Previous Webinars
State of the Science in Palliative Care
June 7, 2023
Presenter(s): Sean Morrison, MD
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Lessons Learned, Victories Celebrated, and Scars Acknowledged: The Lumps and Bumps of Designing, Funding, and Leading Palliative Care Clinical Trials in Cancer Surgery
May 24, 2023
Presenter(s): Rebecca Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM
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Things You Really Need To Know When You Submit Your NIH Grant Proposal
April 19, 2023
Presenter(s): Karen Kehl, PhD
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Working With A Statistician
March 14, 2023
Presenter(s): Maren Olsen, PhD and Greg Samsa, PhD
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Implementation Science: Core Components, Frameworks, Adaptation, and Older Adults
February 27, 2023
Presenter(s): Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS
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Resources: The Implementation Science Resource Navigator
Optimizing Recruitment, Consent, and Retention in ADRD Populations
January 31, 2023
Presenter(s): Jonathan Jackson, PhD
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Making Spiritual Care a Routine Part of Care for Patients with Serious Illness: Recommendations from a JAMA Systematic Review
December 5, 2022
Presenter(s): George Fitchett, Dmin, PhD, Alexia Torke, MD, MS, & Shelley Varner-Perez, MDiv, MPH
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Building Research Infrastructure: Managing Projects and People
November 30, 2022
Presenter: Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
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Engaging Key Partners in Palliative Care Research: Under the Hood of "Co-Creation" Work
October 24, 2022
Presenter: Hillary Lum, MD, PhD
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The Nuts and Bolts of Behavioral Intervention Development
September 21, 2022
Presenter: Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD
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Introducing Factorial Trial Design Within The Multiphase Optimization Strategy: The Project CASCADE Exemplar
August 12, 2022
Presenters: Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD, RN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
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Preparing a Fundable Grant Application
July 12, 2022
Presenters: Kathryn Pollak, PhD
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Designing Persuasive Psychosocial Intervention Pilot Studies: A Tutorial for Palliative Care Investigators
June 7, 2022
Presenters: Joseph Winger, PhD, Greg Samsa, PhD, moderated by Tamara Somers, PhD
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From Feasibility to Efficacy: Journey of a Pilot Study in Pancreatic Cancer
May 18, 2022
Presenter: Virginia Sun, PhD, RN
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Palliative Care Administrative Data Research
April 20, 2022
Presenter: Katie Colborn, PhD, MSPH
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Concurrent Hospice-Dialysis Care
March 23, 2022
Presenters: Natalie Ernecoff, PhD and Jane Schell, MD, MHS
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New or Re-new: A Case Study in Whether and How to Renew a Palliative Care R01
February 14, 2022
Presenters: Benzi Kluger, MD, MS
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Writing Challenge Launch: Tactics for Writing
January 10, 2022
Presenters: David Casarett, MD, MA
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Engaging Diverse Communities in Palliative Care Research: Why and How
December 7, 2021
Presenters: Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Ramona Rhodes, MD, MPH, MSCS, & Jasmine Lopez
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Social Capital: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Palliative Care Research
November 22, 2021
Presenters: Joanne Lewis, PhD, RN, Kathryn Hooper, David Currow, PhD, Kristin Bindley, Patricia M. Davidson, PhD
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Helping Patients with Advanced Liver Disease and Caregivers Live Better: Introducing the PCRC Liver Disease SIG
October 19, 2021
Presenters: Arpan Patel, MD, PhD, Anne Walling, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN, Nneka Ufere, MD, Christopher Woodrell, MD, MS
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Implementation Research in Palliative Care: Foundations and Current Practices
September 20, 2021
Presenters: Cara McDermott, PhD, PharmD, Devon Check, PhD, Dan Matlock, MD, Lisa Zubkoff, PhD, MS
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How Do I Respond to a Summary Statement?
August 24, 2021
Presenter: Frank Keefe, PhD
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Statistical Analysis in Clinical Trials: Current Best Practices
July 9, 2021
Presenter: Michael Babyak, PhD
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Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination of Dementia Palliative Care Research: An Interdisciplinary Approach
June 29, 2021
Presenters: Krista Harrison, PhD, Alissa Bernstein, PhD, MPH, MA, Sarah Garrett, PhD
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Three New Studies on Spirituality and Religion in Palliative Care: The Spirituality and Religion Special Interest Group (SIG) Kickoff Webinar
May 6, 2021
Presenters: Shelley Varner Perez, MDiv, MPH, BCC, CPH, Daniel Grossoehme, DMin, MS, Paul Galchutt, MPH, MDiv, BCC; Discussants: Lexy Torke, MD, MS, George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, & Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN.
