b"NPCRC IMPACT REPORTWE'VE GROWN INTO A HIGHLY RESPECTED NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.Since our founding in 2005, the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) has become a home for groundbreaking researchers who share a commitment to easing the suffering and improving the quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness.We are known for leading the scientific and palliative care communities with: 3 CREATING PROVIDING ESTABLISHINGa new cadre oftechnical assistanceand nourishing aGOALS scientific leaders for palliative carenational community investigators to betterof palliative care compete for and accessscientistsfederal research funding3 RELIEF of pain andCOMMUNICATIONEVALUATION AND other suffering among patients, DEVELOPMENTRESEARCHfamilies, and clinicians of new palliative care AREAS clinical models1 Strengthening the evidence baseMISSION needed to advance palliative care health policy and clinical practice2"