Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP (BC), ACHPN, FAAN

An organizational health services researcher, Dr. Feder’s research interests include palliative and end-of-life care delivery for people with non-cancer serious illness, health policy related to palliative and end-of-life care, medical informatics, and digital health interventions. She has expertise in qualitative and mixed methods and implementation science. Dr. Feder is spearheading a four-year research study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to uncover the systemic factors contributing to the wide variation in palliative care uptake and the quality of end-of-life care for Veterans with heart failure. Additionally, she is leading a three-year study focused on developing and evaluating a clinical decision support tool aimed at promoting early palliative care for patients hospitalized with heart failure within the Yale New Haven Health System.