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Research Highlights
VA Physician Receives Research Award
Taken from the Veterans Health Administration Highlights dated March 15, 2002
James Tulsky, M.D., Director of the Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care at the Durham, N.C., VA Medical Center, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for excellence in research. This national award, conferred by the White House Committee on Science and Technology, recognizes investigators who have achieved the highest degree of scientific productivity at an early stage in their career.
Dr. Tulsky is a national leader in the area of patient-physician communication as it relates to patients who are nearing the end of life. His studies have shown how to better communicate with patients at this very difficult time in ways that instill dignity and compassion for the patient and their families. He has designed novel instruments that have helped to better understand the unique needs of patients and their loved ones, and he has shown how educational interventions can improve clinical skills in this area.
The PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy presents the award annually to approximately 60 scientists.
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