Margaret O’Connor

Margaret is currently Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Monash University and a Clinical Researcher with Melbourne City Mission Palliative Care.

Margaret has extensive healthcare experience as a nurse, researcher and board director with a specialisation in end-of-life care. During her career Margaret has led the development of a number of home-based palliative care services in Melbourne and has held academic roles at La Trobe University and Swinburne University of Technology.

Margaret’s academic qualifications include a Doctor of Nursing, Master of Nursing, Bachelor of Theology and General Nurses Certificate. She has contributed to more than 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker on the topic of palliative care, ageing and dying.