Iris Cohen Fineberg, PhD, MSW, OSW-C
Associate Professor
MSW Program Director
Email:
Iris.Fineberg@stonybrook.edu
Phone:
631-444-3164
EDUCATION
PhD, Boston University (Sociology and Social Work)
MSW, New York University (Social Work)
BS, Cornell University (Human Development and Family Studies, Concentration: Gerontology)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Palliative and end-of-life care, oncology, family-oriented health care, interdisciplinary education and teamwork, advanced care planning, clinical and research ethics, qualitative research methods, mixed methods, and evaluation.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Parsons, S.K.*, Fineberg, I.C.*, Lin, M., Singer, M., Tang, M., & Erban, J.K. (2016). Promoting high-quality cancer care and equity through disciplinary diversity in team composition. Journal of Oncology Practice. 12(11), 1141-1148. (*Contributed equally as first authors)
Zebrack, B., Kayser, K., Padgett, L., Sundstrom, L., Jobin, C., Nelson, K., & Fineberg, I.C. (2016). Institutional capacity to provide psychosocial oncology support services: A report from the Association of Oncology Social Work. Cancer. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30016
Stein, G.L., & Fineberg, I.C. (2013). Advance care planning in the U.S. and U.K.: A comparative analysis of policy, implementation, and the social work role. British Journal of Social Work, 43(2), 233-248.
Preston, H., Fineberg, I.C., Callagher, P., & Mitchell, J.D. (2012). The ‘Preferred Priorities for Care’ document in motor neurone disease: Views of bereaved relatives and carers. Palliative Medicine, 26(2), 132-138.
Walling, A.M., Fineberg, I.C., Brown-Saltzman, K., & Wenger, N.S. (2011). An Interdisciplinary Educational Program to Improve Knowledge and Attitudes about an End-of-Life Symptom Management Protocol. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 13(5), 309-315.
Fineberg, I. C., Kawashima, M., & Asch, S.M. (2011). Communication with families facing life-threatening illness: a research-based model for family conferences. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(4), 421-427.
Harris, D., & Fineberg, I.C. (2011). Multidisciplinary palliative care teams’ understanding of Mental Capacity Act 2005 ‘best interest’ determinations. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 17(1), 20-25.
Fineberg, I.C. (2010). Social work perspectives on family communication and family conferences in palliative care. Progress in Palliative Care, 18(4), 213-220.
Fineberg, I. C., Grant, M., Aziz, N. M., Payne, R., Kagawa-Singer, M., Dunn, G. P., Kinzbrunner, B. M., Palos, G., Shinagawa, S. M., & Krouse, R. S. (2007). Prospective Integration of Cultural Consideration in Biomedical Research for Patients with Advanced Cancer: Recommendations from an International Conference on Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(Suppl 1), S28-39.
Fineberg, I. C., Wenger, N. S., & Brown-Saltzman, K. (2006). Unrestricted Opiate Administration for Pain and Suffering at the End of Life: Knowledge and Attitudes as Barriers to Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(4), 873-83.
Fineberg, I. C. (2005). Preparing professionals for family conferences in palliative care: Evaluation results of an interdisciplinary approach. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(4), 857-66.
Fineberg, I. C., Wenger, N. S., & Forrow, L. (2004). Interdisciplinary education: Evaluation of palliative care training for pre-professionals. Academic Medicine, 79(8), 769-76.
UCLA Medical Center Ethics Committee & UCLA Renal Transplant Program: Brown-Saltzman, K., Diamant, A., Fineberg, I. C., Gritsch, H. A., Keane, M., Korenman, S., et al. (2004). Surrogate consent for living-related organ donation. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(6), 728-731.
Book Chapters
Fineberg, I. C. (2015). Family and Team Conferencing in Oncology. In G. Christ, C. Messner, & L. Behar (Eds.), Handbook of Oncology Social Work (pp. 409-415). New York: Oxford University Press.
Otis-Green, S. & Fineberg, I. C. (2015). Enhancing Team Effectiveness. In B. R. Ferrell, N. Coyle, & J.A. Paice (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (4th Edition) (pp. 1039-1047). New York: Oxford University Press.
Altilio, T, Otis-Green, S., Hedlund, S., & Fineberg, I.C. (2012). Pain management and palliative care. In S. Gehlert & T.A. Brown (Eds.), Handbook of Health Social Work (2nd Ed.) (pp. 590-626). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Fineberg, I.C., & Bauer, A. (2011). Families and family conferencing. In T. Altilio & S. Otis-Green (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work (pp. 235-250). New York: Oxford University Press.
Fineberg, I.C. (2006). Working with other professionals, organizations, and communities. In D. Wedding & M. Stuber (Eds.), Behavior and Medicine (4th Edition) (pp. 175-185). Seattle: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Fineberg, I.C. (2004). Hematopoietic cell transplantation and end-of-life care. In J. Berzoff & P. R. Silverman (Eds.), Living with dying: A handbook for end-of-life healthcare practitioners (pp.675-695). New York: Columbia University Press.
SELECTED REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
Fineberg, I. C. (2018, May). Staying current: Speaking the language of social determinants of health to demonstrate social work value in oncology care. Oral presentation at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, Atlanta, GA.
Bach, C., Credeur, C., Fineberg, I. C., Borden, E., Toth, S., Blackburn, S., & Cammarata, M. (2018, May). Oncology Social Work 101: An Overview of Psychosocial Oncology Practice - Parts I and II. Learning Institute workshop presentation at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, Atlanta, GA.
