Research Updates
Cutting edge research findings are presented at the bi-monthly presentation meetings of The Center. The following presentations have been given in 2005-2006:
2006
January 11, 2006
Networking Meeting facilitated by Lori A. Roscoe, PhD, Department of Communication, USF
February 8, 2006
Ms. Lindsay Freeman, PhD Student in Aging Studies
“Music Thanatology: Prescriptive Harp Music as Palliative Care for the Dying Patient”
March 8, 2006
Networking Meeting facilitated by
April 12, 2006
Hana Osman, PhD, Department of Community and Family Health, USF
“Advance Directives in Critical Care”
May 10, 2006
Networking Meeting facilitated by Ms. Elizabeth Bergman, PhD Student in Aging Studies, Center Graduate Research Assistant
June 13, 2006
Susan C. McMillan, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Professor,
“From Research Question to Funded Study: Developing a Research Program”
July 12, 2006
Networking Meeting facilitated by Sehwan Kim, PhD, Director of Research, LifePath Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
Jung Kwak, PhD,
“Predictors and Outcomes of Hospice Use Among Medicare and Medicaid Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents in
September 20, 2006
Kristine Donovan, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
“The Relationship of Pain Management to Quality of Life in Ambulatory Cancer Patients”
October 10, 2006
Kristine Donovan, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
“Sexuality and Cancer Survivorship”
October 27-28, 2006 Center Conference
Building Bridges: Interdisciplinary Paths to Palliative & End-of-Life Care for People with Diverse Conditions (Cancer, Dementia, and Heart Disease)
November 8, 2006
Networking & Conference Debriefing Meeting facilitated by Lori A. Roscoe, PhD, USF and
December 6, 2006
Debra Dobbs, PhD, Assistant Professor,
“Issues Related to Spirituality at the End-of-Life”
2005
November 29, 2005
Elizabeth Bergman: Ph.D. Student School of Aging Studies, USF
"Hospice Bereavement Service Utilization and Preferences Among Spouses in Hospice".
September 27, 2005
Ronald Schonwetter, MD, LifePath Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
Lori Roscoe, PhD, School of Aging Studies, USF
Sehwan Kim, PhD, LifePath Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
"Quality-of-Life and Symptom Control in Hospice Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy"
July 26, 2005
Dorothy Helen Moore, PhD
VA Patient Safety Center
"Psychosocial Influences on the Timing of Mortality"
May 24, 2005
Lora Azzarello, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
"Depression in Geriatric Cancer Patients"
March 22, 2005
Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD
School of Aging Studies
"Palliative Care for Individuals with a Progressive Degenerative Dementia"
January 25, 2005
Jennifer Salmon PhD, School of Aging Studies and
Kathleen Egan, MA, BS, CHPN,
The Hospice Institute, Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
"Benefits of Training End-of-Life Caregivers"