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In only seven years, Lisa Lindley, an associate professor of nursing, has become an expert in a difficult field: end-of-life care for children. A prolific writer on the topic, Lindley has brought $2 million in federal funding to UT. She has received a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award as well as NIH funding to study the effectiveness and costs of concurrent care—that is, the continuation of life-prolonging therapies for those enrolled in hospice care. This work promises to provide guidance to those forced to make the terrible choice between continuing curative life-prolonging therapies or using hospice care for their children with serious illnesses. “UT is considered an important academic setting for end-of-life research, in large part because of Dr. Lindley’s contribution to the science,” College of Nursing Dean Victoria Neiderhauser wrote.