Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

Irene Tuffrey-Wijne is Professor of Intellectual Disability & Palliative Care at Kingston University London. She has published widely and presented her work in the UK and across the world. She is recognised as the leading international expert in the area of palliative care for people with learning disabilities. Irene is a nurse by background, and has extensive clinical experience in both learning disability and palliative care services in the UK. Since 2001, she has led an award-winning programme of research around learning disability, bereavement and palliative care. Her team at Kingston University includes four researchers with a learning disability.