Fineberg, I. C. (2018, March). Flipping the Focus: Palliative Care as a Platform for Interprofessional Education. Oral presentation at the 6th Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly, Boston, MA.
Fineberg, I. C. (2017, May). Teams in oncology care: Elevating the art of teamwork and the role of social work. Oral presentation at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, Denver, CO.
Fineberg, I. C. (2017, February). Who we are: Strengthening our cultural awareness. Oral presentation at the 5th Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly, Scottsdale, AZ.
Fineberg, I. C. (2016, January). Focus Group Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Designing, Implementing, and Maximizing the Intersection of Research Methods and Social Work. Workshop at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC.
Fineberg, I. C., Hallarman, L., & Snow, D. (2015, November). Leveraging Social and Legal Resources in the Community. Oral presentation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) National Seminar, San Antonio, TX.
Fineberg, I. C. (2015, May). Leading Family Conferences: Recognizing and Applying Oncology Social Work Strengths. Oral presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW), Seattle, WA.
Fineberg, I. C. (2015, February). Focus Group Research in Palliative Care: Transferring Social Work Skills from Practice to Research and Back. Oral presentation at the Social Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly, Philadelphia, PA.
Stein, G.L., and Fineberg, I. C. (2014, March). Advance Care Planning Across the Pond: A Comparison of the U.S. and U.K. Symposium presentation at the Social Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly, San Diego, CA.
Fineberg, I. C. (2013, June). Current Issues in Advance Care Planning: Roles and tools for the oncology social worker. Oral presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, San Diego, CA.
Fineberg, I. C., Turner, M., Wang, X., Stengel, K., Lynch, T., Hoti, V., & Francis, B. (2011, May). Voices from the community: People’s perspectives on Preferred Priorities for Care and communication at the end of life. Oral presentation at the 12th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Lisbon, Portugal.
Fineberg, I. C., & the International Observatory on End of Life Care. (2011, May). International research education: Delivering an advanced introduction to palliative care research. Poster presentation at the 12th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Lisbon, Portugal.
Fineberg, I. C., & Turner, M. (2011, May). Studying priorities for care at the end of life: Social work in interdisciplinary research. Oral presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, St. Louis, MO.
Walling, A. M., Fineberg, I.C., Brown-Saltzman, K., & Wenger, N. S. (2011, February). Improving clinicians’ knowledge and attitudes about treating pain and suffering at the end of life. Poster presentation at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Preston, H., Fineberg, I.C., Callagher, P., & Mitchell, J.D. (2010, December). The ‘Preferred Priorities for Care’ document in motor neurone disease: Views of bereaved relatives and carers. Poster presentation at the International Symposium on ALS/MND, Orlando, Florida.
Fineberg, I. C., Wang, X., Stengel, K., & Turner, M. (2010, June). Community nursing staff and the advanced care planning tool, ‘Preferred Priorities for Care’: an evaluation of perceptions, perspectives, and process. Poster presentation at the 6th Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Fineberg, I. C. (2008, March). Videotaping in palliative care research. Oral presentation at the 2nd International Conference in Palliative Care, Eilat, Israel.
Fineberg, I. C., & Asch, S. M. (2007, September). Research-based family conferences in palliative care. Podium presentation at the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) 9th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, London, United Kingdom.
SELECTED GRANT ACTIVITY
Principal Investigator. 2008 – 2011. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme. Community-based evaluation of 'Preferred Place of Care' in the North West of England.
Principal Investigator. 2007 – 2009. Dimbleby Cancer Care Research Fund. Evaluation of Preferred Place of Care (PPC): Towards Quality Improvement.
Co-investigator. 2006 – 2008. Department of Health (England), End of Life Care Programme (PI: Mary Turner, PhD). Analysis of PPC Data: Audit and Key Questions Analysis.
Co-Principal Investigator / Project Director. 2004 – 2006. The UniHealth Foundation (co-PI: Steven Asch, MD). Educating Providers to Practice Family-Oriented End-of-Life Care.
Co-Investigator / Project Director. 2004 – 2006. RAND Corporation Intramural Grant (PI: Neil Wenger, MD). Developing a Regional Consensus on Setting Limits for Aggressive Care at the End of Life.
Principal Investigator. 2004 – 2005. UCLA Interdisciplinary Health Care Research Center (IHCRC) Pilot Grant funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation. Epidemiology of Family Conferences in Geriatric Inpatient Medical Care.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2018: Elected Chair of the Social Work Academy of the National Academies of Practice
2018: Chosen for the Inaugural cohort, Fellow of the Association of Oncology Social Work (FAOSW)
2018: University Senate Service Award – Exceptional Service to the University Senate as a member of the Educational Services Committee
2017: Elected to the National Academies of Practice. Distinguished Scholar and Fellow in Social Work
2016: Keynote Speaker: Association of Oncology Social Work Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
2016: University Senate Service Award – Exceptional Service to the University Senate as a member of the Research Committee
2015: National Cancer Institute (NCI) – American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Teams in Cancer Care Delivery Project. Selected participant (team researcher).
2014: Project on Death in America (PDIA) Career Achievement Award, Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN)
2004: Excellence in Pain Management Award, Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative
2000: Soros Foundation/Project on Death in America, Social Work Leadership Development Award
2000: International Scholar, Boston/Melbourne Educational Exchange Program in Social Work
