Growing and Diversifying the
Palliative Care Workforce
Expanding Palliative Education Research & Training (ExPERT)
Through this project, PaRC leverages partnerships between the University of Pittsburgh and three minority-serving medical schools to expand palliative care training opportunities for learners from underrepresented groups. (Funding Source: Arthur Vining Davis Foundations) Project-related publications Palliative Care Attitudes and Experiences among Resident Physicians at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Lack of Exposure to Palliative Care … Read more
Mentored Patient Oriented Research in Improving Surrogate Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Respiratory Failure
The goal of this Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research is to enhance the ability of Dr. White to train, mentor, and support the career development of clinician-scientists focused on developing and testing interventions to improve surrogate decision making for incapacitated patients with advanced respiratory failure. (Funding Source: NIH/NHLBI Grant K24HL148314) Project-related publications
Midcareer Investigator Award to Support Mentorship Activities in Geriatric Palliative Care Research
The overarching goal of this new program is to enhance Dr. Schenker’s mentorship of students, fellows, and junior faculty pursuing geriatric palliative care research, with a particular focus on identifying unmet geriatric palliative care needs and developing and testing interventions to improve quality of life and goal-concordant care for older patients with advanced cancer. Dr. … Read more