David Currow PhD

David Currow is Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services at Flinders University, Adelaide where more than 350 distance students from around the world study palliative care at a post-graduate level. Research includes clinical trials, population-based planning and codifying the evidence base underpinning palliative care. Research funders include the National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Institutes of Health (USA). David is an Honorary Professor with the following institutions: Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK, University of Sydney School of Medicine and University of Technology Sydney.

He is the principal investigator for the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) which has randomised more than 1400 palliative care patients across 12 sites to phase III symptom control studies.An anthology of evidence in palliative care. He is a foundation partner in the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative, an initiative to improve systematically clinical outcomes in palliative care.

David has published more than 380 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and books. 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.