Amisha Parekh de Campos

Ph.D., MPH, RN, CHPN

Assistant Clinical Professor

She/Her/Hers

Dr. Parekh de Campos has a joint appointment with the leadership team at Middlesex Health Hospice Homecare program. Her goal is to bridge academic learning with clinical practice. Her program of research focuses on palliative care, access, equity, and communication. Specifically, she has created and tested a simulation for registered nurses in advance care planning communication. Parekh de Campos is currently looking at health disparities, and barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care among vulnerable populations. She also is working to enhance palliative care curriculum among undergraduate students.

Research/Scholarship Interests

• Palliative care
• Advance care planning
• Communication
• Hospice
• End-of-life care

Education

• Ph.D., Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, May 2020
• BSN, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, August 2010
• MPH, Global Health Promotion, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., August 2005
• BS, Exercise Science, Cum Laude Honor, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., August 2001

Honors & Awards

• Clinical Research and Innovation Seed Program (CRISP) award. Research study: Barriers and
  Facilitators to End-of-Life Care Among Black Americans in an Urban City.
• 2023: Annual Assembly Scholarship, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation
• Dec. 2021: Featured Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
• 2021: Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse of the Year, Hospice & Palliative Credentialling Center
• 2021: Young Investigators Award, Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care
• 2020: Carolyn Ladd Widmer PhD Award, University of Connecticut
• 2019: Hospice & Palliative Nurses Foundation Scholarship
• 2017-2020: Robert Wood Johnson, Future of Nursing Scholar
• 2017-2020: Jonas Nurse Scholar, Chronic Health
• 2019: Rising Star of Research and Scholarship, Sigma Convention
• 2013: RN Nursing Award for Palliative and Hospice Care, Middlesex Health

Selected Publications

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