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.
Her contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the 2021 New Investigator Award from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the 2021 Eastern Nursing Research Society Rising Star award. Additionally, Dr. Feder is certified as an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse and holds Fellow status in both Palliative Care Nursing and the American Heart Association.