CareSearch Staff - CareSearch

CareSearch team 2026 - 2030

Professor Jennifer Tieman

Matthew Flinders Fellow, CareSearch and Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying Director

Jennifer is the CareSearch Group Advisor and provides strategic guidance, leadership mentoring, and advice on opportunities for innovation, research development and long-term sustainability across a portfolio of projects, including CareSearch and palliAGED.

Dr Olivia Farrer

CareSearch incl palliAGED Project Lead, Senior Research Fellow

Olivia leads the development and delivery of CareSearch including palliAGED. Olivia has a background in allied health, aged care, and education, and is committed to translating research into practical resources that support quality care for people living with life-limiting illness.

Bernie Woolcock

National Projects Officer

Utilising her broad skillset in project management, Bernie supports the CareSearch Group of nationally funded projects, including for CareSearch and palliAGED, including in grant finance monitoring, contracts and legal considerations.

Dhaval Amin

Manager, Web Systems and Digital Platforms

Dhaval is Manager, Web Systems and Digital Platforms overseeing system and application requirements for the CareSearch and palliAGED websites.

Ivy Guo

Marketing and Data Lead

Ivy coordinates digital marketing activities and data analytics across the CareSearch Group’s nationally funded projects and leads our team of marketing officers servicing the marketing and communication activities of CareSearch including palliAGED.

Caitlin Milne

Research Assistant

Caitlin is a Research Assistant for CareSearch. Her duties involve revising the CareSearch online content for people involved in the palliative care sector, specifically with updating the online resources and learning modules. She also assists with creating CareSearch impact and engagement infographics, and screening evidence-based research for use.

Alicia North

Research Project Officer

Alicia contributes to the implementation, reporting and evaluation of project activities, and provides support to embedded research in CareSearch including palliAGED

Amrit Kaur Bhathal

Web Officers

Working collaboratively with the project team, our web officers support website content management, user experience and user testing exercise, online improvements, campaign implementation and digital engagement activities within our new AI enabled platform.

Didula de Silva

Web Officers

Working collaboratively with the project team, our web officers support website content management, user experience and user testing exercise, online improvements, campaign implementation and digital engagement activities within our new AI enabled platform.