A new leader for the National Platform for End-of-Life Research

Aurore Pernin's support-focused career path is marked by interdisciplinarity. I had the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team during a study placement in Canada in 2007, she recounts. This immersion convinced me that support for people at the end of life and their loved ones can only be optimal by fostering collaboration between those involved in care, training and research. It was there that I became aware of the importance of networking and the complementary nature of teams when it comes to meeting complex needs.

Wishing to place this interdisciplinary approach at the heart of her practice, she worked for eight years as a care and support executive in medico-social structures in Switzerland. There, she acquired hands-on expertise in the care and support of aging and dying people, as well as the professionals who look after them. It was meeting these dedicated professionals that sparked her commitment to this field and continues to inspire her. I salute those involved in end-of-life and palliative care. They demonstrate exceptional commitment, combining expertise, benevolence and delicacy in their missions she declares.

Since 2011, in parallel with her executive duties, she has been involved in continuing education for professionals. In particular, she intervenes on subjects relating to the approach to death and bereavement management. Convinced that the evolution of practices requires the development of skills, in 2019 she takes responsibility for the training division of a cooperative organization: AIR (action, information, recherche). There, she designs and structures offerings tailored to the concrete issues of the social and medico-social sector, coordinating a team of around sixty people.

Over the years, Aurore PERNIN has developed a growing interest in research. Her contribution to valorization work in the field of ethics and end-of-life issues has given her the opportunity to take part in international conferences and publish in journals and collective works. Joining the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie was a natural extension of her commitment, and in February 2025 she took over responsibility for the operational team, in order to work towards structuring and valorizing research on a national and international scale.

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