The following is a list of contacts for information about NCI palliative care funding opportunities and initiatives. (See the Funding Opportunities in Symptom Management and Palliative Care Research page for a list of current funding announcements.)
| Group Members | Area of Expertise/Interest | NCI Division/Office* |
|---|---|---|
| Arenella, Cheryl arenellac@mail.nih.gov | Palliative and end-of-life care practice, the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O) Curriculum | OCE |
| Arora, Neeraj aroran@mail.nih.gov | Patient-clinician communication, health-related quality of life, patient experiences with care assessment, patient-centered care, cancer survivorship | DCCPS/ARP/ORB |
| Bakos, Alexis bakosa@mail.nih.gov | Cancer health disparities | CRCHD |
| Baldwin, Robin robin@mail.nih.gov | Physician Data Query (PDQ®) Supportive and Palliative Care and Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine editorial boards | OCE |
| Brell, Joanna brelljm@mail.nih.gov | Drug development for cancer symptom and cancer treatment toxicity management; cancer symptom/toxicity clinical trials | DCP |
| Cunningham, Louise cunningl@mail.nih.gov | Patient/caregiver education and materials regarding psychosocial care and symptom management | OCE |
| Denicoff, Andrea denicofa@mail.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in cancer treatment trials, palliative care research, clinical trial accrual/minority accrual | DCTD/CTEP/CIB |
| Galassi, Annette agalassi@mail.nih.gov | Palliative care education (professional and public) and training, EPEC-O | OCE |
| Han, Paul hanp@mail.nih.gov | Palliative and end-of-life care research | DCCPS/ARP/ORB |
| Jeffery, Diana jefferyd@mail.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/psychometrics/health disparities/research methods/sexual dysfunction research | DCCPS/OCS |
| Kelaghan, Joseph jk85i@nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in symptom management and cancer treatment trials, palliative care research | DCP/COPTRG |
| McCaskill-Stevens, Worta wm57h@nih.gov | Symptom management in cancer treatment and prevention trials; resources for symptom management in minority and underserved populations | DCP/COPTRG |
| Mikhail, Isis mikhaili@mail.nih.gov | Complementary and alternative medicine | DCTD/OCCAM |
| Minasian, Lori minasilo@mail.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in symptom management and cancer treatment trials, cancer control and palliative care research | DCP/COPTRG |
| O'Mara, Ann omaraa@mail.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in symptom management and cancer treatment trials, palliative care research | DCP/COPTRG |
| Ousely, Anita ousleya@mail.nih.gov | Health professional education | OCE |
| Reeve, Bryce reeveb@mail.nih.gov | Psychometrics, health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in cancer treatment trials | DCCPS/ARP/ORB |
| Rowland, Julia rowlandj@mail.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in cancer patients and families post-treatment; health behaviors; cancer caregiving; sexual functioning; cancer survivorship | DCCPS/OCS |
| St. Germain, Diane dstgermain@mail.nih.gov | Symptom management, end-of-life care, palliative care research, clinical trial accrual/minority accrual | DCP/COPTRG |
| Trimble, Ted trimblet@ctep.nci.nih.gov | Health-related quality of life/patient-reported outcomes in cancer treatment trials | DCTD/CTEP/CIB |
* NCI Division/Office Name Acronyms
- ARP - Applied Research Program
- CIB - Clinical Investigations Branch
- COPTRG - Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group
- CRCHD - Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
- CTEP - Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
- DCCPS - Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- DCP - Division of Cancer Prevention
- DCTD - Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
- OCCAM - Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- OCE - Office of Communications and Education
- OCS - Office of Cancer Survivorship
- ORB - Outcomes Research Branch

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