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Palliative Care Research Fellowship Program

Program Overview

Our Palliative Care Research Fellowship Program has been funded by a T32 training grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute since 2015.  Fellowships are 1-3 years in duration.  As funding for this fellowship will end in 2025, no new applications are being accepted.

Program Leadership

The T32 fellowship program is directed by Drs. Erin Kross and Rashmi Sharma.

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Erin K. Kross, MD

CPCCE Director

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rashmi sharma

Rashmi Sharma, MD, MHS

CPCCE Associate Program Director 

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Training Environment

Fellows may retain their primary mentors in addition to working with a Palliative Care T32 faculty member. This research fellowship is administered by CPCCE and fellows will have the opportunity to engage in a number of formal CPCCE activities.

Training plans will be individualized for each participant and will focus on research. However, training may also include a Masters degree in Epidemiology or Health Services Research. If appropriate, tuition support is available.

Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

The Palliative Care Graduate Certificate is designed for practicing healthcare professionals from nursing, medicine, social work, spiritual care, and other disciplines seeking specialty training in palliative care.

The interprofessional curriculum includes a general and a pediatrics-specific track. Both support participants in developing their expertise in three key areas of palliative care:

  1. Practice: person-centered communication;
  2. Interprofessional team training; and
  3. Program sustainability in their palliative care practice.

To learn more, please visit https://pctc.uw.edu/.

Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program

The University of Washington Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program offered through the Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine is a one year fellowship that trains fellows to become experts in delivering palliative medicine care for severe and chronically ill patients of all ages.

There is a general and pediatrics-specific track. Both programs provide a mentored training experience in clinical skills and provide exposure to research and quality improvement for our fellows, who will become future leaders in palliative care medicine.

To learn more, please visit https://geriatrics.uw.edu/hpm-fellowship.