Lorna Fraser joined Kings College London as Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health in November 2022. Her background is in clinical paediatrics and her research focuses on children and young people. She was the founding director of the highly successful Martin House Research Centre a multi-disciplinary centre for research on the care and support of children and young poeple with life-limiting conditions, their families and the workforce that care for them. She has a porfolio of funding from the major funders, including two NIHR fellowships. Her main area of expertise is the use of routine data to influence policy and address healthcare inequalities. Her work has influenced national service specifications, children's palliative care funding, and vaccine prioritisation for children with COVID.

Working closely with children and their parents are central to her research and they were recently awarded the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health Patient and Public Involvement prize and in 2018 Lorna was awarded the postdoctoral researcher award by the European Association of Palliative Care."

Enquiring about potential PhD supervision

If you’re thinking of applying for one of our PhD programmes and are looking for potential supervisors, please email nmpc_pgr_enquiries@kcl.ac.uk listing the names of the supervisors you’ve identified as having expertise in your chosen area, along with your CV and a short research proposal. 

Our Postgraduate Research Team will contact supervisors on your behalf and get back to you. If you have any queries in the meantime, please use the email address above, rather than contacting potential PhD supervisors directly, because they are unable to respond to initial enquiries.

Lorna offers PhD supervision in child health, paediatric palliative care. 

Research profile