Dr Olivia Farrer

Olivia is a senior lecturer in nutrition in the College of Health and Enablement, and senior research fellow for national palliative care projects CareSearch including palliAGED. Olivia also coordinates the Allied Health Toolkit for End of Life Directions (ELDAC) project. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD), an active member of Dietitians Australia and the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying (RePaDD).

Olivia's teaching interests broadly cover a range of topics, with particular interest in allied health workforce, aged and palliative care, and health systems. Her leadership in teaching has been recognised by an Advance HE (UK) senior fellowship. Olivia has completed a mixed methods PhD, and regularly supervises honours projects exploring interprofessional education and practice, lived experience and allied health role in delivering palliative care. As an allied health clinician, educator and researcher, Olivia is open to PhD supervision, particularly projects exploring themes around palliative care, education, workforce development and advanced scope of practice for allied health.