University of Virginia School of Nursing

Compassionate Care Research and Scholarship

Compassionate care is at the root of all endeavors at the School, and informs every class, program, strategy, and scholarly project we do. Work done this realm is informed by a trifecta of initiatives that have had a powerful presence and legacy at UVA, including the Compassionate Care Initiative and the Center for Interprofessional Collaborations.

Currently funded grants include:

Initiatives

Initiative
Compassionate Care Initiative
Resilience resources for clinicians
Initiative
The Center for Appreciative Practice
What do we look like when we're at our best?
Initiative
Center for Interprofessional Collaborations
UVA's interprofessional hub for nursing and medical students, clinicians, faculty, and other learners

Our Team

Julie Haizlip, UVA School of Nursing

Julie Haizlip, MD, MAPP, FNAP
Natalie May, UVA School of Nursing

Natalie May, PhD
Lili Powell, UVA School of Nursing

Elizabeth (Lili) Powell, PhD

co-director, Center for Interprofessional Collaborations, clinical professor of nursing, and associate professor, School of Medicine

Associate professor of nursing

Kluge-Schakat Professor of Compassionate Care and Director of the Compassionate Care Initiative

 
Beth Quatrara, UVA School of Nursing

Beth Quatrara, DNP, RN, CMSRN, ACNS-BC
Richard Westphal, UVA School of Nursing

Richard Westphal, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
 

Co-director, Center for Interprofessional Collaborations, ACNS coordinator, DNP director, assistant professor

Professor of nursing, the Woodard Clinical Scholar, co-director of UVA Health's Wisdom & Wellbeing initiative