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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