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Study Area: Palliative Care Access and Outcomes

PaRC is at the forefront of developing and testing new models of palliative care to expand access and maximize impact for patients with serious illness.

A Mobile Sensing System to Monitor Symptoms During Chemotherapy

The project aims to combine smartphone and wearable sensor data with machine learning to remotely monitor symptoms during chemotherapy and … Read more

Technology-supported Sedentary Behavior Intervention to Promote Recovery from Cancer Surgery

Building on her background in clinical psychology and psychoneuroimmunology, Dr. Low’s goals for this project are to develop scalable behavioral … Read more

Understanding Oral Anticancer Medication Adherence among Patients with Multiple Myeloma

With this program of research, Dr. Belcher examines how medication adherence influences pain and quality of life over time and … Read more

Dignity, Legacy, Advocacy, and Support for Individuals with Advanced Cancer (DOULAS-AC)

Dr. Rosenzweig and her team will lead the piloting of a novel program based on a non-medical doula model of … Read more

Developing a Behavioral Intervention to Improve Coping Among Family Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity (CMC)

In this pilot study, Dr. Yu will use qualitative and human-centered design methodology to develop a behavioral intervention that improves … Read more

The Influence of Life Stress on Advanced Lung Cancer Outcomes (L-SOALCO)

Dr. Rosenzweig leads this longitudinal, descriptive study measures deep baseline phenotype including lifetime stress and racism, allostatic load, and stress … Read more

Randomized Trial of a Scalable, Interactive Tool to Support Surrogate Decision-Makers of Elderly Critically Ill Patients

The goal of this randomized control trial, led by Dr. Douglas White, is to conduct an appropriately powered randomized clinical … Read more

Impact of Lifetime Stress, Racism & Neighborhood Deprivation on Outcomes of NSCLC

In this mixed methods approach, Dr. Rosenzweig and her team will quantify how social, cultural and physical factors including race, … Read more

The Breast Cancer Treatment Symptom Experience, Management and Outcomes According to Race (SEMOARS) Study

The Symptom Experience, Management, Outcomes According to Race (SEMOARS) is comparing the symptom incidence and distress, symptom reporting methods and … Read more

A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Primary Palliative Care Intervention (CONNECT) for Patients with Advanced Cancer

Dr. Schenker and her team are currently analyzing data from this cluster randomized trial of an oncology nurse-led primary palliative … Read more

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Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics
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