Research Ethics & Policy Series (REPS): Ethics of Palliative Care Trials - Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP
12:00pm - 1:00pm • Hybrid: 11-102AB 3600 Civic Ctr Blvd (and virtual via Zoom)
2026-05-12 12:00:00 2026-05-12 13:00:00 America/New_York Research Ethics & Policy Series (REPS): Ethics of Palliative Care Trials - Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP Ethics of Palliative Care Trials Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP Assistant Professor of Medicine Director of Palliative Care Research in the Department of Medicine Core Faculty, PAIR Center University of Pennsylvania Dr. Katherine (Kate) Courtright is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Palliative Care Research in the Department of Medicine, and Core Faculty at the PAIR Center. She attends in the medical intensive care unit and on the inpatient palliative care consult team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Courtright’s research focuses on optimizing the quality and outcomes of palliative care for individuals with serious illness. Her major research interests include developing and implementing novel, scalable strategies to promote timely and equitable palliative care and serious illness communication and evaluating their effects in large pragmatic clinical trials. Relatedly, she is interested in developing innovative approaches to measure patient-centered outcomes reliably and pragmatically using routinely available clinical and administrative data. More detail to follow. Registration required; Lunch provided Streaming available via Zoom. Hybrid: 11-102AB 3600 Civic Ctr Blvd (and virtual via Zoom) Penn Medical EthicsEthics of Palliative Care Trials
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Palliative Care Research in the Department of Medicine
Core Faculty, PAIR Center
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Katherine (Kate) Courtright is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Palliative Care Research in the Department of Medicine, and Core Faculty at the PAIR Center. She attends in the medical intensive care unit and on the inpatient palliative care consult team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Courtright’s research focuses on optimizing the quality and outcomes of palliative care for individuals with serious illness. Her major research interests include developing and implementing novel, scalable strategies to promote timely and equitable palliative care and serious illness communication and evaluating their effects in large pragmatic clinical trials. Relatedly, she is interested in developing innovative approaches to measure patient-centered outcomes reliably and pragmatically using routinely available clinical and administrative data.
More detail to follow.
Registration required; Lunch provided
Streaming available via Zoom.