David C. Currow David C. Currow is an internationally recognised expert in supportive and palliative care, with a particular emphasis on chronic breathlessness and in improving health service delivery. He has a strong track record in competitive research funding (National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA), National Health and Medical Research Council (Canberra, Australia) and Cancer Council (Sydney, Australia)) and publishing research that influences practice and policy. He leads the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (Adelaide, Australia), the world’s largest palliative care phase III clinical studies collaborative. This has generated several randomised, placebo-controlled trials of off-label use of off-patent medications frequently used in symptom control internationally. He is also a leader in the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative (Wollongong, Australia), a national programme for point-of-care data collection and service improvement in palliative care. He was a leader in the creation of the first patient-defined section of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (the palliative care section). He is frequently an invited plenary speaker at international conferences. He continues to supervise doctoral candidates from a variety of clinical backgrounds. He is senior associate editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Oncology Practice, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. He was the 2015 recipient of the Tom Reeve National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Care from the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, a team member winning the 2012 National Team Award for Postgraduate Education from the Australian Learning and Teaching Centre, the 2012 Alumni Medal from the University of Newcastle (Newcastle, Australia) for professional excellence and was a joint winner of the 2015 Medical Journal of Australia/Medical Defence Association National Research Award. Miriam J. Johnson Miriam J. Johnson is Professor of Palliative Medicine at Hull York Medical School, Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre and Co-Director of the Supportive care, Early Diagnosis and Advanced disease research group at the University of Hull (Hull, UK). Her clinical and research interests include mechanisms and management of breathlessness and inequalities in palliative care service provision, e.g. for people with non-malignant disease such as heart failure and respiratory disease. The projects employ a wide range of research methodologies (clinical trials of drug or complex viii