Neuropalliative Care Research Webinar Series

The International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) is pleased to announce the continuation of our recurring Neuropalliative Care Research Webinar Series.

Our next event will take place on Thursday, December 3rd at 12:00pm (US-Eastern) where we will be joined by Dr. Krista Harrison, who will present a webinar entitled, "Closing a Loop: Returning Preliminary Neuropalliative Care Research Findings to Participants".

Webinar/research description:
The HEARD Study is entering its fourth year and preparing to return preliminary findings—from the bereaved caregiver sample and half of the planned hospice organizational sample—to hospice professionals within organizations who participated in the study in 2026. These presentations will serve three purposes: sharing what the study is learning, inviting credibility/member checks on emerging interpretations, and identifying perspectives that may be missing or additional professionals who want to participate. Dr. Krista Harrison will share draft approaches for communicating both cross-study and site-specific findings in multiple formats and invite the group to help refine what is most interesting, actionable, and useful to participating hospice organizations.

Krista Harrison, PhD, is a social scientist and Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research aims to mitigate suffering associated with living with, dying from, and grieving neurodegenerative diseases by improving policies and models of hospice, palliative, and home-based care. She uses qualitative methods—including interviews, observations, and organizational case studies—alongside analysis of national survey and Medicare claims data to understand care needs, experiences, and opportunities to improve care. Before joining UCSF, Dr. Harrison was an administrator at a large nonprofit community-based hospice and palliative care organization; she completed her PhD in health policy and bioethics at Johns Hopkins, postdoctoral training in aging research and implementation science at UCSF, and an Atlantic Fellowship for Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute.

Webinars in the series will consist of a presentation followed by an open Q&A and group discussion, with the webinar lasting an hour in total.

The objective of these one-hour online webinars is to:

Provide both junior and well-established neuropalliative care investigators an opportunity to obtain feedback on research across varying stages of development, from initial idea to funding applications and publications.

While the primary target audience is researchers and health care providers, interested patients and family caregivers are also welcome to attend.

Additional details are described in Frequently Asked Questions or please email info@inpcs.org.

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Sincerely,

Caroline Crooms
Research Webinar Subcommittee

Andrew Huang
Research Webinar Subcommittee