Lauren Breen

Lauren Breen is a Professor in the School of Population Health at Curtin University in Australia and a psychologist. Her award-winning, applied research centers on grief across the lifespan and its intersection with mental health. She was successful in the inaugural round of the prestigious Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Awards for her project exploring family caregiving and bereavement. She has authored more than 190 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Along with Carrie Traher, she edited The Routledge International Handbook of Child and Adolescent Grief in Contemporary Contexts. She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society; a Fellow in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement; and a member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. In 2022, she delivered a TEDx talk “Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and your loved ones” and received the Research Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (USA). In 2023 and 2024, The Australian named her Australia's top researcher in hospice and palliative care. Her research informs initiatives in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, the USA, and throughout Europe, including being the foundation of the European Grief Model.