Rate My Professor Stuart Ekberg

Ekberg is Director of Research for the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Paediatric Palliative Care, advancing evidence for care of children and young people with life-threatening conditions. He leads an Australian Research Council Discovery Project on discussions and agreements for future care. As a member of the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, he focuses on clinician-patient interactions in palliative settings. Key publications include 'Supporting cancer-related fatigue self-management: A conversation analytic study' (2024, European Journal of Oncology Nursing), 'Cultural Capability and Clinical Yarning Training: A Novel Approach to Improving Communication with Aboriginal Patients' (2025), 'Involving Nonspeaking and Speaking Children in Clinical Encounters: An Observational Study' (2025, Journal of Child Health Care), and 'Principles and practices of communicating with Aboriginal patients seeking mental health care' (2026). He supervises higher degree by research projects and teaches qualitative research methods, communication skills, and health psychology.