Karen O. Moss

PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP, FGSA

Associate Professor

Phone: 614-688-3100
Email: moss.391@osu.edu
Email: Karen.Moss@osumc.edu
Location: 376 Newton Hall, Columbus, OH 43210

Biography

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Research Interest

Dr. Karen Moss’ research program focuses on improving palliative and end-of-life outcomes through pain, advance care planning, and peers support for Black American older adults living with dementia and their family caregivers. She examines multiple perspectives on factors that influence decision-making processes for Black American older adults living with dementia and their family caregivers. This includes examining pain and stress in older adults living with dementia and their family caregivers. Dr. Moss’ research is also focused on developing and testing Pair 2 Care^©, a co-created peer support intervention to support Black American family caregivers of people living with dementia. Through her work, Dr. Moss and her team are working to improve the quality of life of Black family caregivers and their older adults living with dementia. She is the principal investigator in the Family Caregiver Community Research (FamCare) Laboratory and member of the Pain and Aging Lab. Dr. Moss is also an assistant professor and mixed methods core faculty member in the Center for Health Outcomes in Medicine, Scholarship and Service (HOMES) in the Division of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine.

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Media

Moss, K. O. (2024, April 16). Why Pair to Care^© is a crutial program for Black caregivers of people living with dementia. Generations. American Society on Aging. https://generations.asaging.org/why-pair-2-care-crucial-program-black-caregivers-people-dementia
Moss, K. O. (2024, March). Support for caregivers. Caregiver SOS Radio Podcast. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://omny.fm/shows/caregiver-sos/cgsos-3-9-24-karen-moss-final__;!!KGKeukY!3kRxPPhhJ4sHuak-68W7nMu1T8zyr3Z1qBfiG3ZlUz6D1PoiBZKg74BMKafR56tUb_t6p_g5fo3XJq0sAvYtf_U$
Moss, K. O., Tambor, E., & Plys, E. (2024, January). Best Practices 3 & 4 for integrating health equity into ePCTs for dementia care: Community partner engagement part 2. NIA IMPACT Collaboratory. https://www.impactepcttraining.org/mod/page/view.php?id=312&forceview=1
Moss, K. O., Bennett, A., Ritchie, C., & Zimmerman, S. (2024, January). Best Practices 1 & 2 for integrating health equity into ePCTs for dementia care: Selecting outcomes part 1. NIA IMPACT Collaboratory. https://www.impactepcttraining.org/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=359
Moss, K. O. & Wright, K. D. (2023, September). 2nd Annual Brain Health Fair, Gille Center, Columbus, OH. CBS 10TV News™
Epps, F., & Moss, K. O. (2023, September 21). Black/African American caregivers of older adults living with dementia: Fayron Epps and Karen Moss. GeriPal Podcast. https://geripal.org/black-african-american-caregivers-of-older-adults-living-with-dementia-fayron-epps-and-karen-moss/
Moss, K. O. (Executive Producer), Spencer, B. (Director), & Dell, A. (Videographer and Editor). (2023, April). Nursing home decision scenario [Pair 2 Care^© Program Training Video]. College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Cambia Health.
Moss, K. O. (Executive Producer), Spencer, B. (Director), & Dell, A. (Videographer and Editor). (2023, February). Near end-of-life scenario [Pair 2 Care^© Program Training Video]. College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Cambia Health.
Moss, K. O. (Executive Producer), Spencer, B. (Director), & Dell, A. (Videographer and Editor). (2023, February). Happy peer connection [Pair 2 Care^© Program Training Video]. College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Cambia Health.
Moss, K. O. (Executive Producer), Spencer, B. (Director), & Dell, A. (Videographer and Editor). (2023, February). Support for caregivers [Pair 2 Care^© Program Training Video]. College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Cambia Health.
Moss, K. O. (2022, August 18). Caregiver stress [Interview for online publication]. WebMD^©. Alone Together: Caregivers and Loved Ones Struggle with Alzheimer’s. Author: Jeanne Erdmann.
Moss, K. O. (2022, January). What is dementia? [Online educational series]. African American Alzheimer’s and Wellness Association, Columbus, OH.
Moss, K. O., & Crum, M. (2021, November 24). Aging in full bloom [Podcast]. OSU researchers need your help to understand Alzheimer’s with Dr. Karen Moss & Michelle Crum. Host: Lisa Stockdale.
Moss, K. O., & Nguyen, C. (Guest Panelists). (2021, November 15). Nutrition for Life. Trinidadian International Radio. Moderator: Dr. Kathy Wright. Host: Dr. Ingrid Adams.
Moss, K. O. (Guest). (2021, November 9). Future planning for your loved one living with dementia. Nutrition for Life. Trinidadian International Radio. Moderator: Dr. Kathy Wright. Host: Dr. Ingrid Adams.
Moss, K. O. (2020, June 15). Family caregiving [Interview]. Oprah Magazine.
Moss, K. O., Smith, S., & Stiltner, A. (2014, September 15). Physician order for scope of treatment community event [Television interview]. NBC 29. Charlottesville, VA.
Moss, K. O., Smith, S., & Stiltner, A. (2014, September 15). Physician order for scope of treatment community event [Radio interview]. 1070 WINA News Radio. Charlottesville, VA.
Moss, K. O., & Wolf, A. (2014, April 21). Nursing and the Jonas Award [Radio interview]. University of Virginia Radio WTJU 91.1FM. Charlottesville, VA.
Moss K. O. (2014, April 12). A chat with Karen Moss [Interview]. The Cavalier Daily Newspaper. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Moss, K. O. Advance Planning for the Inevitable. Episode 39. Shifting Perspectives with Yolande Robinson. E. Spotify. yolanderobinson.com/podcast

