Dr. Adelman’s primary areas of interests are the medical encounter and the dynamics of the communication process between older patients and their physicians. His interest also includes caregiving and a range of palliative care topics.
Dr. Riffin’s research lies at the intersection of family caregiving and clinical practice with a goal of developing scalable and efficacious strategies to support person- and family-centered care.
Dr. Phongtankuel develops interventions that aim to improve symptom management at the end-of-life and the burdens felt by both patients facing serious illnesses and their caregivers.
