Arden O’Donnell
Postdoctoral Associate
Arden O’Donnell received her MSW from Smith College and her MPH from Boston University. Her deep commitment to palliative care began with her work with HIV/AIDS patients in Zimbabwe and Lesotho. She began her professional career in social work as a Pediatric Palliative Care (PACT) Fellow at Children’s Hospital, then working on the Dana Farber-Brigham and Women’s Palliative Care Service. She recently ran a clinical trial with Akshay Desai, MD, MPH entitled, “A Focused Palliative Care Intervention for Recently Hospitalized High-Risk Patients with Heart Failure.” Arden currently teaches at the Smith College School for Social Work. She also founded the non-profit, Coalition for Courage, which provides health, education, and welfare services for children in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially those affected by HIV.
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