National Reports

Aranda, M. P., Ali, T., Barnette, W., Brammer, B., Brandt, K., Cruz, R., Downer, M., Fashaw-Walters, S., Foss, D., Gutierrez-Parker, L., Hinton, L., James, F. G., Epstein-Lubow, G., Malone, C., Michael, C., Moss, K., Peak, K. D., & Rocha, J. S. (2023). 2022-2023 lived experience panel report: Voices of the Lived Experience Panel: Health equity in dementia care and research. NIA IMPACT Collaboratory.

Anderson, A. R., Mahajan, I., Ford, J. L., Wright, K. D., Mackos, A. R., Rose, K. M., Monroe, T. B, & Moss, K. O. (2023). Dyadic hair cortisol self-collection study procedure. Nursing Research, 72(5), 404–408. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000672. PubMed PMID: 37625184. PMCID: PMC10463209. (Anderson and Mahajan: Co-First Authors)
Iversen, W. L., Monroe, T. B., Atalla, S., ~Anderson, A. R., Cowan, R. L., Wright, K. D., Failla, M. D., & Moss, K. O. (2023). Promoting successful participation of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in pain-related neuroimaging research studies. Frontiers in Pain Research-Geriatric Pain, 3, 926459. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.926459 PubMed PMID: 36061416. PMCID: PMC9437430.
Prater, L., Takagi-Stewart, J., Hogan, T. H., Moss, K. O., Anjum, P., Lockwood, B., & Bose-Brill, S. (2023). Hospice transitions from the perspective of the caregiver: A qualitative study and development of a preliminary hospice transition checklist. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 40(4), 431–439. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091221106108. PubMed PMID: 35666474.
Jones, L. M., Moss, K. O., Mitchell, J., Still, C., Hawkins, J., Tang, E., & Wright, K. D. (2022). Challenges to dietary hypertension self-management as described by a sample of African American older adults. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 19(1), 64–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12555. PubMed PMID: 35064763. PMCID: PMC9701083.
^Bose Brill, S., O’Rourke, B. P., Moss, K. O., Lockwood, B. J., Scheck McAlearney, A., Howard, D., Childerhose, J., Crossnohere, N., & Bridges, J. F. P. (2022). Integrating primary care and public health for advance care planning. The American Journal of Accountable Care, 10(1), 31–37. https://doi.org/10.37765/ajac.2022.88850
Wright, K. D., Jones, L. M., Richard Adams, I., Moss, K. O., Harmon-Still, C., Nguyen, C. M., Rose, K. M., & Klatt, M. D. (2022). Co-created health education intervention among older African American women living with hypertension. Explore, 18(2), 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2021.02.004. PubMed PMID: 33736906. PMCID: PMC8723158.
Beach, P., Humbel, A., Dietrich, M., Bruehl, S., Cowan, R., Moss, K. O., & Monroe, T. (2021). A cross-sectional study of pain sensitivity and unpleasantness in people with vascular dementia. Pain Medicine, 23(7), 1231–1238. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnab327. PubMed PMID: 34791388. PMCID: PMC9608015.
Nolan, T., Alston, A., Choto, R., & Moss, K. O. (2021). Cultural humility: Retraining and retooling nurses to provide equitable cancer care. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 25(5), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1188/21.CJON.S1.3-9. PubMed PMID: 34533531. PMCID: PMC8532165.
^Iversen, W. L., Cowan, R. L., Atalla, S., Englehart, S. S., Gure, T. R., Moss, K. O., Ryan, C. M., Scharre, D. W., Wright, K. D., & Monroe, T. B. (2021). Treating the most vulnerable: A discursive review of experimental pain in Alzheimer’s disease. Nursing Open, 9(2), 942–949. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.922. PubMed PMID: 34165251. PMCID: PMC8859087.
Anderson, A. R., Iversen, W. L., Carter, M. A., Moss, K. O., Cowan, R. L., & Monroe, T. B. (2021). Experimentally evoked pain in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 34(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000580. PubMed PMID: 33731557. PMCID: PMC9118535.
Atalla, S. W., Cowan, R. L., Anderson, A. R., Dietrich, M. S., Iversen, L., Kalvas, L. B., Moss, K. O., Wright, K., & Monroe, T. B. (2021). Determining the impact of age and sex on the psychophysical and neurophysiological response to thermal pain across the adult lifespan. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(3), 1546–1555. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14514. PubMed PMID: 33450111. PMCID: PMC7898385.
`Moss, K. O., Wright, K. D., Tan, A., Rose, K. M., Scharre, D. W., Gure, T. R., Cowan, R. L., Failla, M. D., & Monroe, T. B. (2021). Race-related differences between and within sex to experimental thermal pain in middle and older adulthood: An exploratory pilot analysis. Frontiers in Pain Research: Geriatric Pain, 2, 780338. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2021.780338. PubMed PMID: 35295420. PMCID: PMC8915615.
Strassels, S. A., Moss, K. O., Mallow, P. J., Tamer, R. M., Monroe, T. B., Williams, N. O., Levine, A. S., & Muench, U. (2021). Hospital admissions associated with cancer pain in older adults with and without dementia. Pain Management Nursing, 22(4), 496–502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2021.01.018. PubMed PMID: 33741261. PMCID: PMC9128229.
Moss, K. O., Douglas, S. L., Lipson, A. R., Blackstone, E., Williams, D., Aaron, S., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Understanding of health-related decision-making terminology among cancer caregivers. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43(7), 649–659. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0193945920965238. PubMed PMID: 33063642. PMCID: PMC8050115.
