Congratulations: Professor Julia Verne MBE
6th January 2026
Professor Julia Verne, Visiting Professor of Public Health at the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI), has been awarded an MBE for Services to End of Life Care and Public Health.
Professor Verne strongly advocates for a holistic approach to caring for people at the end of life. She has collaborated with colleagues at the Cicely Saunders Institute for over 10 years, drawing on her expertise as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine and previous national roles, including clinical lead for the National End of Life Care National Intelligence Network and the Department for Health and Social Care’s Clinical Epidemiology lead.
Professor Verne has a special interest in end of life care for people dying from liver disease and has collaborated with liver disease experts at the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies at King’s and King’s College Hospital. She shares her wealth of expertise teaching on the MSc in Palliative Care at King’s College London.
In 2025 Professor Verne started voluntary work as an Honorary Assistant Chaplain at King’s College Hospital where she offers comfort and support to patients and families of faith and no faith as they face often significant worries and fear related to their health and wellbeing.