Dr Priyanka Vandersman

Priyanka is a Registered Nurse and digital health technology researcher. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying [RePaDD], and works with the End of Life Directions in Aged Care [ELDAC] Project's Flinders University team. Her work focuses on building the capability of the Australian aged care sector in providing quality end of life care using novel approaches. She is particularly interested in developing, implementing, and evaluating novel digital technologies to support end of live care giving processes.

Priyanka’s research interests include digital health, chronic disease management, and aged care. Her mixed methods doctoral project explored the feasibility of using a pain self-management app to help older people better manage their arthritic pain. In addition to her digital technology expertise, Priyanka also has extensive experience in the area of Palliative Care clinical trials, including trial implementation, data monitoring, and safety reporting procedures.