Brewster, G. S., Bonds, K., McLennon, S., Moss, K. O., Epps, F., & Palan Lopez, R. (2020). Missing the mark: The complexity of African American dementia family caregiving. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(4), 294–301. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720945329. PubMed PMID: 32757815. PMCID: PMC7721986.
Moss, K. O., Guerin, R., Dwyer, O., Wills, C., & Daly, B. (2020). On Best Interests: A Case for Clinical Ethics Consultation. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 22(1) e1-e2. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000625. PubMed PMCID: PMID: 31804280
Bose-Brill, S., Prater, L., Goldstein, E., Xu, W., Moss, K. O., Retchin, S. M., & White, S. (2020). Primary care physician and beneficiary characteristics associated with billing for advance care planning. The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 00:1-2. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16389
Brill, S., Moss, K. O., & Prater, L. Transformation of the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Big Data, Accountable Care, and Predictive Health Analytics. (2019). Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum. Doi: 10.1007/s10730-019-09377-5. Epub June 21, 2019. PubMed PMID: 31209679
Moss, K. O., Douglas, S. L., Baum, E., & Daly, B. (2019). Family surrogate decision making in chronic critical illness: A qualitative analysis. Critical Care Nurse. 39(3) e18-e26. doi: 10.4037/ccn2019176. PubMed PMID:31154339
Moss, K. O., Kurzawa, C., Daly, B., & Prince-Paul, M. (2019). Identifying and addressing family caregiver anxiety. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 21(1),14-20. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000489. PMID: 30608354
Moss, K. O., Harmon Still, C., & Jones, L. M., Blackshire, G., & Wright, K. D. (2019). Hypertension self-management perspectives from African American older adults. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 41(5), 667-684. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945918780331. Epub June 28, 2018. PubMed PMID: 29954259
Harmon Still, C., Jones, L., Moss, K. O., Variath, M., & Wright, K. (2018). African American older adults’ perceived use of technology for hypertension self-management. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 11(5), 249-256. doi:10.3928/19404921-20180809-02. PMID:30230518
Moss, K. O., & Douglas, S. L. (2018). Family caregiver satisfaction with end-of-life care following advanced cancer. Oncology Nursing News. http://www.oncnursingnews.com/publications/oncology-nurse/2018/march-2018/family-caregiver-satisfaction-with-endoflife-care-following-advanced-cancer Reprinted with permission by request from Buffalo Hospice in In Touch: Hospice and Palliative Care News Brief. Quarter 3, August 21-23, 2018. https://www.flipsnack.com/HBMarketing/quarter-3-2018_final.html
Wright, K., Harmon Still, C., Jones, L. M., & Moss, K. O., (2018). Designing a co-created intervention with African American older adults for hypertension self-management. International Journal of Hypertension. Volume 2018, Article ID 7591289, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7591289 - Epub June 3, 2018. PubMed PMID: 29971159.
Moss, K. O., Deutsch, N., Hollen, P., Rovnyak, V., Williams, I., & Rose, K. (2018). End-of-life plans for African American older adults with dementia. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 35(10) 1314-1322. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909118761094 - Epub March 14th 2018. PubMed PMID: 29540073.
Jones, L. M., Moss, K. O., Wright, K. D., Rosemberg, M. S., & Killion, C. M. (2018). “Maybe this generation here could help the next generation:” Older African American women's perceptions on information sharing to improve health in younger generations. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 11(1) 39-47. https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20171129-01. PubMed PMID: 29370445.
Moss, K. O., Deutsch, N., Hollen, P., Rovnyak, V., Williams, I., & Rose, K. (2018). Understanding end-of-life terminology among older African Americans. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 44(2) 33-40. doi:https:10.3928/00989134-20171002-02. - Epub ahead of print October 9th 2017. PubMed PMID: 5884144.
Peterson, N., Moss, K., Milbrath, G., von Gaudecker, J., Park, E., & Chung, M. (2015). Qualitative analysis of student perceptions of bachelor of science-to-doctor of philosophy in nursing programs. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(10) 542-549. doi:10.3928/01484834-20150916-01. PubMed PMID: 26431513.
Moss, K. O., & Williams, I. C. (2014). End-of-life preferences in Afro-Caribbean older adults: A systematic literature review. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 69(3), 271-282. doi:10.2190/OM.69.3. PubMed PMID: 25273681
Editorials and Invited Publications Moss, K. O., Happ, M., & Brody, A. (2022). Nurses’ role in reducing inequities for the seriously ill. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(80), 3–5. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20220629-01. PMID: 35914078. Moss, K. O., & Douglas, S. L. (2018). Family caregiver satisfaction with end-of-life care following advanced cancer. Oncology Nursing News. http://www.oncnursingnews.com/publications/oncology-nurse/2018/march-2018/family-caregiver-satisfaction-with-endoflife-care-following-advanced-cancer [Reprinted with permission by request from Buffalo Hospice, In Touch: Hospice and Palliative Care News Brief, Quarter 3, August 2018, https://www.flipsnack.com/HBMarketing/quarter-3-2018_final.html]

