David Currow is the Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Palliative and Supportive Care, Flinders University,  Professor of Palliative Medicine at University of Technology Sydney and Associate Director (Research) at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, University of Hull, England. Research includes clinical trials, use of large datasets to understand better the impact of life-limiting illnesses on patients and caregivers, and codifying the evidence base underpinning palliative care. Research into chronic breathlessness is a particular area of expertise. Research funders include the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) and the National Institutes of Health (USA).

He is the principal investigator for the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) which has randomised more than 1850 palliative care patients across 21 sites to phase III symptom control studies, and supports an active international phase IV collaborative. These studies have been shown to directly influence clinical practice. He is a foundation partner in the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative (PCOC), an initiative to improve systematically clinical outcomes in palliative care.

David has published more than 500 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.

David is the Principal Investigator on the Australian government funded Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative €“ the world's largest clinical trials group in palliative care. He is also a co-founder of the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative, the world's largest point-of-care quality improvement program in palliative care.

• Cost-disultility plane case studies in palliative care (1)
• Delirium at the end of life (1)

• Palliative care (2)
• Lower socioeconomic needs for end of life care (Curtin Univ.) (1)
• Needs assessment tool for paliative care (Univ Newcastle) (1)
• Needs in palliative care (Univ Western Australia) (1)
• Palliative Care (Univ Melbourne) (1)