Diana Wilkie
Porfessor
Research Interests
Dr. Wilkie is an internationally known pain specialist with a special emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care Her research program on pain and use of computer/informatics technologies to facilitate patient-centered health care has been continuously funded since 1986. Currently, she has just completed a randomized clinical trials testing the effects of massage in hospice patients with cancer and has two other informatics-related studies in progress. She has extensive datasets (video, audio, patient data) available for secondary analysis. The long-term goal of her research is to help clinicians effectively combine pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for management of acute, chronic, and cancer pain. More information about her studies is available at http://www.tneel.uic.edu.
At a Glance
- Title Porfessor
- College College of Nursing
- Department Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
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