Christine J McPherson Assistant Professor School of Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences University of Ottawa

Background  Registered Nurse  Health Psychologist  Training in the UK  Post-doctoral studies/Research Scientist End of Life Care for Seniors- New Emerging Team (CIHR) End of Life Care for Seniors- New Emerging Team (CIHR)  Affiliated with the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute

Family caregivers Psychosocial issues at the end of life Proxies Self-Perceived Burden Research & evaluation Suffering & concerns Patient care Symptoms & Experiences Palliative care research

Current projects  McPherson, C.J., Wilson, K.G., Lobchuk, M.M., Brajtman, S. Family caregivers’ recognition of cancer patients’ symptoms at the end of life. ELCS-NET Pilot Project $20,000/Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network. $9,800 (04/2004 – 02/2006)  Lobchuk, M.M., McPherson, C.J., McClement, S.E. Lung cancer stigma: Attributional effects on informal caregiver perspective- taking and accuracy outcomes on patient pain experiences. National Cancer Institute of Canada $204,592 (04/ /2008)  Jones, J.M., Rodin, G., Zimmerman, C., Cohen, S.R., McPherson, C.J. Quality of life in cancer patients admitted to an acute palliative care unit and their caregivers: a prospective study of self-report and proxy-for-patient ratings. National Cancer Institute of Canada $174,941 (04/ /2008)

Links with the palliative care community Local, national & international level-  Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute/ SCO Health Service  Optimizing End of Life Care for Seniors: A New Emerging Team. (PI Dr. P. Allard). Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($1,267,000) Support Period: 04/ /2008  Improving Quality of Life in Palliative Care: Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network (PI Dr. S.R. Cohen) Funding Source: National Cancer Institute of Canada ($444,000). Support Period: June 2000-May 2005  Training in the UK at St Christopher’s Hospice and King’s College London  Presented my research at the Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care in Venice Italy in May 2006

Support for research/education in palliative care  Strategic Training Program in Palliative Care Research (Principal Investigator Dr. S. Robin Cohen) Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($1,800,000) Dates of Proposed Project: April March 2006  Mentor on this team- assisted a PhD candidate to obtain funding to support her PhD in Nursing at the University of Ottawa School of Nursing

Teaching Post-RN:  Socio-Cultural Concepts of Aging  NSG 4304  Fall course MScN:  Research Methods  NSG 5140  Winter course

Student supervision  Member of the Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies (FPGS)  Co-supervising two students - research in the area of palliative care at the masters and doctoral level