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Need Better Peer Review Skills for Palliative Care Manuscripts? Mentoring and Being Mentored
April 16, 2021
Presenters: David Casarett, MD and Laura Hanson, MD, MPH; Moderator: Tamara Somers, PhD; Panel: Robert Arnold, MD, Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, FAAN, Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
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Principles for Health Equity Research
March 15, 2021
Keynote: Ronit Elk, PhD; SIG leaders: Kate Doyon, PhD, M.Ed, RN and Tamryn Gray, RN, PhD, MPH
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The PCRC Pilot Project Series: Tips for Conducting Qualitative Interviews in the Palliative Setting
February 25, 2021
Dena Schulman-Green, PhD
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Caregiving Together: The Relationship Between Paid and Family Caregivers
January 21, 2021
Jennifer Reckrey, MD
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Multi-Site Trials: What I Know Now But Wish I Had Known Then
December 8, 2020
Rebecca Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM & Corita Grudzen, MD, MSHS, FACEP
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Got QUAL or Mixed-Methods Data? All the Various Ways to be Part of the First Ever Qualitative Data Repository in EOLPC
November 30, 2020
Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN
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The Critical Role of Understanding and Respecting Culture in Palliative and End of Life Care: Our African American Patients
October 26, 2020
Ronit Elk, PhD
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Managing Research Teams
September 21, 2020
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, FAAN & Jennifer Temel, MD
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NIH Center for Scientific Review Health Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Group Study Section Changes
September 16, 2020
Delia Olufokunbi Sam, PhD
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Related Materials:
Let's Get Digital: Digital Health Solutions for Your COVID-19 Research Contingency Plan
August 28, 2020
Jennifer Portz, PhD, MSW, Karla Washington, PhD, Stacy Fischer, MD, Abeba Lakew, MSW, and George Demiris, PhD
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Challenges in Palliative Care and the Surgical Patient
August 19, 2020
Zara Cooper, MD, MSc, FACS and Elizabeth Lilley, MD
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So Now It Is Time for the Analysis: How to Make it a Good Experience
July 13, 2020
Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH and Laura Porter, PhD
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Outcome Measurement in Pediatric Palliative Care Intervention Studies
June 22, 2020
Antonia Bennett, PhD and Julie Childers, MD, PhD
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NIH Grants Process: Clinical Trials
May 27, 2020
Karen Kehl, PhD, RN, FPCN and Lynn Adams, PhD
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So You Want to Design a Clinical Trial to Help People with Dementia and Their Caregivers - Here's Where to Start
May 19, 2020
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH
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Palliative Care Research and COVID-19
April 21, 2020
Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS and Alex Smith, MD, MPH, MS
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Conducting Palliative Care Trials with Persons Living with Dementia and their Caregivers: Key Decisions for Developing a Successful Trial
March 10, 2020
Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN
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NIH Grants Process: Idea To Submission
February 19, 2020
Karen A. Kehl, PhD, RN, FPCN & Lynn S. Adams, PhD
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Palliative Care Digital Health: The Force Awakens
February 13, 2020
Jennifer Portz, PhD, MSW
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Getting to the Heart of the Matter: How the PCRC HF SIG has Integrated Palliative Care Research into Heart Failure
January 13, 2020
Laura Gelfman, MD, MPH, Marie Bakitas,DNSc, NP-C, FAAN, & Nathan Goldstein, MD
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Chronic Pain and Serious Illness: Research and Funding Opportunities
December 19, 2019
Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, Jeri Miller, PhD, MS, MSc, & Arlene Bierman, MD, M.S
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Increasing the Value of Palliative Care Research
November 4, 2019
Katherine Sleeman, BsC, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
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Big Data for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Research
October 21, 2019
Lucas Morin, PhD
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Stepped Wedge Trial Design
September 23, 2019
Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH, MS
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10 Questions to Consider When Doing Research With Family Caregivers
August 22, 2019
J. Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD, MSN, MA, RN
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Caregiver Research Resources:
PCRC Caregiver Core
Selected Caregiver Assessment Measures: A Resource Inventory for Practitioners
SMART Design to Answer Important Questions in Palliative Care Research
July 9, 2019
Tamara Somers, PhD & Marie Davidian, PhD
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Conducting a PCRC Pilot Award - Barriers and Facilitators
June 10, 2019
Charlotta Lindvall, PhD; Hillary Lum, MD, PhD; Virginia Sun, PhD, RN; Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, AOCNP
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Data Visualization
May 6, 2019
Kate Miller, PhD, MPH
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Inspiring Data Visualization:
Kantar's Information is Beautiful Awards
Stephanie Evergreen's Data Visualization
"I Don't Want to go Back to the Closet": Improving Communication at the End of Life for LGBTQ Individuals
April 22, 2019
Carey Candrian, PhD
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Novel Behavioral Interventions in Palliative Care
March 7, 2019
Francis Keefe, PhD
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Statistical Considerations in Randomized-Control Trial (RTC) design
February 13, 2019
Greg Samsa, PhD
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Mentor-Mentee Relationships: Victories and Pitfalls
January 23, 2019
Alex Smith, MD, MPH
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Addressing Cognitive Impairment in Palliative Care Research
December 7, 2018
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH
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Pediatric Issues in Palliative Care Research
November 13, 2018
Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
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Research Issues in Multi-Morbidity and Advanced Illness
October 22, 2018
Michael Steinman, MD
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Mixed Methods Research in Palliative Care
September 12, 2018
Sharron Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN
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This webinar was co-hosted by the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC).
