Julia Hackett joined King's College London as a Senior Research Fellow in May 2025. From 2018 she worked within the Paediatric Palliative Care Research Group (formally the Martin House Research Centre), Department of Health Sciences, at the University of York. During that time she was the PPI lead for her research group and their team were awarded the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health Patient and Public Involvement prize.

Julia specialises in using qualitative methods within paediatric palliative care research and is passionate about achieving high quality care for all. She leads, manages and designs research with a range of stakeholders, including: children and young people; parents and families; and health and care professionals. Much of her work has involved working with bereaved families and professionals around end-of-life care, grief and bereavement.

Research interests

• Paediatric palliative care
• Grief and bereavement

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