Associate Professor, Christine Heide Sorensen Endowed Professor in Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Mary J. Isaacson is an Associate Professor and Christine Heide Sorensen Endowed Professr of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. She is a certified hospice and palliative care nurse, as well as in rural health nursing, and in 2023 became a Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing. Dr. Isaacson’s NIH-funded program of research (NCI & NINR) centers on addressing health inequities through the development of culturally responsive palliative care and culture-centric palliative care messaging in partnership with American Indian Tribal communities in the Great Plains. Dr. Isaacson is nationally recognized for her transcultural health disparity work and serves as a consultant for researchers working collaboratively with Tribal communities. Dr. Isaacson is highly skilled in Indigenous and qualitative methodologies and is the co-author of the “Comfort with Communication in Palliative and End of Life (C-COPE),” which is a validated instrument to measure healthcare clinician comfort with palliative and end-of-life communication. Dr. Isaacson serves as a board member at large for the Rural Nurses Organization and secretary for the Council of Public Health Nurse Organizations. In recognition of her achievements in diversity, equity, and inclusion and in research, Dr. Isaacson was named the recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from the Midwest Nursing Research Society and the 2024 F.O. Butler Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity.
RPD309 - Message Matters: Efficacy Results of a Culture-Centric Palliative Care Message
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose