Dr.  Lucy Selman is Associate Professor in Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of Bristol, where she co-leads the research group. Specific current research interests include treatment decision-making and communication; family care-giving and bereavement; widening access to services; and public health approaches in bereavement.

She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and regularly contributes to discussions about end-of-life care and bereavement in the media. In 2020 she founded Good Grief Festival, a public engagement initiative which has now reached over 27,000 people.