Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Shena Gazaway PhD, RN is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As a registered nurse working within the community, her practice experience stimulated her research interest in supporting upstream decision-making of seriously ill patients and families, particularly those who live in built environments that limit access to specialty palliative care services. In addition, her work centers on the belief that individuals living with serious illness are the best navigators of their illness experience, and interventions must incorporate local knowledge, beliefs, and practices for long-term success. Specifically, her research is focused on developing and optimizing community-informed decision-support interventions for individuals living with advanced chronic kidney disease and their caregivers. Shena is currently funded on a K23 from the NIDDK and a pilot grant the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. She is a past recipient of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Pilot Grant Program and multiple internal funding mechanisms.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
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6-Month Cancer Family Caregiver Results from the ENABLE Cornerstone Randomized Clinical Trial
Saturday, March 7, 2026
10:20am - 10:40am PST
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