Silvia Bigatti, PhD
School of Medicine
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Gabriel Bosslet, MD, MA
School of Medicine
Dr. Bosslet is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine and an affiliate faculty member at the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics. In addition, he is the Associate Fellowship Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Bosslet received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and his M.D. from The Ohio State University. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at The Ohio State University/Columbus Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. During his time as a resident, he served on the ethics committee for The Ohio State University
Debra S. Burns, PhD, MT-BC
Purdue School of Engineering and Technology @ IUPUI
Dr. Debra Burns' research program involves the development and exploration of
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Connie Cole, DNP, RN-BC, MDI, NP-C
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Amber Comer, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Kenneth Cornetta, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Ken Cornetta divides his efforts between research programs in the IU School of Medicine and serving as a palliative care physician at IUH Bloomington Hospital. His developing research interests are in two diverse areas: effective implementation of advance directives in the inpatient setting and the use of telecommunication to provide symptom management in rural Africa. Dr. Cornetta is board certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine and Hematology and also maintains a research program in the field of clinical gene therapy.
Larry Cripe, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Larry Cripe's current interdisciplinary research focus is on how people with life-limiting illness cope with their illness and the extent to which communication with medical oncologists influences their health care decisions and psychological adjustment. His essays explore issues confronting medical professionals near patients' end of life, and he is involved in several educational projects that address patient-provider communication near
Lyle Fettig, MD
School of Medicine
Dr. Lyle Fettig is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine/Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Fettig directs the IUSM Palliative Medicine Fellowship and works clinically with the Eskenazi Health Palliative Care Program. He has interests in education to improve the communication skills of clinicians and care of underserved populations. He currently serves as a principal educator for an IU Health Values Grant which offers intensive communication workshops for fellowship level physicians and nurse practitioners.
Greg Gramelspacher, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Greg Gramelspacher's focus is palliative care, including palliative care in Africa and underserved populations. He is involved in a pain study at Moi Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya; IN-PEACE (Dr. Sach's study of palliative care for people with dementia); and a photography project "Portraits of the Living: How Photography Can Enhance the Care of the Dying". Dr. Gramelspacher directs the Palliative Medicine Fellowship at IU School of Medicine and the Palliative Care Program at Wishard Health Services.
Joan Haase, PhD, RN
School of Nursing
Dr. Haase is the Holmquist Professor in Pediatric Oncology at the Indiana University School of Nursing. She is Co-Director of the RESPECT (Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training) Center, an IUPUI Signature Center. Her research focuses on ways children, adolescents, young adults, and families positively adjust to cancer and other chronic illnesses and on palliative and end-of-life communication. Her Resilience in Illness Model (RIM) was adapted by the Nursing Discipline Committee of the Children Oncology Group (COG) as the guiding framework for their research—the COG is an international consortium and it provides treatment to 90% of children and adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer in the USA. The RIM identifies ways protective factors (i.e. family environment, social integration, spiritual perspective, hope-derived meaning, and courageous coping) and risk factors (i.e., illness-related stressors and defensive coping) influence resilience, self-transcendence, and quality of life outcomes. Along with the RIM, Dr. Haase’s expertise in mixed methods research and palliative and end-of-life communication has guided several intervention studies. Dr. Haase also provides leadership as co-director the IUPUI Signature RESPECT center.
Paul Helft, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Paul Helft's research interests include
Susan Hickman, PhD
School of Nursing
Dr. Hickman is the Director of the IU Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, a Professor in the IU Schools of Nursing and Medicine, and a Senior Affiliate Faculty Member in the IU Health Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics. She is . Dr. Hickman is dedicated to improving the care of older patients near the end of life, primarily through research on decision-making. A major focus of her work is on the POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment), a widely used tool that documents treatment preferences in the form of medical orders. She has studied use of the POST Program in nursing facilities, the community, and hospices since 2000 and Chairs the National POLST Paradigm Task Force Research and Quality Improvement Committee. She is the Principal Investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to evaluate the quality of POST decisions in the nursing facility. Additionally, Dr. Hickman is a Co-Investigator on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services funded demonstration project OPTIMISTIC which includes implementation of the Indiana POST in 19 nursing facilities. She is also a Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Kathleen Unroe on a new NIH grant to develop and pragmatically evaluate an advance care planning training program in 200 nursing homes across the country.
Laura Holtz, MS, CCRP
Senior Research Manager, RESPECT Project Manager
Laura Holtz is a Senior Research Manager at Regenstrief Institute and the IU Center for Aging Research. In addition to being the RESPECT project manager, Laura is the Senior Research Manager for studies on advanced dementia and caregiver education and support, transfers for long-stay nursing home patients, and other research projects. She is a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP).
Michin Hong, PhD
School of Social Work
Dr. Michin Hong is an Assistant Professor in the IU School of Social Work. She is interested in successful aging and dying especially for the baby boom generation and minority older adults. Her current research topics include death perception, end of life planning, and social and behavioral factors that affect successful aging.
