Successful Research Grant Applications
End-of-life Education in the 3rd Year of Medical School
David Barnard
1R25CA116385-01
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine proposes to enhance the third-year clinical clerkships' contribution to medical students' preparation to provide palliative care to cancer patients and others with advanced, life-limiting illnesses.
Oncology Nursing Education in End of Life Care
Betty Ferrell
5R25CA101706-03
The primary aim of this proposal is to improve end of life care for cancer patients through the national network of oncology nurses in chapters of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).
Reducing Barriers to Pain and Fatigue Management
Betty Ferrell
1R01CA115323-01
The overall purpose of this study is to test an innovative model of reducing barriers to the management of pain and fatigue in cancer patients.
Dying at Home of AIDS & Cancer: Preferences & Outcomes
Susan Folkman and Judith Rabkin
5R01NR008293-03
A preliminary study to determine the feasibility of conducting a full-scale study to explain discrepancies between preferences and outcomes in type and site of end of life care, and patient and caregiver well-being.
Disseminating End of Life Education to Cancer Centers
Marcia Grant
5R25CA092159-05
The primary aim of this proposal is to improve end-of-life (EOL) care for patients in cancer centers.
Survivorship Education for Quality Cancer Care
Marcia Grant
1R25CA107109-01A2
The primary aim of this training proposal is to improve quality of care and quality of life for cancer survivors.
Patient-Centered Approach to Advance Care Planning
Karin Kirchhoff
5R01HS013374-03
This research will be useful in redesigning the federally mandated assessment of Advance Directives into an improved process of Advance Care Planning to better fit the spirit of the Patient Self Determination Act.
Efficacy of Massage Therapy at the End of Life
Jean Kutner
5R01AT001006-03
The specific aim of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of massage therapy for treatment of pain, reduction of physical and emotional symptom distress, and improvement of quality of life among cancer patients at the end of life.
Systematic Assessment to Improve Hospice Outcomes
Susan McMillan
5R01NR008252-02
The primary aims of this study are to determine the efficacy of providing systematic feedback from standardized assessment tools for hospice patients and caregivers in improving hospice outcomes compared to the usual clinical practice and, using those standardized assessments, to identify symptom clusters in hospice patients and how they impact on caregiver and patient well-being.
Improving Palliative Care in Chronic Critical Illness
Judith Nelson
5K02AG024476-02
The aim of this K02 award is to allow the candidate to further her independent research program and career in critical care and palliative medicine in the area for chronic critical illness in older adults.
Quality of Death: Ethnic and Psychosocial Influences
Holly Prigerson
7R01CA106370-02
The aims of the proposed study are to determine the extent to which objective death circumstances, subjective death circumstances and goal attainment differ based on the patient's ethnic status.
Enhancing Patient-Oncologist Communication
James Tulsky
5R01CA100387-03
This project will expand the field of oncologist-patient communication by identifying key communication skills that may assist patients through difficult transitions and by creating an easily disseminable intervention to help oncologists implement these skills.
Trajectories of Serious Illness: Patients and Caregivers
James Tulsky
5R01NR008249-03
The purpose of this research is to follow patients with three representative advanced chronic illnesses - metastatic cancer, NYHA Class IV congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with hypercapnea - and their caregivers prospectively in order to describe multiple dimensions of the end-of-life experience.
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