Kerrie is the director of The Death Literacy Institute.

Over the past 25 years, Kerrie has been working to create a more death literate society, one where people and communities have the practical know-how needed to plan well and respond to dying death and grief.

Her research and practice involves death and grief literacy, compassionate communities, and end of life care. She is a clinical psychologist and an adjunct researcher at Western Sydney University.

She contributes internationally as a faculty member of Fellowship in Palliative Care and as a council member of Public Health Palliative Care International.