2024-present - Invited Advisory Board Member, African American Alzheimer’s and Wellness Association
2024 - The Ohio State University Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship, Office of Outreach and Engagement, Alliance for Diversity in Brain Health for the Central Ohio Community (ADHOC)
2023–present - Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), Nursing Academy
2023–present - Appointed Council Member, Ohio Department of Health, Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council
2023–2024 - National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Award Second Renewal, National Institute on Aging (1-Year Award)
2023–present - Junior Faculty Visiting Professor Program in Geriatric Palliative Care, Palliative Research Center, University of Pittsburgh (Selected), University of California, San Francisco, CA (Matched)
2023–2024 - Invited Board President, African American Alzheimer’s and Wellness Association
2022–2023 - NIA R25-funded Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Training Program Participant (Selected)
2022–2023 - Invited Board Member, African American Alzheimer’s and Wellness Association
2022 - Distinguished Nurse Educator Award, National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence
2022 - Journal of Gerontological Nursing Top 10 Reviewer Award
2022–2024 - NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Faculty Scholar: Engaging Partners, Patient & Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO), and Health Equity Cores (Selected)
2021 - Journal of Gerontological Nursing Top 10 Most Cited Articles (#8)
2021 - Rising Star Award, American Society for Pain Management Nursing
2021 - National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Loan Repayment Award 2-year Renewal
2021 - New Investigator Award, Gerontological Nursing Science RIG Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society (Selected)
2020-2022 - Member, Jonas Scholar Alumni Council, Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Selected)
2020 - National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging Butler-Williams Scholars Program (Selected)
2019 - Invited Affiliate, BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience). NIH R25-funded National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). University of Washington
2018 - Invited Participant, Huffman Splane Emerging Nurse Scholarship Forum, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (selected via application process)
2018 - Emerging Scholar Award, Decision-Making Research Interest Group, Midwest Nursing Research Society
2017 - PhD Dissertation Award, Gerontological Nursing Science Research Interest Group, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN
2015 - The Raven Society, Honor Society of University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2014 - Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, School of Nursing, University of Virginia
2013-2015 - Scholars to Advance Research Seminar Series: Doctoral Student Mentor – BSN Group Mentee Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2013 - Winner, Student Paper Award, Southern Gerontological Society, Charlotte, NC

