INPCS Leadership: Karla Washington
Karla Washington, PhD, LCSW
Member At-Large, INPCS Board of Directors
Karla T. Washington, PhD, LCSW, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, where she studies interventions designed to promote the biopsychosocial, spiritual, and cultural wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities experiencing serious and life-limiting illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and others. Much of her work utilizes digital health solutions in the related fields of hospice and palliative care. Ongoing projects include a randomized clinical trial of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for care partners in outpatient palliative care and an intervention to educate and support rural hospice family caregivers managing pain and other distressing symptoms in the home setting.
