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Kristin Meade

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Box 3688, Duke Palliative Care, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Blue Zone, Room 0527, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Medicine

Recent Publications


Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Children.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · December 2018 Given the limited number of pediatric-specific palliative care programs, palliative care providers of all disciplines may be called on to care for infants, children, and adolescents with serious illness. This article provides a review of the unique compone ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

'Distress at the bedside in the PICU: Nurses' and respiratory therapists' experiences in caring for children with complex medical or neurologic conditions'

Journal Article Progress in Palliative Care · December 1, 2012 Introduction: Intensive care unit (ICU) care provided to children with complex chronic medical and neurological conditions is a frequent source of conflict and distress. Objective: To quantify the extent to which pediatric ICU (PICU) nurses (RNs) and respi ... Full text Cite

Knockin mice expressing a chimeric p53 protein reveal mechanistic differences in how p53 triggers apoptosis and senescence.

Journal Article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · January 29, 2008 The contribution of transcriptional activation to the p53 effector functions critical for tumor suppression, apoptosis and cellular senescence, remains unclear because of p53's ability to regulate diverse cellular processes in a transactivation-independent ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Stanford University, School of Medicine · 2006 M.D.