Nationwide Childrens Hospital Receives Palliative Care Research Grant
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) has awarded $1.8 million in research grants to researchers at 12 institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD, a researcher in the Center for Biobehavioral Health at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, was awarded one of the grants to study quality of life in families of children with severe health conditions or illness....