Dr. Anessa Foxwell is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing, supported by Dr. Connie Ulrich’s grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Anessa graduated with her PhD and MBE from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 2024. Anessa studies clinician distress in caring for hospitalized patients with serious illness. She is an instructor at Penn Nursing where she teaches palliative care and bioethics. Additionally, Anessa works part-time in the Perlman Oncology Evaluation Center. Previously, Anessa worked as a Nurse Practitioner with the Inpatient Palliative Care Service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, providing inpatient consultation for those with serious illness. Anessa received her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania where she minored in Palliative Care in 2012.
Anessa was named one of the 2022 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation Emerging Leaders and was honored as a Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing by HPNA in 2023. Anessa’s current body of research focuses on exploring clinician distress and well-being. She has multiple publications in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, Nursing Ethics, JAMA NetworkOpen, and The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing.