Morgan graduated from the Brown School at WashU with a Master of Social Work in 2022 and holds an LMSW. They have worked in community and clinical settings as a social worker for BJC Hospice and in national advocacy at SAGE USA (Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders) as a research coordinator, where they supported research initiatives aimed at improving services and support for LGBTQ+ older adults. Committed to health equity in end-of-life and elder care, Morgan’s research interests center on the end-of-life needs, wishes, and challenges faced by marginalized patients and their caregivers, with a focus on LGBTQ+ patients and patients without informal care support (such as family caregivers). They are especially interested in the application of digital technologies in end-of-life and elder care to support advance care planning and caregiving needs and related ethical issues and policy implications. Morgan aims to promote interventions that improve the care continuum from serious illness to end-of-life care and support equitable and compassionate care systems.
Morgan Van Vleck
- Program: PhD in Social Work Student
- Preferred Pronouns: they/she
- Email: m.l.vanvleck@wustl.edu
Areas of Focus:
- End-of-life, hospice, and palliative care, Elder care
- Health equity
- Solo aging and dying
- Mixed methods and qualitative research
- Tech and AI in health
- Long-term care and caregiving issues