Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2020 - Present
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care,
Medicine
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
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2002 - Present
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Institutes and Centers
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2017 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality's Role in Critical Illness Decision-Making Among Black and White Family Caregivers.
Journal Article CHEST Crit Care · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Spiritual beliefs and spiritual support from clinicians can affect medical decision-making and coping during times of serious illness. RESEARCH QUESTION: How do religion and spirituality affect the critical illness experience of Black and White ... Full text Link to item CiteEnabling Inclusive Psychosocial Research Strategies Among African American Parents of Children With Cancer.
Journal Article J Pain Symptom Manage · February 22, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteMobile App-Facilitated Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention for Critically Ill Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal Article JAMA Intern Med · February 1, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Few person-centered, scalable models of collaborative intensive care unit (ICU) clinician-palliative care specialist care exist. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a collaborative palliative care intervention compared to usual care among fami ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Improving needs among older adults: the ICUconnect 2 primary palliative care RCT
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Duke/UNC ADAR Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Measuring Racial Equity and Institutional Racism in Primary Care (EQUIP)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028View All Grants