Now hiring! Pitt Nursing's Sarah Belcher seeking a full time Clinical Research Coordinator and two full time Clinical Research Specialists for her R01 study of predictors & outcomes of oral anticancer medication adherence among patients with hematologic malignancies! (1/3)

.Devon Check, Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN,CARN-AP, Jessica Merlin, + more reveal significant rates of #SubstanceMisuse among #CancerSurvivors, especially alcohol misuse, with highest rates in cervical & head & neck cancer survivors. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Did you miss Dr. Leslie Scheunemann's lecture this Wednesday? Watch the recording, now online Leslie Scheunemann, MD MPH Pitt Geriatrics: buff.ly/45E2d9A

Last chance alert! If you want to be part of the 2025 Abstract Reviewer team, or submit your work for the Principal Call, make sure to submit before midnight! Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) bit.ly/4cDILhf

A new 12-week program led by Jessica Merlin at Pitt has been proven to reduce pain and boost mood in people with #HIV and #ChronicPain. Read more from UPMC: upmc.com/media/news/071…

Join us for Palliative Research Center's 2024 Annual Retreat: "From Hospital to Home." 📅 Thursday, October 10th, 2024 💲 FREE! Coffee & lunch provided. 👩‍⚕️ Keynote: Dr. Kimberly Johnson, Duke University Register today ➡️ ow.ly/nBXm50SUHMp

🚨 Tomorrow! Join Jessica Merlin & Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN,CARN-AP's virtual CAPC & RE-UP workshop on managing #ChronicPain in patients with serious illness & #SUD. Learn best practices, opioid safety, & buprenorphine prescribing. Register for 1 of 4 dates: capc.org/events/virtual…

PaRC faculty Sarah Belcher is now hiring Clinical Research Specialists for her R01 study, looking at predictors and outcomes of oral anticancer medication adherence among patients with hematologic malignancies! 💊 buff.ly/3Ad2RRb

Dr. Teresa Hagan Thomas and Dr. Heidi Donovan have published protocols and initial results from a large, nurse-led academic-clinical partnership aimed at integrating caregiver support into care for individuals with breast cancer. #nurseledresearch #hapc buff.ly/4dQ6Mlu

📚Yael Schenker, Bob Arnold, & I ask in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM)🤔Are #PalliativeCare specialists expected to provide an extra layer of support to all primary team members (beyond our obligation to patient/family?)➡️We worry this model is not reasonable nor sustainable🔗: jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-…

Love the shout out! This protocol was developed in Gynecologic Cancer. But no reason it couldn't be done in breast or colon or lung cancer!

Great examplar by fantastic researchers-Dr. Heidi Donovan & Dr. Teresa Thomas.👏

I am very excited to share that CHEST® Journal has accepted my empirical study with Gina Piscitello for publication. Here is a sneak peek of the pre-print version. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

PaRC & Pitt Challenges in Managing & Preventing Pain's Jessica Merlin is senior author on mentee Devon Check's population analysis of substance misuse among cancer survivors, now online in JAMA Internal Medicine #hapc buff.ly/3XhPx74

Looking forward to talking with clinicians and scholars Friday at Rush Gerontology & Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds! #mmsm #pallcare #medicationadherence #sdoh RUSH Geriatric Medicine nivedita gunturi, md Jessica Merlin Palliative Research Center Pitt Nursing Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing

Excited to hear from these PaRC and Palliative and Supportive Institute researchers and clinicians

Exciting to see Dr. Belcher's work featured!