Shelli L. Feder, Principal Investigator
Dr. Feder serves as an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and as the Associate Program Director for the Yale National Clinician Scholars Program. An expert in organizational health services research and implementation science, she brings over a decade of clinical experience as an advanced practice nurse specializing in hospice, palliative care, and cardiovascular settings. Her research focuses on developing innovative care models aimed at enhancing access to high-quality, timely palliative and end-of-life care for individuals with cardiopulmonary conditions.
Dr. Feder has secured over $2.5 million in research funding from sources such as the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R56HL166523; R34HL174885; R01HL172840), the Hartford Centers for Gerontological Nursing Excellence, the Palliative Care Research Cooperative, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. She has authored more than 70 academic publications and two book chapters.
Judith Bina Vick, MPH, MD
Co-Invesitgator
Judith Vick, MD MPH is an instructor in the section of geriatrics at Yale University School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Barnard College and Johns Hopkins, where she completed her MD, MPH and internal medicine residency. In 2024, she completed the National Clinician Scholars Program at Duke University and Durham VA as a health services research fellow. Dr. Vick’s research focuses on optimizing care delivery for older adults to align with “what matters most” to patients and families. She enjoys Orange Theory Fitness, creative nonfiction, and linocut; and she has two cats: Molly and Rashi.
