Maureen Coombs MSc, PhD

During her extensive health care career, Maureen (Mo) has held senior clinical practice, service management, and academic roles. Mo’s clinical practice with long term chronically critically ill patients has directed her research platform on end of life with a focus on developing compassionate family-centered care and developing workforce capacity in end-of-life care for acute and critical care.

She is internationally recognized for her work relating to end-of-life care and critical care. Mo is an editorial board member of several international peers reviewed journals. She has published widely in journals and textbooks and presented extensively across the world.

Mo has recently returned to the UK after holding the post of Professor in Clinical Nursing (Critical Care) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (NZ). Her recent service to community includes: member of the Clinical Ethics Group at Wellington Regional Hospital (NZ); member of the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s Deteriorating Patient Programme Expert Advisory Group (NZ); and member of an international taskforce developing family-centred care guidelines for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA).