Dr. Lorinda A. Coombs is Assistant Professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also an active clinician practicing as a board-certified oncology nurse practitioner. Dr. Coombs received her BA in English from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, her MSN from San Francisco State University, her post-master Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of California Los Angeles and her PhD in Health Policy and Nursing from the University of California San Francisco. She completed her postdoctoral training as a NIH T32 fellow in Cancer, Caregiving and End of Life Care from the University of Utah. Dr. Coombs’ research is focused on 1) improving patient centered cancer care, specifically for people with metastatic cancer, 2) integrating patient values and caregiver input into shared decision making, and 3) using mixed methods approaches to better understand what matters most to older adults with metastatic cancer. She has received funding from the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, American Nurses Foundation, and support from the UNC Cancer Information & Population Health Resource.