Shigeko (Seiko) Izumi, Ph.D., RN, FPCN (she/her)

  • Associate Professor, School of Nursing
  • ORPRN Affiliated Investigator , Oregon Rural Practice Research Network

Biography

My research interests include palliative care, value-based model of care, interprofessional collaboration, implementaion science, and nursing/professional ethics. In prior studies, I have studied integration of primary palliative care (e.g., advance care planning, care coordination) into nursing practice and interprofessional team care, looked at the end-of-life decision making process over illness trajectories of older adults, descriptions of quality nursing care for hospitalized patients with advance illness, and ethical practice by nurses in end-of-life care. My current project uses pragmatic trials and implementation science approach to examine implementation of advance care planning in primary care practice. Another project currently funded by American Nurses Foundation focuses on making nursing work visible and developing nurse-led care model to deliver care to improve health of people in communities. The goal of my program of research is to improve quality of care and reduce health inequity for patients and their families living with serious illness and complex care needs across health care settings.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.N., 1988, Chiba University
    • M.S.N., 1992, The Catholic University of America School of Nursing
    • Ph.D., 2003, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing
  • Fellowship

    • 2009 Post-doctoral fellowship (F32), Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing
    • 2006 Post-doctoral fellowship (T32), Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing

Areas of interest

  • palliative care, patient-centered value-based care, implementation science, qualitative and mixed methods research

Honors and awards

  • 2022 Fellow in Western Academy of Nursing
  • 2020 OHSU School of Nursing Graduate Faculty Excellent in Teaching Award
  • 2019 American Geriatric Society Presidential Poster Award
  • 2017 Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing
  • 2016 AAHPM/HPNA annual assembly Best Research Poster Award
  • 2015 Cambia Health Foundation Palliative Care Leadership Fellow
  • 2010, 2012 Western Institution for Nursing Best Poster Finalist
  • 2011 Sigma Theta Tau Delta Chi Chapter-at-Large Nurse Excellence in Research Award
  • 2000 Sigma Theta Tau International member

Publications

Selected publications

  • Izumi, S., Caron, D., Guay-Bélanger, S., Archambault, P., Helein, J., Dorr, D., Michaels, L., Totten, A., & Légaré, F. (2023). Developing Serious Illness Conversation Training for interprofessional primary care teams. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Doi:10.1089/jpm.2022.0268   
  • Rosa, W. E., Izumi, S., Sullivan, D. R., Lakin, J., Rosenberg, A. R., Creutzfeldt, C. J., Lafond, D., Tjia, J., Cotter, V., Wallace, C., Sloan, D. E., Cruz-Oliver, D. M., DeSanto-Madeya, S., Bernacki, R., Leblanc, T. W., & Epstein, A. S. (2022). Advance Care Planning in Serious Illness: A Narrative Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.08.012

Publications

  • Advance care planning as perceived by marginalized populations

    PloS one
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Ellen Garcia
    3. Andrew Kualaau
    4. Danetta E. Sloan
    5. Susan DeSanto-Madeya
    6. Carey Candrian
    7. Elizabeth Anderson
    8. Justin Sanders
  • An ecosystem approach to mentoring research faculty in schools of nursing

    Nursing outlook
    1. Lyndsey Miller
    2. Shigeko Izumi
    3. Quin Denfeld
    4. Susan J. Rosenkranz
    5. Lissi Hansen
  • Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Intervention Fidelity Monitoring Methods and Lessons Learned From PCORI-Funded Large-Scale, Pragmatic Clinical Trials

    Medical care
    1. Manisha Verma
    2. Corita R. Grudzen
    3. Seiko Izumi
    4. Neil Wenger
    5. Areej El-Jawahri
    6. Deborah Ejem
    7. Rebecca A. Aslakson
  • Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About End-of-Life Doulas

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Erin F. Collins
    2. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar
    3. Elizabeth Johnson
    4. Jennifer Blechman
    5. Merilynne Rush
    6. Emma Clare
    7. Ashley Johnson
    8. Aditi Sethi
    9. William E. Rosa
    10. Seiko Izumi
  • Development and Evaluation of Serious Illness Conversation Training for Interprofessional Primary Care Teams

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Shigeko Seiko Izumi
    2. Danielle Caron
    3. Sabrina Guay-Bélanger
    4. Patrick Archambault
    5. Leann Michaels
    6. Julia Heinlein
    7. David A. Dorr
    8. Annette Totten
    9. France Légaré
  • Feasibility and acceptability of advance care planning facilitated by nonphysician clinicians in Japanese primary care

    Journal of General and Family Medicine
    1. Takahiro Mochizuki
    2. Daisuke Yamashita
    3. Chikako Miura
    4. Masakazu Nakamura
    5. Shigeko Izumi
  • Gag order laws threaten nursing education and health equity

    Journal of Professional Nursing
    1. Olga Ehrlich
    2. Shigeko (Seiko) Izumi
    3. Sharon E. Bigger
    4. Lee Ann Johnson
  • Perspectives on advance care planning needs of persons with advanced dementia from their surrogates and clinicians