An Introduction to the PCRC Data Repository
August 16, 2018
Kathryn Colborn, PhD and Alex Tillman
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Submitting an Outstanding PCRC Pilot Grant Application
June 20, 2018
Stacy Fischer, MD and Daniel Matlock, MD
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Preparing For and Publishing Your Clinical Trial Design
May 10, 2018
Jean Kutner, MD, MPH/MSPH
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Recorded webinar may be viewed HERE
Additional Resources:
PCRC Protocol Guidelines
Equator Network: Searchable Network of Reporting Guidelines
U.S. National Library of Medicine: Biomedical Research Reporting Guidelines
Recommendations for Interventional Trials
Guidelines for Reporting on Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
Example Publication in Journal of Palliative Medicine
Pre-Registration of Studies
From Evidence To Implementation: The Long & Winding Road
April 10, 2018
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, AOCN, ACHPN, FAAN
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What Happens to a Grant When it is Reviewed? A Panel Discussion
March 8, 2018
Kathryn Pollak, PhD & Ken Covinsky, MD
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Thinking Inside the Box: Four Steps to Award-Winning Posters
February 22, 2018
John Beilenson
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Comparing Apples, Oranges…and Bacon Bits: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Palliative Care
January 29, 2018
Dio Kavalieratos, PhD
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Lessons Learned in Comparative Effectiveness Research – Part 2: the Malignant Bowel Obstruction Trial
December 4, 2017
Robert Krouse, MD, MS
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Lessons Learned in Implementing a Comparative Effectiveness Palliative Care Trial
November 9, 2017
Susan Enguídanos, PhD, MPH
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Selecting and Adapting Tools for Palliative Care Survey Research
October 18, 2017
Sydney Dy, MD, MS
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Team Science in Palliative Care
September 15, 2017
Yael Schenker, MD, MAS
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Strategies for Handling Missing Data in Palliative Care Research
August 25, 2017
Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH
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When Clinical Trials Are Not An Option: Propensity Score Matching in Palliative Care Research
July 28, 2017
Melissa Garrido, PhD
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Authorship and Ethics
June 16, 2017
Bob Arnold, MD
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Writing Compelling Science – Storytelling Basics and Structure
May 30, 2017
J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, RN
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Qualitative Research Methods: a two-part webinar
Helene Starks, PhD
Part 1: February 28, 2017
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Coding Exercise: Excerpt to be coded / Instructions for Part 1 / Instructions for Part 2
Part 2: March 27, 2017
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The Art of Mentoring
November 28, 2016
Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil
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Disseminating Your Work
October 31, 2016
Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD
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Family Caregiving Research
September 26, 2016
Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN
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Implementation Science
July 13, 2016
Elaine Morrato, DrPH, MPH, CPH
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Additional Resources:
Designing for Dissemination Planning Tool
RE-AIM PLANNING TOOL
Abstract: Developing a ‘‘Toolkit’’ for Implementing Early,
Concurrent Palliative Care in Community Cancer Center
New Member Orientation
June 10, 2016
Janet Bull, MD
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Research in disenfranchised and vulnerable populations: What are the special challenges?
May 23, 2016
Brie Williams, MD, MS and Margot Kushel, MD
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Finding Patterns in Health Data – A Gentle Introduction to Machine Learning
April 21, 2016
Kathryn Colborn, PhD
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Optimizing Recruitment and Improving Retention
March 30, 2016
Kathi Mooney, RN, PhD
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Data and Data Safety Monitoring
February 26, 2016
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
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Developing a Sound Analysis Plan
January 26, 2016
Michael Babyak, PhD
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How to Submit a Sparkling Submission: the ins and outs of the grant submission process
December 4, 2015
Kathryn Pollak, PhD
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PCRC Investigator Development Webinar: Developing a Multi-Site Budget
October 16, 2015
Christine Ritchie, MD
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PCRC New Member Orientation
September 30, 2015
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Intervention Development
September 22, 2015
Frank Keefe, PhD and Tammy Somers, PhD
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Developing and Writing Your Specific Aims
August 25, 2015
Greg Samsa, PhD
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PCRC-NINR R21 Informational Webinar
July 28, 2015
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