Professor Lloyd-Williams was appointed as Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in 2002, and in 2003 was promoted to a personal chair in recognition of her research experience. She has published over 100 papers, and is lead and chair of the Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group at Liverpool, which has secured in excess of L3.3 million of research grant income over the past 3 years. Current research focuses on screening for depression, interventions for depression, association between physical symptoms and concomitant depression, studies exploring support needs for