Dr Geoffrey Mitchell PhD MBBS, FRACGP, FAChPM, is Professor of General Practice and Palliative Care at the University of Queensland. His main research interest is in the role of General Practitioners in complex conditions, particularly palliative care, how specialists and GPs can work better together, and in clinical trials. He is a chief investigator in three nationally funded centres of research excellence- in primary– secondary care integration, end of life care, and chronic kidney disease. He is the co-founder and was co-chair of the International Primary Palliative Care Network from 2005 to 2018. Current and recent research includes improving integration between specialists and primary care, the use of case conferences, the role of general practice at the end of life, and several aspects of the management of chronic kidney disease, including decision making at the end of life and the role of general practice in end of life care. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed publications, and has been a chief investigator on over $30m of research funding. He maintains a clinical general practice in Ipswich, Queensland.

Dr Matthew Grant is a Palliative Medicine Physician at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, and research fellow at the VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group. He has a background in General Practice (FRACGP) and Ethics (MBioethics). He is currently involved in research examinining health practice ethics, end of life care, and the relationship between primary and palliative care.

Dr Joel Rhee BSc(Med) MBBS (Hons) GCULT PhD FRACGP, is Associate Professor of General Practice at the University of Wollongong. His main research interest is in improving the capacity of general practice to engage in Advance Care Planning, and in primary palliative care. He is the current chair of the RACGP Specific Interests Network in Cancer and Palliative Care. He also works as a general practitioner at the HammondCare Centre for Positive Ageing + Care, providing care to elderly patients in the residential aged care homes and the independent living units.