAIM

Chair of the Scientific Committee

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

Melbourne, Australia

DR KARL ANDRIESSEN PhD 

Centre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health , The University of Melbourne Australia 

Senior Lecturer (Conjoint), School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Research Fellow, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Belgium

DR CARL BECKER PhD

Professor of Medical Ethics in the Policy Science Unit of the School of Medicine 

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

DR LAUREN BREEN PhD, BSc(Hons), GradCertEd, MAPS, FCCOMP, FT

School of Psychology

Curtin University

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

DR AMY CHOW, Ph.D., RSW, FT 

Associate Professor, Department of Social Work & Social Administration; The University of Hong Kong

Project Director, Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project

Chair, International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement

DR KENNETH J DOKA PhD, MDiv.

Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America

Professor Emeritus, The College of New Rochelle

DR MARIA HELENA FRANCO Ph.D  

Clinical psychologist. Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Co-ordinator of the Centre for Studies an Interventions on Grief and Bereavement

DR DARCY HARRIS Ph.D., FT  

Associate Professor/Thanatology Coordinator King’s University College at Western University

DR ANDY HO Ph.D, EdD, 

Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences

Joint Honorary Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Deputy Director, Centre for Population Health Sciences (CePHaS) Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

Director of Research, Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Education and Research Singapore

Board Member, Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)

Board Member, International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB)

DR LIZ LOBB PhD, MAppSci, B.Adult Ed. Post Grad Cert Bereavement Counselling

Professor of Palliative Care, Deputy Chair, Calvary Palliative and End of Life Care Research Institute

Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Sydney

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney

DR JANE MOWL BSW (Hons) PhD.

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

Convenor of Social Work Programs, University of New South Wales

DR J. WILLIAM WORDEN PHD.  ABPP 

Psychologist

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

DR MARGARET STROEBE Ph.D

Prof. Emeritus, Department of Clinical Psychology & Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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