Research

Purpose statement for Research and Academic Collaboration Research and Academic Collaboration

We welcome collaboration between international scholars and Pallium India staff to deepen our collective understanding of the successes and challenges faced by the palliative care field in India. As is often the case when clinical and advocacy needs are overwhelming for a non-governmental organization, there is limited time to empirically validate our achievements or to document our narratives.

International academicians and researchers can serve an important need for Pallium India as mentors, collaborative co-writers, editors for grants, research proposals and publications. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will serve to strengthen our work in the field. In addition, narratives and reflective works will provide the social and emotional context of the communities Pallium India serves every day.

Here are some examples of collaborative publications:

Ajjarapu AS, Broderick A. Home-Based Palliative Care Program Relieves Chronic Pain in Kerala, India: Success Realized Through Patient, Family Narratives. Perm J. 2018; 22:17-151. Link to full text.
Kwok IB. An Iceberg in India. J Palliat Med. 2019;22(11):1302-1303. Link to abstract.
Sunilkumar MM, Lockman K. Practical Pharmacology of Methadone: A Long-acting Opioid. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S10-S14. Link to full text.
Viswanath V, Palat G, Chary S, Broderick A. Challenges of Using Methadone in the Indian Pain and Palliative Care Practice. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S30-S35. Link to full text.
Palat G, Vallath N, Chary S, Broderick A. When to Use Methadone for pain: A Case-Based Approach. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S15-S20. Link to full text.
Taylor GH, Krakauer EL, and Sanders JJ. Find Out What They Lack, Try to Provide: A Qualitative Investigation of Palliative Care Services Adapted to Local Need in a Low-Resource Setting. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2020; 23(6). Link to abstract.
Macy MA. Through the eyes of child: reflections on my mother’s death from cancer. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2013; 27:2, 176-178. Link to full text.
Rajagopal MR, Ito K. Pain in Bali. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2015: 29:4, 408-411. Link to full-text.
Glass M, Rana S, Coghlan R, et al. Global Palliative Care Education in the Time of COVID-19 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 24]. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020;60(4): e14-e19. Link to full-text.

We invite researchers and academicians to join the Research and Academic Initiative at Pallium India to promote the study and highlight the context of palliative care in India. For more information, please contact info@palliumindiausa.org.

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Purpose Statement

Our Honorary Research Team

Dr. Rakesh Pillai

Trained in Community Medicine from KMC, Manipal, he had extensive field exposure in rural Karnataka following which he served voluntarily for providing palliative care in rural Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu before joining Pallium India full time. Apart from being a practicing community palliative care physician and contributing towards the organisations aspirational goals, he is also heading Research & Innovations at Pallium India.

Joy R Goebel

PhD, PMPRN PhD CHPN FPCN

Professor of Nursing, Emeritus California State University Long Beach

Dr. Goebel is interested in research focused on palliative care in non-malignant disease, quality measurement, and cultural aspects of care.

Sloka Iyengar

PhD, PMP

The American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Dr. Iyengar is a neuroscientist and global health consultant from Ahmedabad, now based in New York. You can find out more about her at http://www.slokaiyengar.net/

Billy Rosa

PhD, MBE, APRN

Chief Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

A palliative care nurse practitioner by background, Dr. Rosa’s work focuses on strengthening palliative care communication skills to promote health equity and improved patient and family caregiver experiences.

Scott Berry

MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Professor and Head, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s UniversityPast Chair, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Oncology

Dr. Berry is a clinician educator committed to improving equity in cancer care through education.

Arjun Gupta

MD

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Dr. Gupta is a gastrointestinal oncologist, a symptom management enthusiast, and a health services researcher. His research specifically examines cancer care access and delivery, the costs of cancer care, and the hidden burdens imposed on and faced by people with cancer and their caregivers while receiving this care.

Christopher Booth

MD FRCPC

Professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care Director, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Booth has been working closely with Pallium India since 2016 and his research program explores issues related to access, quality and outcome of cancer care in routine clinical practice. He serves on the WHO Essential Medicines List Cancer Working Group, an Honorary Consultant (Research) at Pallium India and a special advisor to the National Cancer Grid of India.

Sunu Lazar Cyriac

MD

Faculty and In-charge of Clinical Research Unit (CRU), Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur, Kerala, INDIA.

Dr. Cyriac is a dynamic clinician passionate about patient care and research with specifical interest in access to affordable cancer care.

Rushil Virendra Patel

MD

Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Dr. Patel is a hematologist/oncologist in-training who is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine and has a research focus in culturally-concordant palliative care.

Our Publications

Here are some examples of collaborative publications:

Ajjarapu AS, Broderick A. Home-Based Palliative Care Program Relieves Chronic Pain in Kerala, India: Success Realized Through Patient, Family Narratives. Perm J. 2018; 22:17-151. Link to full text.
Kwok IB. An Iceberg in India. J Palliat Med. 2019;22(11):1302-1303. Link to abstract.
Sunilkumar MM, Lockman K. Practical Pharmacology of Methadone: A Long-acting Opioid. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S10-S14. Link to full text.
Viswanath V, Palat G, Chary S, Broderick A. Challenges of Using Methadone in the Indian Pain and Palliative Care Practice. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S30-S35. Link to full text.
Palat G, Vallath N, Chary S, Broderick A. When to Use Methadone for pain: A Case-Based Approach. Indian J Palliat Care. 2018;24(Suppl 1): S15-S20. Link to full text.
Taylor GH, Krakauer EL, and Sanders JJ. Find Out What They Lack, Try to Provide: A Qualitative Investigation of Palliative Care Services Adapted to Local Need in a Low-Resource Setting. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2020; 23(6). Link to abstract.
Macy MA. Through the eyes of child: reflections on my mother’s death from cancer. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2013; 27:2, 176-178. Link to full text.
Rajagopal MR, Ito K. Pain in Bali. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2015: 29:4, 408-411. Link to full-text.
Glass M, Rana S, Coghlan R, et al. Global Palliative Care Education in the Time of COVID-19 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 24]. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020;60(4): e14-e19. Link to full-text.