Komal Patel Murali 

Komal Patel Murali, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FPCN, is an assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing whose research focuses on improving end-of-life and serious illness care for people living with dementia and multiple chronic conditions. Her NIH-funded work partners with healthcare leaders, clinicians, and care partners to develop and test interventions that strengthen hospice care utilization, enhance care transitions, and reduce disparities across acute, home, and community settings. Drawing on more than a decade of experience as an ICU nurse and nurse practitioner, Dr. Murali integrates clinical insight with community-engaged research and healthcare-system delivery and implementation science to improve care for diverse older adults and their family caregivers. 

P50 Project Description: This project seeks to understand domains of caregiving support for South Asian families who identify as Hindu, Sikh, or Muslim in the NY and NJ area. Through interviews with faith leaders and volunteers, the study explores how faith-based communities currently provide assistance such as respite, meals, and psychosocial support and their capacity to expand caregiving resources. We are also collecting survey data from family caregivers to better understand their experiences with burden, stress, and emotional and religious coping. By integrating insights from both community members and caregivers, the project aims to identify culturally responsive opportunities to enhance caregiving support within South Asian faith-based settings. Ultimately, it will inform the development of a tailored caregiver support intervention that can be implemented across these communities.