Rebecca J. Wright

PhD, BSc (Hons), RN

Rebecca Wright has worked in health care since 2004. She was a nurse at St. Christopher’s Hospice in London. Rebecca earned her doctoral degree in nursing research and her bachelor’s degree from the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the New York University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine.

Rebecca’s program of work comprises projects with national and international interprofessional and transdisciplinary teams to advance qualitative, participatory, co-design approaches to improve experiences of care for people with palliative, end of life, and disability needs across different settings and addressing a variety of aspects of care. Rebecca is a leading expert in the development and conduct of experience-based co-design (EBCD). She is a founding member and Co-Director of the Palliative Care Initiative in the Center for Equity in Aging, co-founder of the Palliative Interprofessional Collaborative for Action Research (PICAR), a founding member of the Qualitative Core at the JHSON, and an Associate of the Picker Institute. Her current research projects apply EBCD to: improve access for nursing students with disabilities; palliative care for Korean, and Puerto Rican populations; impact of Environmental Care Staff (EVC) on patients with palliative care needs; and palliative care in the emergency department.

JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Equity in Aging

Full CV

[email protected]

@rebeccajpw.bsky.social

Specialties and Expertise

Media

Podcasts

Campion, K. (Host). (2024, May 28). No one is a blank slate: the importance of relationships in care (No. 17) [Audio Podcast]. In The Humanising Health & Care podcast. The Point of Care Foundation. https://www.pointofcarefoundation.org.uk/the-humanising-health-care-podcast/

Rodney, T. (Host). (2023, November 15). Helpful, powerful, kind palliative care (No. 32). In On the Pulse. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. https://nursing.jhu.edu/magazine/podcasts/archive/helpful-powerful-kind-palliative-care/

Publications

Kim SH, Kim C, Hsu EC, Berger Z, Han HR, Koirala B, Kwak J, Ornstein KA, Wright R. (2025). End-of-life care among Koreans in critical care and community-dwelling Korean Americans: A cross-cultural scoping review. Palliative and Support Care. 23:e210. doi: 10.1017/S1478951525101090

Sharif, L., Al-Zahrani, M. S., Alanzi, F. R., Mahsoon, A., Sharif, K., Al-Qubali, S. A., Wright, R. J., & El-Ashry, A. M. (2025). Effectiveness of Psychoeducation via Telenursing on Reducing Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers for Patients with Schizophrenia in Saudi Arabia: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Healthcare, 13(15), 1922. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13151922

Peeler A, Luk J, Gordon J, Wright, R, Batra R, MacDonlad J, McGreevy E, Ritchie C, Hudson K, Lucas L, Mollenkopf N. (2025) Clinical-based interprofessional education for pre-licensure nursing students: a systematic review of literature. Journal of Nursing Education. (in press)

Won, S., Cotter, V. T., Kim, C., Kruahong, S., Wright, R. J., Britt, K. C., & Regier, N. G. (2025). Exploring intersectionality in spiritual experiences of older adults and their unpaid caregivers: An integrative review. Geriatric Nursing, 65, 103500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.103500

Sharif, L., Almabadi, R., Alahmari, A., Alqurashi, F., Alsahafi, F., Qusti, S., Akash, W., Mahsoon, A., Poudel, D B., Sharif, K., Wright, R. (2025). Perceptions of psychiatric professionals towards artificial intelligence in mental healthcare: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychiatry 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1601456

Sharif, L., Almutairi, K., Alnasser, I., Attar, Z., Mahsoon, A., Alhofaian, A., Almutairi, B., Alqahtani, Y., Tunsi, A., Yagmour, S., Bokari, Wright R. (2025). Relationship between Grief and Coping Strategies among Nurses Dealing with Patient Deaths: A Descriptive, Cross-sectional, Correlational Study. BMC Palliative Care, 24 (151) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01790-7

Sharif, L., Babhair, R., Alzahrani, D., Abuladel, A., Kabli, A., Alzahrani, R., Alghamdi, L., Mahsoon, A., Sharif, K., Alharazi, R., & Wright, R. (2025). Unraveling the stigma: a qualitative descriptive exploration of the relationship between culture, religion, and mental disorders in Saudi Arabia. BMC Psychology, 13(1), 425. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02733-w

Wright, R., Chapla, K., Ahluwalia, A. K., Booth, A., Choi, E., Koh Krienke, L. S., Nelson, K. E., Ojukwu, E., Roberts, B., Sloan, D., Swain, C., Taylor, J. L., & Wu, D. S. (2025). Using Experience-Based Co-Design With Resident-Physicians and Black Community Members to Enhance Goals-of-Care Conversation Skills Training: Findings and Methodological Modifications. The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 10499091251338842. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091251338842

Poudel, D. B., Sharif, L. S., Acharya, S., Mahsoon, A., Sharif, K., & Wright, R. (2024). Mental Health Literacy and Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Among College Students, Nepal. Behavioral Sciences, 14(12), 1189. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14121189

Wright, R., Chapla, K., Booth, A., Nelson, K. E., Peeler, A., Swain, C., Won, S., & Wu, D. S. (2024). Enhancing Rigor, Quality, and Patient Engagement in Qualitative Research: A Step-By-Step Guide to Applying Reflexive Thematic Analysis to the Experience-Based Co-Design Methodology. Qualitative Health Research, 0(0), 10497323241291798. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241291798

2024: SOURCE Recognition Award, for outstanding dedication and service to Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University as SOURCE Service-Learning Faculty Fellow

2023-2026 Visiting Fellowship, School of Health, Science and Wellbeing, Staffordshire University, UK

2023-2024 Scholar: Foundations in Patient Experience, Point of Care Foundation, UK

2023 Abstract Award Winner, for Rusch, R., Johnson, K., Wright, R., Wu, D. ‘The Case for Palliative Arts: Envisioning enhanced standards of practice in Palliative Care’ American Academy of Pediatrics: Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine Program, USA

2023-2024 SOURCE Fellow, Johns Hopkins University SOURCE Service-Learning Academy, Baltimore, USA

2023 Circle of Life Award Winner for Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center [with special mention of the PICAR Program]. American Hospital Association, USA (The Circle of Life award is a national award for palliative care provided to only two awardees per year, and sponsored by leading institutions, organizations and foundations.)

2023 Early Career/Professional-in-Training Scholarly Work-in-Progress Study Podium Abstract Award, for Nelson, K., Adams, K., Davidson, P., Meah, M., Petchler, C., Werk, A., Wright, R., Brockie, T. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, USA

2023 Innovations in Clinical Care Award for Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for David Shih Wu, MD & The Palliative Care Program, Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams, Baltimore, USA

2022 Diversity Recognition Award, Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council (DLC), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

2022-present Joint Faculty Appointment, General Internal Medicine Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

2021 Johns Hopkins PHutures Career Impact Award: Nominee

2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Diversity Award, Baltimore, USA,

2020-2022 Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK

2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Diversity Award, Baltimore, USA

2020 Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellent in Teaching Award, Baltimore, USA.

2020 Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Isabel Hampton Robb Fellowship, Baltimore, USA.

2019 American Journal of Nursing, 2019 Book of the Year: Ferrell, B.R., & Paice, J., A.(Eds.), (2019) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. New York: Oxford University Press USA. ISBN: 978-0-19-086237-4. Chapter contribution to the textbook: Wright, R. & Roberts B., Palliative care in the emergency department (chapter 53).

2013 Guardian University Award for Outstanding Research Impact; Woundcare for Epidermolysis Bullosa (WEB) Project. London, United Kingdom.

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