Regina Fink
Associate Professor
Bio
Regina Fink, PhD, APRN, AOCN, CHPN, FAAN (regina.fink@ucdenver.edu) is Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine and College of Nursing and nursing co-director for the Interprofessional Graduate Palliative Care Certificate and Master of Science in Palliative Care Programs. 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 (EBP), 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 40-year career on caring for persons with cancer and pain. Research grants include: 鈥淚mproving Pain Management in Nursing Homes,鈥� 鈥淚mproving Palliative Care Outcomes for Latinos with Advanced Cancer and Serious Life-Limiting Illness,鈥� 鈥淚mproving Advance Care Planning in Colorado.鈥� She conducted a palliative care needs assessment in rural Rocky Mountain hospitals, replicating this work in 15 Middle Eastern countries.
