John Cagle is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland-Baltimore School of Social Work with a substantive interest in improving care at the end of life. As a translational health services researcher, his efforts have focused on identifying effective models of care and support for dying patients and their families, and implementing those models…
Craig Dresang is CEO of YoloCares, Sacramento Valley’s first established hospice and community-based palliative care program. He is a writer, educator, hospice advocate, and an end-of-life columnist for The Davis Enterprise. Dresang is a board member for Joshua’s House in Sacramento, the first hospice residence for the homeless on the West Coast. During his 20+…
Pamela Gabbay is a nationally recognized author, trainer, and consultant who has served the bereavement field in many capacities during her career. Gabbay is part of the training corps of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and travels throughout the country conducting trainings on their behalf. She is on the Advisory Board for the…
Jill Harrington-LaMorie is an adjunct professor for The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington DC Campus, and also maintains an active clinical counseling practice. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, American Association of Suicidology, and the Association for Death Education & Counseling (ADEC) where she is also a former Board…
Carla Stumpf Patton is the senior director of Suicide Postvention Programs at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). As a subject matter expert in grief, trauma, and suicide, she helped develop the TAPS Suicide Postvention Model™, providing outreach and care to bereaved survivors. She is trained in Crisis Response Planning, certified as an Applied…
Kathie Supiano is a Professor Emeritus in the College of Nursing, and the past director of Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program at the University of Utah College of Nursing. She has been a practicing clinical social worker and psychotherapist for over 45 years. Her clinical practice has included care of older adults with depression…
Nancy E. Thacker Darrow earned her PhD in Counselor Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently an assistant professor of counselor education and supervision at the University of Vermont (UVM). She commonly teaches lifespan development, helping skills, and applied clinical counseling courses. She also coordinates the PhD program in Counselor Education and…
Kara Thieleman is an assistant teaching professor with the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University. She has served as a grief counselor and hospice social worker, as well as a group facilitator, program developer, and supervisor for coaches on the Resilient Parenting for Bereaved Families program with the REACH Institute at…
Carrie Traher works as a counselor, educator, and researcher. She has authored articles on issues related to the experiences of adolescent girls, attachment and loss, bereaved university students, and has edited volumes regarding bereaved children and adolescents. Additional research interests include medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and the use of photo narrative and arts based…
Lauren Jodi (“LJ”) Van Scoy is a professor of Medicine, Humanities and Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine and is a physician scientist with training as a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician. She has an active, independent research program in the field of end-of-life communication and advance care planning. She has published…
Erika VanDyke is the program manager for the Van Scoy Research Laboratory at Penn State College of Medicine (PSU COM). In this position, she supports a large research portfolio of projects related to communication around issues concerning medical decision making. Before joining Dr. Van Scoy’s lab, she worked as a project manager for the Qualitative…
Shana Wierchowski is an instructor in medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and the director of inpatient services for palliative medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She works with seriously ill patients and their care partners in the acute hospital setting as a consultant and at her hospital’s inpatient palliative unit. She…
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