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Professor Emerita
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Regina Fink, PhD, APRN, AOCN, CHPN, FAAN (regina.fink@cuanschutz.edu) is an advanced practice nurse and Professor Emerita in the Department of Medicine and College of Nursing and faculty for the Interprofessional Graduate Palliative Care Certificate and Master of Science in Palliative Care Programs at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Previously, she has worked as an oncology and pain clinical nurse specialist and a research nurse scientist at University of Colorado Hospital, where she mentored nurses and other professionals on evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research projects. A national and international lecturer on pain, oncology, palliative care, and EBP with multiple peer-reviewed publications and books, she has focused her 43+ year career on caring for persons with cancer and pain. Research grants include: “Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes,” “Improving Palliative Care Outcomes for Latinos with Advanced Cancer and Serious Life-Limiting Illness, including Dementia,” “Improving Advance Care Planning in Colorado.” She conducted a palliative care needs assessment in rural Rocky Mountain hospitals, replicating this work in 15 Middle Eastern countries. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She received her BSN from Villanova University and earned a MS and PhD in Nursing from the University of Colorado, College of Nursing.