Rachel Feeney

Rachel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and member of the End of Life Research Program within the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She is a certified practising speech pathologist with clinical experience in palliative care, oncology, intensive care, geriatrics and paediatrics. Rachel's early research focused on speech pathology and allied health topics, and in 2016 she was awarded a PhD on epidemiology and paediatric speech pathology. She has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Since joining QUT in 2015, Rachel has expanded her research scope to include work on end-of-life decision-making, including law, policy and practice. Drawing on her clinical experience, Rachel has contributed to the development of training for speech pathologists and allied health professionals on end-of-life law.

Rachel has contributed to the development of training for speech pathologists and allied health professionals on end-of-life law and voluntary assisted dying. She also provided expert peer review on the Queensland Health training "Palliative and End-of-Life Care: the role of Speech Pathology".