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Multidisciplinary: Supportive care and advanced symptom management

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Multidisciplinary
Friday, August 15, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Plaza 1 + 2

Speaker

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Prof Alun Jackson
Director
Australian Centre for Heart Health

Psychological impact of acute cardiac events

3:45 PM - 4:05 PM

Biography

Professor Alun C Jackson AM MSc PhD FCSANZ FECS, is Director of the Australian Centre for Heart Health; Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne; and Honorary Professor, Centre on Behavioural Health, University of Hong Kong. He is the lead on the international Cardiac Emotions Study.
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Dr Gursharan Singh
Research Fellow in Palliative Care
Queensland University of Technology

Implementing routine supportive care needs assessment for heart failure

4:05 PM - 4:20 PM

Biography

Dr Gursharan Singh is a Research Fellow in Palliative Care at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Gursharan's research interests include optimising palliative care delivery for people with heart failure, models of care and using linked administrative data in her research.
Ms Johanna Lim
Consultant Cardiology Pharmacist & Pharmacist Prescriber
Te Whatu Ora Health

Palliative care approaches to medicine management

4:20 PM - 4:35 PM

Biography

Johanna is a Consultant Cardiology Pharmacist and Pharmacist Prescriber involved in various roles. These roles extend to Pharmacist Prescriber cardiology clinics in General Practice, teaching at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy, and providing expert advice for organizations like Healthify, NZF, and BPAC. Additionally, Johanna is also an executive member of the CSANZ AHST Council Board and serves on multiple advisory boards, including the Central Region Cardiac Network Heart Failure subcommittee.
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Dr Jayne Hewitt
Senior Research Fellow
Griffith University

Voluntary assisted dying: Implications for multidisciplinary professionals

4:35 PM - 4:50 PM

Biography

Jayne is a registered nurse and legal researcher, with a joint appointment between Griffith University and the QEII Hospital. Jayne played a key role in creating the mandatory voluntary assisted dying training for medical practitioners in Victoria. In 2020 she was engaged to consult on the Queensland Law Reform Commission's review into voluntary assisted dying. Currently, Jayne's research focuses on the implementation of voluntary assisted dying and the legal frameworks that support end-of-life decision-making.
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Panel discussion

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM

Biography

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Prof Andrea Driscoll
Professor
Deakin University

Chairperson

Biography

Deakin Distinguished Professor Andrea Driscoll is the Chair in Nursing at Monash Health leading the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in collaboration with Deakin University. She is also a nurse practitioner at Austin Health. She is a clinician-researcher, with a current clinical load, and international expert in cardiovascular disease.
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Mr Adam Livori
Pharmacist/researcher
Monash University / Grampians Health

Chairperson

Biography

Adam Livori is cardiology clinician researcher trained in nuclear medicine and clinical pharmacy. He currently leads clinical pharmacy services for internal medicine in the Grampians region of Victoria and is completing his PhD in biostatistics, pharmacoepidemiology, and health economics at Monash University.
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