The mentorship I received from MUSC faculty was instrumental in the publication focused on COPD and palliative care.
Palliative Care Research and Innovation
As the Mary Swain Endowed Chair in Palliative Care Health, Dr. Kathleen Lindell shines a light on the importance of nurses having a seat at the table and engaging directly with the critical work of palliative care. She is intricately involved with palliative care research, education, practice and strategy being done both at MUSC College of Nursing and on a national level. Under her mentorship, both faculty and students are inspired to pursue new avenues of collaboration and research in palliative care.
Pat Coyne, MSN, ACHPN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, FPCN, explains why embracing compassion is essential in palliative care.
Research Faculty Interests
Our Palliative Care Research Faculty focuses on advancing compassionate and evidence-based care.
Kathleen O. Lindell, Ph.D., RN, ATSF, FAAN
Mary Swain Endowed Chair in Palliative Care
Sarah Miller
Teresa Kelechi, Ph.D., RN
Program Director for Recruitment, South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute SUCCESS Center
Associate Dean for Research, Medical University of South Carolina
David & Margaret Clare Endowed Chair, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina
Professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Dr. Kelechi is a gerontological clinical nurse specialist, certified wound care nurse, and nurse scientist. Her research focuses on the development, evaluation and implementation of self-management interventions to improve wound healing outcomes in populations with chronic conditions and stress reduction interventions in older caregivers.
Diana Layne, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor
Dr. Diana Layne, PhD, RN, CPHQ, a graduate of MUSC's College of Nursing Ph.D. program and, specializes in caregiving research. Her focus spans professional and family caregivers, initially exploring negative behaviors in healthcare settings and later expanding to faculty and student experiences.
From 2021-2023 she was a SC Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR) KL2 scholar and adapted an existing nurse-led palliative care intervention for use with Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers.
She has participated in numerous dementia clinical trials training programs including the 2021 cohort of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Clinical Trials Training program as well as the 2022-2023 cohort of Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Training program.