Shelley Johns, PsyD, ABPP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Shelley Johns' research focus is on expanding treatment options for adults with cancer-related fatigue and associated symptoms (e.g., depression, sleep disturbance, cognitive impairment). Her work is also exploring an innovative model of care designed to support patients with advanced-stage cancer, their family members, and their medical oncologists in having timely end-of-life discussions. Dr. Johns is a
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Amy Martin, DBe, MA
Senior Affiliate Faculty
Erin Newton, MD
School of Medicine
Dr. Erin Newton has a clinical interest in the intersection of oncology and palliative care. As a practitioner of both
Susan Perkins, PhD
School of Medicine
Dr. Susan Perkins has extensive statistical experience with study design, data analysis, and instrument development in both observational and intervention settings. She has worked on many research projects involving cancer and other life-threatening diseases, health services, quality of life, and epilepsy. Dr. Perkins is the Director of the Biostatistics Core for both the IU Simon Cancer Center and the IU Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Diseases, and the Associate Director for the Design and Biostatistics Program of the Indiana CTSI.
Sandra Petronio, PhD
School of Liberal Arts
Dr. Sandra Petronio's areas of expertise are in the management of privacy, disclosure, and confidentiality within content areas of health, family, and interpersonal communication. She is a Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Liberal Arts and the IU School of Medicine. She is also a Senior Affiliate Faculty member of the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center of Medical Ethics, Indiana University Health. Dr. Petronio is the Director of the IUPUI Chancellor's Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Initiative.
Kevin Rand, PhD
School of Science
Dr. Kevin Rand's research interests lie at the intersection of social, personality, and clinical psychology, with a specific interest in the relationships among anxiety, depression, and efforts at coping with life stressors. He is interested in the self-regulating influences of hopeful and optimistic thinking within the context of a life-threatening illness, i.e., cancer, and hopes to incorporate hope and optimism into an overall model of stress and coping.
Sheri Robb, PhD
School of Nursing
Dr. Sheri Robb's research program focuses on the development and testing of music-based interventions to manage distress, improve positive health outcomes, and prevent secondary psychosocial morbidity in children/adolescents with cancer and their parents. Her Contextual Support Model of Music Therapy guided development of two music-based interventions being tested for children/adolescents with cancer. Dr. Robb was recently appointed editor for the Journal of Music Therapy
Greg Sachs, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Sachs is Professor of Medicine and Neurology and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at Indiana University (IU) and Research Scientist in the IU Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute. He also is Co-Director of IU’s Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center, a campus-wide interdisciplinary research center. Dr. Sachs’s research and writing focus on ethical issues in dementia care, including palliative care for people with dementia. Dr. Sachs has been the recipient of grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the leading foundations funding research in geriatrics, ethics, or palliative care. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, with one of his most notable papers being “Dying from Dementia,” which appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Sachs has received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and was a Medical Honoree of the national Alzheimer’s Association. He has taken on leadership roles in several organizations, including serving on the National Board of Directors of AGS, the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and chairing both the Academic Task Force and Leadership and Workforce Strategic Coordinating Committee for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and palliative care, Dr. Sachs also has been named a “Top Doctor” by Indianapolis Monthly on several occasions, having previously been named a “Top Doctor” in Chicago, and a U.S. “Top Doctor” for more than 15 years consecutively.
Zeynep Salih, M.D., FAAP
School of Medicine
Dr. Salih's research focuses on ethical issues and decision making during perinatal conversations for infants at limits of viability, as well as interprofessional (team) ethics education. Based on her background in bioethics and medical simulation, she envisions creating a curriculum where health care teams could learn and practice difficult end-of-life conversations while also reflecting on
Alexia Torke, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Alexia Torke is interested in the ethical and communication and spiritual aspects of medical decision making. She conducts qualitative and quantitative research on how family members and other surrogates make major medical decisions for patients with impaired cognitive function. Dr. Torke is also the Director of the Evans Center for Spiritual and Religious Values in Healthcare and Associate Division Chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
Brownsyne Tucker-Edmonds, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Tucker Edmonds' research interests are in social and cultural effects on patient-provider communication and decision-making. Her recent work focuses on patient-provider dynamics in the management of periviable (extremely premature) deliveries. Her long-term goal is to promote patient-centered care and improve the equity and quality of clinical outcomes for underserved women by improving the quality of communication they receive in clinical encounters. Dr. Tucker Edmonds is co-director of the MSIII OB/GYN Ethics Module and serves as the State Legislative Co-chair for the IN Section of ACOG.
Kathleen Unroe, M.D., MHA
School of Medicine
Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University in Indianapolis and a Research Scientist with IU Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute. She is a nursing home physician – her research, clinical and policy interests are focused on improving quality of care, particularly access to palliative and end-of-life care, for long stay nursing home residents. Dr. Unroe was awarded a 2014 Paul B. Beeson K23 Career Development Award to examine hospice use in nursing homes. She is directs OPTIMISTIC, an 8 year $30.3 million CMS funded demonstration project aimed at improving quality of care and reducing avoidable hospitalizations in Indiana nursing homes. Dr. Unroe is Principal Investigator of a John A. Hartford Foundation planning grant focused on OPTIMISTIC dissemination. She has also been funded by the National Palliative Care Research Center and was the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2014 Junior Investigator of the Year. She is Vice-Chair of the American Geriatrics Society Public Policy Committee. She is Chair of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Research Committee. She was a 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and had a placement in Health and Human Services, ASPE Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy. She is a Board Member of the Indiana Medical Directors Association and the Indiana Health Care Foundation.
Lindsay Weaver, M.D.
School of Medicine
Dr. Lindsay Weaver's research focus is on end-of-life and palliative care for patients in the emergency department. She is interested in improving transitions of care and recognizing patients with palliative care needs in the emergency department. Dr. Weaver works clinically in emergency medicine and palliative care and has advanced training in clinical medical ethics.
Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN
Nurse Ethicist
Dr. Wocial's current research focuses on