National Nursing Award Nominations Open This Fall Nominations for the 2026 Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Nursing Awards open on October 1st. The national awards recognize excellence in professional practice and leadership for exemplary nurses in palliative care. The esteemed selection committee is headed by Dr. Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN. Up to three nurses
Blending Music and Medicine to Transform Patient Care Dr. Carolyn Phillips is an emerging leader in integrating the arts into clinical practice. A nurse scientist, educator, and accomplished musician, Dr. Phillips is redefining how emotional healing and resilience are supported among patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. With more than two decades of experience in oncology
2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards Announced The Hastings Center for Bioethics and the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards. They recognize physicians who provide exceptional care for patients nearing the end of life with outstanding technical competence, personal integrity, empathic communication, active family engagement,
Launch of CDF INSIGHTS: A New Video Shorts Series Illuminating Wisdom in Palliative and End-of-Life Care We are thrilled to announce the launch of INSIGHTS, our new video shorts series dedicated to sharing concise, powerful pearls of wisdom from exemplary leaders and practitioners in palliative care, perinatal palliative support, hospice, and end-of-life care. At a
Meet Carrie Cormack, DNP, APRN, CPNP – an incredible pediatric palliative care nurse practitioner, educator, and leader based in Charleston, South Carolina! As Associate Professor and lead palliative care faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Nursing, she's a Distinguished Professor in Palliative Care, dedicated to training the next generation of
2026 Physician Award Nominations Close We’re delighted to share that we’ve just wrapped the 12th nomination period for the 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards. Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations—the response was truly inspiring, and we received an outstanding group of candidates dedicated to exemplary palliative and end-of-life care. Our distinguished selection committee
2026 Physician Award Nominations Deadline Extended through February 13, 2026 Nominations are open, and the deadline has been extended through February 13, 2026, for the 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards, which recognize physicians who provide outstanding care to patients nearing the end of life. The 2026 awards include: Three Early-Career Physician Awards: Each award
Boundless Compassion in Palliative Care Earns National Recognition for UAB Nurse Birmingham, AL – December 19, 2025 Jackie Palmore, RN, BSN, CHPN, a veteran palliative care nurse at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center, has been honored with the prestigious 2025 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Nursing Award for her extraordinary dedication to end-of-life
Call for Nominations: 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards Nominations are open through January 31, 2026, for the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards, which honor exceptional physicians delivering compassionate palliative and end-of-life care across the United States. Think of a palliative care physician who exemplifies the very best in this vital field—one who: Enters the
2025 has been an exceptional year at the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation, advancing our mission to strengthen the provider-patient relationship at the end of life through targeted education, strategic collaborations, and meaningful recognition programs. Our efforts reached thousands of healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers nationwide, fostering compassionate care and innovative end-of-life planning. Highlights include: Celebrating three exceptional
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