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Brianna Morgan, PhD, CRNP, is a geriatric and palliative care nurse practitioner at New York University (NYU) Langone Health. She also is currently a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where she is exploring supportive care interventions for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Morgan has over a decade of nursing experience caring for older adults living with serious illnesses, including dementia, cancer, and severe brain injury. She earned her bachelor of arts in the biological basis of behavior (2008), bachelor of science in nursing (2012), master’s degree in adult and gerontological primary care with a minor in palliative care (2015), and doctor of philosophy in nursing science (2022)—all from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Nursing and was named an Emerging Leader by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation in 2022. Dr. Morgan is a member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and she is Chair of the Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization in the Gerontological Society of America. Additionally, she has served as the course director for a graduate program class on Health Care in an Aging Society (2016–2019) and currently guest lectures in several courses across all academic programs at Penn Nursing.