Katherine Supiano is a professor in the College of Nursing and the director of Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program at the University of Utah College of Nursing. Supiano’s research is in clinical interventions in complicated and prolonged grief, and the grief of those who are bereaved by suicide or overdose death and the grief of incarcerated persons. Her clinical practice has included care of older adults with depression and multiple chronic health concerns, dementia family caregiver support, end-of life care, and bereavement care. Supiano is a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, a Fellow of Thanatology, and a founding member of the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network. She received her PhD in Social Work at the University of Utah as a John A. Hartford Foundation Doctoral Fellow.
