Cara Wallace, Ph.D., LMSW, APHSW-C
Dorothy A. Votsmier Endowed Chair, Professor
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
Gerontology Certificate Coordinator
School of Social Work
Education
- Ph.D., Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
- M.S.W., University of Texas at Arlington
- B.S.W., Texas Christian University
Research Interests
Wallace鈥檚 research focuses on issues related to end-of-life care within three related areas: barriers to care, quality of care, and educating students, professionals, and the general population to face issues surrounding death, illness, loss, and grief. Her work is informed by years of social work practice in hospice and hospital systems. Recent projects include exploring outcomes and experiences of 鈥渓ive discharge鈥� from hospice care, or rather when a patient stabilizes during care and is removed from services. A funded supplement from that study examines the social context for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease or related dementias following a live discharge. In another project funded as part of , Wallace is creating an instrument to measure a person鈥檚 perceptions of hospice care, which she plans to use to evaluate a community educational intervention about hospice using art and narratives. She is interested in the use of narratives as an educational intervention both within the community and among healthcare professionals and is committed to the promotion of interprofessional teamwork in practice, education, and research.
Publications and Media Placements
Publications
- Donesky, D., Millic, M., Saks, N., & Wallace, C.L. (Eds.; 2024). Oxford University Press.
- Wallace, C.L. & Wladkowski, S.P. (April 5, 2024). I Health Affairs Forefront.
- Wallace, C.L. (guest) & Taylor, D. (host). (January 24, 2024). USA Today 鈥� The Excerpt. Vodcast:
- Wallace, C.L. (November 29, 2023). USA Today (online; in print Nov. 30, 2023).
- Wallace, C.L. (guest) & Marsh, D. (host). (April 11, 2018). St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio.
Honors and Awards
- Gerontological Society of America, Social Research Policy & Practice Section, Fellow, 2024
- 抖阴pro, Office for the Vice President of Research and Partnerships, Junior Faculty Scholarly Works Award, 2021
- Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network鈥檚 Award for 抖阴pro in Psychosocial Research, 2020
- 抖阴pro, Graduate Student Association, Faculty Mentorship Award, 2019
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Gerontological Society for America (GSA)鈥擲ocial Research, Policy, & Practice Section (SRPP), 2012 - present
- Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), 2012 - present
- Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN), 2017 - present