Jen (they/she) received their MSW in 2013 from University of New England where they were trained in interprofessional practice. They worked in clinical practice for six years in hospital case management, home-based palliative care, home care, bereavement support, and hospice, including two different hospice houses before. They have two streams of research. The first focuses on middle to later life adults’ lived experience of chronic and serious illness, the psychosocial dimensions of illness especially related to grief and loss, and the experiences of patients and families in encounters with the healthcare system. Their second focus is on the social work profession from an equity and anti-racist perspective. They are engaged in policy advocacy at the state and federal level around issues related to social work licensure and billing.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medical social work
Health policy advocacy
Psychosocial experience of serious illness and the health care system
