Palliative Research Priorities

Guiding Principles

In its research efforts, the Center for Palliative Care focuses on a few strategic areas. All research efforts are integrated with clinical service. Study participants receive direct clinical benefit from participation.

Active Research Areas

Symptom Control (e.g., Pain, Weight loss or anorexia/cachexia, Insomnia)
Health Care Delivery: models of care for improving advanced illness in the hospital and community setting
Advanced Illness including Heart Failure, HIV Disease, COPD
Ethics / Spirituality
Patient – Provider Communication
Caregiver Support
Survivorship (with emphases on breast cancer and head & neck cancer survivors)

Contacts

If you are interested in our research here at the Center for Palliative Care, please feel free to contact us: Vicki Herring (greenfire@uab.edu) or 205.975.8197.