Lisa Catherine Lindley, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN is a Professor and Nightingale Endowed Faculty Fellow in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her doctoral degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and master’s degree in business from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Dr. Lindley is a child health services and policy researchers. Her research focuses on health care systems and policy interventions that promote quality, accessible care for children and their families at end of life. Dr. Lindley has expertise in advanced statistical techniques, data management, and claims-based data. She is the recipient of a NIH pre-doctoral fellowship (T32), AHRQ dissertation award (R36), NIH career development award (K01), and NIH research project grant (R01) in support of her research work. She is also an active member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and American Academy of Nursing.