Latest News & Events
The Palliative Care Research Center hosts many activities throughout the year. Every other month, the Works in Progress Seminar provides a platform for faculty and fellows engaged in palliative care to share their ongoing research projects and obtain valuable feedback from their peers. This helps strengthen the academic community and infrastructure that palliative care post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty need to be successful, as well as provides educational opportunities for trainees of all levels and specialties with interest in this topic. The center also invites guest lecturers annually, coinciding every other year with the bi-annual Palliative Care Research Symposium. The symposium is an opportunity to bring together palliative care researchers, clinicians, and collaborators at UCLA and the VA to demonstrate the breadth and depth of ongoing work and to stimulate future collaboration and innovation.
Upcoming Events
Dr. Anne Walling, MD, PhD Invited to Speak at ALIGN 2026 Conference in Houston, TX
Dr. Walling will be speaking at the ALIGN 2026 Goal Concordant Care Conference hosted by MD Anderson Cancer Center on April 29-20, 2026 in Houston, TX. Click here to learn more about the conference, which you can attend in-person or virtually.
Past Events
Dr. Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH Presents at Geriatric Medicine Lecture Series and Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
The UCLA Borun Center and Division of Geriatrics announce Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH as the recipient of the Anna and Harry Borun Lectureship in Geriatric Long-Term Care for the AY 2025-2026.
Mainstreaming Home-Based Medical Care: A New Standard for Complex and Serious Illness
Geriatric Medicine's The Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 18th 3-4pm
West LA VA, Bldg 500, Rm, 3400
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, March 19th 12-1pm
Tamkin Auditorium, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine
Kenneth L. Minaker Endowed Chair in Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Anne Walling, MD, PhD Presents at UCLA Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds
Improving Advance Care Planning for Patients with Serious Illness
March 13, 2026
Anne M. Walling, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Director of Palliative Care Research
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Palliative Care Physician, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Palliative Care Research Center Presentations at AAHPM Annual Assembly 2026
We are excited to announce that members of the UCLA Palliative Care Research Center's expert team will present their research findings at the AAHPM 2026 Annual Assembly in San Diego, CA from March 4-7. View list of abstracts here.
Dr. Arpan Patel, MD, PhD Presents at Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
"There Was Something We Could Have Done": Re-imagining Advance Care Planning in Decompensated Cirrhosis
September 18, 2025
Tamkin Auditorium
757 Westwood Plaza, B-130
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Arpan Patel, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
UCLA Department of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases
Dr. Jennifer Temel, MD Presents at Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
Invited by the Palliative Care Research Center
Increasing the Accessibility of Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer
March 27, 2025
Tamkin Auditorium
757 Westwood Plaza, B-130
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Jennifer Temel, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Supportive Oncology Unit for Research, Care, and Education (SOURCE), Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Director of Thoracic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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