My Expertise
- Palliative care and quality of life
- Health services research
- Implementation science
- Palliative paramedicine
- Communication in serious illness
- Models of care and service innovation
- Paediatric and adolescent & young adult (AYA) palliative care
- Community-based and out-of-hospital palliative care
- Public health and policy translation
- Mixed-methods research
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Biography
Dr Madeleine Juhrmann is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within UNSW Medicine & Health and the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU), the largest psychological research group in child and adolescent cancer in Australasia. She is a health services and implementation researcher specialising in palliative care, quality of life, communication and models of care for children, adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with serious illness.
At the BSU, Dr...view more
Dr Madeleine Juhrmann is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within UNSW Medicine & Health and the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU), the largest psychological research group in child and adolescent cancer in Australasia. She is a health services and implementation researcher specialising in palliative care, quality of life, communication and models of care for children, adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with serious illness.
At the BSU, Dr Juhrmann leads and contributes to nationally funded research evaluating innovative models of paediatric and AYA palliative care that integrate supportive care proactively alongside active cancer treatment. Her research spans intervention development, implementation science, health services research and communication across the cancer care trajectory, with the aim of improving outcomes for children, young people and their families while translating evidence into policy and clinical practice.
Dr Juhrmann's broader research program focuses on improving access to high-quality palliative care across the lifespan through health system innovation, implementation science and policy translation. Her work encompasses paediatric and adult palliative care, palliative paramedicine, community-based models of care, advance care planning and workforce development. She has secured competitive research funding as Chief Investigator and leads international collaborations through the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Taskforce on Palliative Care and Emergency Medical Services, where she serves as the Australian representative. She is also Lead Editor of the forthcoming Wiley textbook Palliative Paramedicine: International Perspectives, Practice and Systems Integration.
My Grants
Chief Investigator – Implementing Voicing My Choices: Embedding an evidence-based palliative care communication tool within a national model of care for young people with cancer
HCF Research Foundation Translational Research Grant, 2026–2029
Chief Investigator – Australasian College of Paramedicine Early Career Researcher Grant
Australasian College of Paramedicine, 2024–2025
Chief Investigator – Advance Care Planning and Training Pilot Project
South Australian Department of Health & HammondCare, 2020
My Qualifications
Bachelor of Paramedic Science (BPSci), Master of Public Health (MPH), PhD
My Awards
- VPED Award for Outstanding Student Supervision, Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University (2025)
- Best Poster Award, European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) World Congress, Helsinki, Finland (2025)
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact and Engagement, Flinders University (2024)
- Peter Bancroft PhD Prize, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney (2024)
- Emerging Researcher Award Finalist, Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (2023)
- HammondCare Foundation Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2021–2023)
- Sydney Catalyst Research Showcase Award (2021)
- Sydney Vital Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2020-2021)
My Research Activities
MRFF 2025-2028 - Improving quality of life for young people with cancer across the care trajectory through integrated patient-centred palliative care: A stepped wedge trial of a new model of care
CRE 2025-2030 - Centre of Research Excellence for Paediatric Palliative Care
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
- Health Services Research
- Palliative Care
- Paediatric and AYA Palliative Care
- Palliative Paramedicine
- Quality of Life
- Communication in Serious Illness
- Models of Care
- Mixed Methods Research
Currently supervising
- PhD Candidate, Ms Lauren Rolfe – Developing child- and youth-friendly resources to improve quality of life across the cancer care trajectory.
- Honours candidate, Ms Eva Wen (commencing 2027) – Understanding and addressing the psychological needs of young adult cancer survivors through a needs-based model of care.