Director, Knowledge and Implementation Hub & Professor, Palliative and Supportive Services
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor Jennifer Tieman is a Matthew Flinders Fellow and the inaugural Director of the Research Centre in Palliative Care, Death and Dying. She was the inaugural Dean Research of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
As Director and Chief Investigator of the CareSearch project she is responsible for a national palliative care resource supporting health professionals in all settings of care and those affected by the need for palliative care, namely, patients, their families, carers and friends. The project team undertakes research on knowledge retrieval and knowledge dissemination and investigates approaches that encourage the use of evidence in health, particularly in palliative care and end of life care.
Her work has led to the establishment of a specialist bibliometric research group, Flinders Filters, which she leads. Professor Tieman oversaw the design and implementation of a major palliative care and advance care planning evidence resource for aged care called palliAGED.
Professor Tieman is part of the research leadership for the following national projects:
She was a Chief Investigator for the NHMRC awarded Centre of Research Excellence in End Of Life Care and led their knowledge translation stream and is part of a national research team looking at bereavement and Covid19.
The Dying2Learn MOOC won the Innovation in Palliative Care award at the 2017 Palliative Care Australia conference.
Working with national colleagues, Professor Tieman led the design and conduct of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on death and dying. Over 3,000 people have enrolled for this course.
The Dying2Learn MOOC won the Innovation in Palliative Care award at the 2017 Palliative Care Australia conference.
Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis L, Collien D, Tieman J, Parker D & Sanderson C 2017 Lessons Learned from the Dying2Learn MOOC: Pedagogy, Platforms and Partnerships Educ. Sci. 2017, 7, 67; doi:10.3390/educsci7030067
Professor Tieman maintains a national profile through engagement with a variety of state and federal initiatives.
She is a member of the Laurel Palliative Care Foundation Board which is part of The Hospital Research Foundation Group.
She is an Ambassador for National Advance Care Planning Week, Advance Care Planning Australia.
Professor Tieman sits on the following advisory and reference groups:
She is part of 2021 Oceania Palliative Care Conference Executive Committee and a member of the Scientific Program Committee as well.
She actively reviews for a number of journals and has participated on grant review panels for university, state and national research grant programs.
Our new Research Centre in Palliative Care Death and Dying explores the universal experience of death and dying and champions the contribution of palliative care to the person, the health professional and the health system