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Center for Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care Research

Our Services

The center provides several services to promote psycho-oncologic and palliative care research. These services include consulting with center staff on the following areas for projects congruent with the center's mission:

  • Study design (e.g., sampling strategies, recruitment)
  • Data management
  • Statistical analyses
  • Ethical conduct of research (e.g., preparation of IRB protocols)
  • Academic career mentoring of medical students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty
  • Preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication
  • Preparation of proposals for grant sponsored research
  • Opportunities to collaborate on ongoing projects
  • Media consults (e.g., cancer mental health, disaster survivor assessment and treatment guidelines)

Other center activities serving the DF/HCC research community include:

  • Faculty sabbaticals
  • Conferences (e.g., bereavement conference)
  • Seminars (e.g., psychosocial and palliative care research seminar and journal club)
  • Promoting multi-disciplinary and multi-site collaborations

Study findings

screenshot from Dr. Alexi Wright video

Patients who had end-of-life discussions with their physicians had improved quality of life, say Dana-Farber researchers.
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Order diagnostic tools

If you'd like to order the Prolonged Grief Disorder (PG-13) diagnostic tool, or any other diagnostic tool developed at the Center for Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care Research, please call Maureen Clark at (617) 632-3248 or e-mail PsychooncResearch
@partners.org
.