Sinéad Donnelly (also Ni Dhonnghaile) is an Irish–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in palliative care.
[1] Donnelly trained with Ireland's first palliative medicine specialists Dr Michael Kearney and Professor Tony O’Brien.
[1] Donnelly completed a Master of Health Science in 2020 titled The experiences of ethical issues at the end of life for first and second year doctors at the University of Otago.
[4][6] Donnelly has produced six documentaries about social justice issues and palliative care, some of which have been shown on television and used in medical training.
In 2023 her documentary Te Whakahemohemo, The Way We Care, showed stories of dying patients and their carers, and the healthcare professionals around them.