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Previous Webinars
State of the Science in Palliative Care
June 7, 2023
Presenter(s): Sean Morrison, MD
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
Things You Really Need To Know When You Submit Your NIH Grant Proposal
April 19, 2023
Presenter(s): Karen Kehl, PhD
Working With A Statistician
March 14, 2023
Presenter(s): Maren Olsen, PhD and Greg Samsa, PhD
Implementation Science: Core Components, Frameworks, Adaptation, and Older Adults
February 27, 2023
Presenter(s): Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS
Optimizing Recruitment, Consent, and Retention in ADRD Populations
January 31, 2023
Presenter(s): Jonathan Jackson, PhD
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
Building Research Infrastructure: Managing Projects and People
November 30, 2022
Presenter: Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
Engaging Key Partners in Palliative Care Research: Under the Hood of "Co-Creation" Work
October 24, 2022
Presenter: Hillary Lum, MD, PhD
The Nuts and Bolts of Behavioral Intervention Development
September 21, 2022
Presenter: Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD
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
Preparing a Fundable Grant Application
July 12, 2022
Presenters: Kathryn Pollak, PhD
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
From Feasibility to Efficacy: Journey of a Pilot Study in Pancreatic Cancer
May 18, 2022
Presenter: Virginia Sun, PhD, RN
Palliative Care Administrative Data Research
April 20, 2022
Presenter: Katie Colborn, PhD, MSPH
Concurrent Hospice-Dialysis Care
March 23, 2022
Presenters: Natalie Ernecoff, PhD and Jane Schell, MD, MHS
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
Writing Challenge Launch: Tactics for Writing
January 10, 2022
Presenters: David Casarett, MD, MA
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
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
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
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
How Do I Respond to a Summary Statement?
August 24, 2021
Presenter: Frank Keefe, PhD
Statistical Analysis in Clinical Trials: Current Best Practices
July 9, 2021
Presenter: Michael Babyak, PhD
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
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.
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
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
The PCRC Pilot Project Series: Tips for Conducting Qualitative Interviews in the Palliative Setting
February 25, 2021
Dena Schulman-Green, PhD
Caregiving Together: The Relationship Between Paid and Family Caregivers
January 21, 2021
Jennifer Reckrey, MD
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
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
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
Managing Research Teams
September 21, 2020
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, FAAN & Jennifer Temel, MD
NIH Center for Scientific Review Health Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Group Study Section Changes
September 16, 2020
Delia Olufokunbi Sam, PhD
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
Challenges in Palliative Care and the Surgical Patient
August 19, 2020
Zara Cooper, MD, MSc, FACS and Elizabeth Lilley, MD
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
Outcome Measurement in Pediatric Palliative Care Intervention Studies
June 22, 2020
Antonia Bennett, PhD and Julie Childers, MD, PhD
NIH Grants Process: Clinical Trials
May 27, 2020
Karen Kehl, PhD, RN, FPCN and Lynn Adams, PhD
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
Palliative Care Research and COVID-19
April 21, 2020
Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS and Alex Smith, MD, MPH, MS
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
NIH Grants Process: Idea To Submission
February 19, 2020
Karen A. Kehl, PhD, RN, FPCN & Lynn S. Adams, PhD
Palliative Care Digital Health: The Force Awakens
February 13, 2020
Jennifer Portz, PhD, MSW
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
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
Increasing the Value of Palliative Care Research
November 4, 2019
Katherine Sleeman, BsC, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Big Data for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Research
October 21, 2019
Lucas Morin, PhD
Stepped Wedge Trial Design
September 23, 2019
Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH, MS
10 Questions to Consider When Doing Research With Family Caregivers
August 22, 2019
J. Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD, MSN, MA, RN
SMART Design to Answer Important Questions in Palliative Care Research
July 9, 2019
Tamara Somers, PhD & Marie Davidian, PhD
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
Data Visualization
May 6, 2019
Kate Miller, PhD, MPH
"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
Novel Behavioral Interventions in Palliative Care
March 7, 2019
Francis Keefe, PhD
Statistical Considerations in Randomized-Control Trial (RTC) design
February 13, 2019
Greg Samsa, PhD
Mentor-Mentee Relationships: Victories and Pitfalls
January 23, 2019
Alex Smith, MD, MPH
Addressing Cognitive Impairment in Palliative Care Research
December 7, 2018
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH
Pediatric Issues in Palliative Care Research
November 13, 2018
Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
Research Issues in Multi-Morbidity and Advanced Illness
October 22, 2018
Michael Steinman, MD
Mixed Methods Research in Palliative Care
September 12, 2018
Sharron Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN
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
Submitting an Outstanding PCRC Pilot Grant Application
June 20, 2018
Stacy Fischer, MD and Daniel Matlock, MD
Preparing For and Publishing Your Clinical Trial Design
May 10, 2018
Jean Kutner, MD, MPH/MSPH
From Evidence To Implementation: The Long & Winding Road
April 10, 2018
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, AOCN, ACHPN, FAAN
What Happens to a Grant When it is Reviewed? A Panel Discussion
March 8, 2018
Kathryn Pollak, PhD & Ken Covinsky, MD
Thinking Inside the Box: Four Steps to Award-Winning Posters
February 22, 2018
John Beilenson
Comparing Apples, Oranges…and Bacon Bits: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Palliative Care
January 29, 2018
Dio Kavalieratos, PhD
Lessons Learned in Comparative Effectiveness Research – Part 2: the Malignant Bowel Obstruction Trial
December 4, 2017
Robert Krouse, MD, MS
Lessons Learned in Implementing a Comparative Effectiveness Palliative Care Trial
November 9, 2017
Susan Enguídanos, PhD, MPH
Selecting and Adapting Tools for Palliative Care Survey Research
October 18, 2017
Sydney Dy, MD, MS
Team Science in Palliative Care
September 15, 2017
Yael Schenker, MD, MAS
Strategies for Handling Missing Data in Palliative Care Research
August 25, 2017
Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH
When Clinical Trials Are Not An Option: Propensity Score Matching in Palliative Care Research
July 28, 2017
Melissa Garrido, PhD
Authorship and Ethics
June 16, 2017
Bob Arnold, MD
Writing Compelling Science – Storytelling Basics and Structure
May 30, 2017
J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, RN
Qualitative Research Methods: a two-part webinar
Helene Starks, PhD
Part 1: February 28, 2017
Part 2: March 27, 2017
The Art of Mentoring
November 28, 2016
Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil
Disseminating Your Work
October 31, 2016
Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD
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
New Member Orientation
June 10, 2016
Janet Bull, MD
Research in disenfranchised and vulnerable populations: What are the special challenges?
May 23, 2016
Brie Williams, MD, MS and Margot Kushel, MD
Finding Patterns in Health Data – A Gentle Introduction to Machine Learning
April 21, 2016
Kathryn Colborn, PhD
Optimizing Recruitment and Improving Retention
March 30, 2016
Kathi Mooney, RN, PhD
Data and Data Safety Monitoring
February 26, 2016
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Developing a Sound Analysis Plan
January 26, 2016
Michael Babyak, PhD
How to Submit a Sparkling Submission: the ins and outs of the grant submission process
December 4, 2015
Kathryn Pollak, PhD
PCRC Investigator Development Webinar: Developing a Multi-Site Budget
October 16, 2015
Christine Ritchie, MD
PCRC New Member Orientation
September 30, 2015
Intervention Development
September 22, 2015
Frank Keefe, PhD and Tammy Somers, PhD
Developing and Writing Your Specific Aims
August 25, 2015
Greg Samsa, PhD
PCRC-NINR R21 Informational Webinar
July 28, 2015