No Award Number 12/01/2022–12/01/2024 $180,000 Cambia Health – Sojourns Scholars Leadership Award Pair 2 Care: Peer Support for Caregivers of African Americans Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Role: PI
No Award Number 3/1/2021–3/31/2024 $40,000 MAYDAY Fund Scholar Award Family Caregiver Advance Care Planning Support for Improving Pain Assessment and Management in Lower Socioeconomic African Americans with Dementia Role: PI
No Award Number 1/27/2020–7/26/2023 $9844 The Ohio State University College of Nursing Pilot Seed Grant Pain in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Caregivers Role: PI
CSP010818 Rose (PI) 2/1/2023–12/31/2024 $2,500,000 Ohio Department of Aging ONE ACCORD (Offering Novel Educational Resources through the Aging Caregiving Collaborative of Ohio for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias) Role: Co-I
2021-2023 Family Caregiver Advance Care Planning Support for Improving Pain Assessment and Management in Lower Socioeconomic African Americans with Dementia. MAYDAY Fund Scholar Award. $40,000. Role: PI
2019-2021 Differences in Pain Among Blacks and Whites Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Diversity Supplement Research and Training Program. Diversity Supplement to Sex Differences in Pain Reports and Brain Activation in Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease. Diversity Supplement, National Institute on Aging (R01AG059861; Monroe, T). $73,694. Role: Applicant
2019-2021 Pain in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Caregivers. College of Nursing Seed Grant. The Ohio State University. $9844. Role: PI
2020-2021 Family Caregiver Community Research Study. College of Nursing Seed Award. Co-I: Dr. Celia Wills. Role: PI
2016-2018 National Institutes of Nursing Research T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Symptom Management and Palliative Care Research in Adults with Advanced Disease (T32 NR014213). Role: Awardee
2015-2016 Skinner Scholarship Foundation Award, St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA. Role: Awardee
2015 School of Nursing Alumni Association Award, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Role: Awardee
2014-2016 Jonas Nurse Leader Scholarship Fellowship Program, Jonas Philanthropies, New York, NY. Role: Awardee
2011-2014 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Role: Awardee

Karen O. Moss

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