Lynn Reinke, PhD, ATSF received her PhD from the University of Washington School of Nursing in 2008. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Services R&D at the VA Health Care System in Seattle and a Health and Aging Policy Fellowship from 2016-2017. In January 2022, Dr. Reinke assumed the position of the Claire Dumke Ryberg, RN, Presidential Endowed Chair for Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of Utah, College on Nursing. Her leadership roles include serving on the ATS Board of Directors and President of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.
Dr. Reinke’s clinical practice in pulmonary medicine influenced her program of research which focuses on improving the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for patients and their families with serious respiratory illnesses. She is internationally recognized as an expert in dyspnea management for patients diagnosed with advanced lung diseases. Her studies, funded by NIH, VA, and foundations are designed to test nurse-led palliative care interventions, caregiving, and improving the quality of clinicians’ end-of-life communication skills.