    PEC Innovation
    1. Sara E. Golden
    2. Felipe Rubim
    3. Rekha Thammana
    4. Natalie Disher
    5. Kelly C. Vranas
    6. Joan M. Teno
    7. Seiko Izumi
    8. Hyunjee Kim
    9. Jennifer Tjia
    10. Donald R. Sullivan
  • Building Strong Clinician-Researcher Collaborations for Successful Hospice and Palliative Care Research

    Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
    1. Susan Lysaght Hurley
    2. Susan DeSanto-Madeya
    3. Christine A. Fortney
    4. Seiko Izumi
    5. Veerawat Phongtankuel
    6. Joan G. Carpenter
  • Older Adults' Biobehavioral Fall Risks Were Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Innovation in Aging
    1. Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo
    2. Shigeko (seiko) Izumi
    3. Sydnee Stoyles
    4. Siobhan K. McMahon
  • Patient and Family Participation in Medication Decisions on Discharge to Hospice Care

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Brie N. Noble
    2. Shigeko Izumi
    3. Jennifer Tjia
    4. In Young Ku
    5. Kirsten L. Kadoyama
    6. Mary Lynn McPherson
    7. Jon P. Furuno
  • Health Care Worker Perceptions of Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Hospital-to-Hospice Transitions

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Brie N. Noble
    3. Carey B. Candrian
    4. Jennifer Tjia
    5. Jessica Bordley
    6. Jennifer Mensik
    7. Jon P. Furuno
  • Qualitative descriptions of patient perceptions about fall risks, prevention strategies and self-identity

    Journal of Clinical Nursing
    1. Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo
    2. Kathlynn Northrup-Snyder
    3. Mary Robert Davis
    4. Ellen Garcia
    5. Amy Leatherwood
    6. Shigeko Izumi
  • Variation in Hospice Patient and Admission Characteristics by Referral Location

    Medical care
    1. Jon P. Furuno
    2. Brie N. Noble
    3. Mary L. Mcpherson
    4. Kate L. Lapane
    5. Leah Sera
    6. Shigeko Izumi
    7. Jennifer Tjia
  • Enhancing advance care planning conversations by nurses in a bone marrow transplantation unit

    Oncology nursing forum
    1. Shigeko Seiko Izumi
    2. Malinda Burt
    3. Jennifer Smith
    4. Keren McCord
    5. Erik K. Fromme
  • Frequency and Documentation of Medication Decisions on Discharge from the Hospital to Hospice Care

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Kirsten L. Kadoyama
    2. Brie N. Noble
    3. Shigeko Izumi
    4. Erik Fromme
    5. Jennifer Tjia
    6. Mary Lynn McPherson
    7. Carey B. Candrian
    8. Jessina C. McGregor
    9. In Young Ku
    10. Jon P. Furuno
  • Protocol for a cluster randomized trial comparing team-based to clinician-focused implementation of advance care planning in primary care

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Annette M. Totten
    2. Lyle J. Fagnan
    3. David Dorr
    4. Leann C. Michaels
    5. Shigeko Seiko Izumi
    6. Angela Combe
    7. France Légaré
  • Care coordination

    Research in Nursing and Health
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Patricia A. Barfield
    3. Basilia Basin
    4. Laura Mood
    5. Caroline Neunzert
    6. Ruth Tadesse
    7. Katherine J. Bradley
    8. Christine A. Tanner
  • Feasibility and Acceptability of Nurse-Led Primary Palliative Care for Older Adults with Chronic Conditions

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Shigeko Seiko Izumi
    2. Basilia Basin
    3. Margo Presley
    4. Jean McCalmont
    5. Jon P. Furuno
    6. Brie Noble
    7. Judith G. Baggs
    8. J. Randall Curtis
  • Improvements in hospice utilization among patients with advanced-stage lung cancer in an integrated health care system

    Cancer
    1. Donald R. Sullivan
    2. Linda Ganzini
    3. Jodi A. Lapidus
    4. Lissi Hansen
    5. Patricia A. Carney
    6. Molly L. Osborne
    7. Erik K. Fromme
    8. Seiko Izumi
    9. Christopher G. Slatore
  • The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program

    Journal of palliative medicine
    1. Dulce M. Cruz-Oliver
    2. Rachelle Bernacki
    3. Zara Cooper
    4. Corita Grudzen
    5. Seiko Izumi
    6. Deborah Lafond
    7. Daniel Lam
    8. Thomas W. Leblanc
    9. Jennifer Tjia
    10. Jennifer Waler
  • "I didn't know he was dying"

    Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Catherine Van Son
  • Adapting cognitive interviewing for nursing research

    Research in Nursing and Health
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Roxanne Vandermause
    3. Sandra Benavides-Vaello
  • Feasibility study to implement nurse-delivered massage for pain management

    Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
    1. Angela Thompson
    2. Marian Wilson
    3. Toni James
    4. Jessica Symbal
    5. Seiko Izumi
  • Defining end-of-life care from perspectives of nursing ethics

    Nursing Ethics
    1. Shigeko Izumi
    2. Hiroko Nagae
    3. Chihoko Sakurai
    4. Emiko Imamura