Associate Adjunct Professor
UCSF
Dr. David O’Riordan is an Associate Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF and a public health scholar with over 30 years of experience in health services and outcomes research. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland, Australia, with training in instrument development, multi-method study design, and the application of social ecological models to promote positive health behavior change. His research spans three core areas: patient-level clinical research, institutional and programmatic palliative care research, and program evaluation.
Dr. O’Riordan collaborates closely with interdisciplinary clinical teams to examine outcomes across a wide range of serious illnesses and symptom domains, including pain, dyspnea, anxiety, and depression. His work has generated national benchmarks for inpatient, outpatient, and pediatric palliative care services and informed efforts to expand and sustain palliative care programs. He frequently employs the RE-AIM evaluation framework to assess quality improvement and educational interventions and is deeply committed to advancing equitable access to goal-concordant palliative care.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Extending Specialty Palliative Care’s Reach: The Use of Comfort Care Order Sets
Friday, March 6, 2026
10:50am - 11:10am PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose