Funding for End-of-Life Research

Center Research Assistantships

The Center provides $15,000 in assistantship funding for PhD students who are interested in pursuing end-of-life research. Students are competitively selected, and complete their own research projects as well as projects with the Center's community provider hospices. The following students have received graduate fellowships:  Application deadline for 2009-10 is February 18, 2009 by 5:00 p.m.  2009-10 Application

2008

Jessica Allen, Department of Aging Studies, USF                                           "An Evaluation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a Predictor of Six Month Survival for Dementia Patients."

2007

Jillian Tullis-Owen, Department of Communication, USF   

"The Role of Hospice Chaplains in Communicating Spirituality and Dying at the End-of-Life"

2004

Elizabeth Bergman, Ph.D. student in Aging Studies, USF
"Hospice Bereavernet Service Utilization and Preferences Among Spouses in Three Hospices"

2002

Christine Davis, Ph.D. student in Communication, USF
"Hospice Narratives: The Role of End-of-Life Communication in the Social Construction of Humanness Among Terminally Ill Hospice Patients"

2001

Allison Burton, Ph.D. student in Aging Studies, USF
"Assessing Bereaved Former Hospice Caregivers in Two Hospices: Fessibility and Preliminary Data"

For information contact Lourdes Rodriguez at (813) 974-2460 or by email at LRodrig1@health.usf.edu