College Directory
Areas of Expertise
- Aging
- Heart failure
- Serious Illness
- Palliative Care
- Moral Distress
- Homelessness
- Implementation Science
- Mixed- methods
Teaching Interests / Courses Taught
- Statistics
- Social Work Practice in Healthcare and Serious Illness (anticipated Fall 2026)
- Advanced Clinical Practice in Serious Illness (anticipated Spring 2027)
- Policy
- Aging
- Research
Highlighted Publications
- Latimer, Abigail, et al. “Using the 5Ms Framework to Advance Aging-Responsive Care for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.” Clinical Interventions in Aging (2025): 325-333.
- Latimer, A., Pope, N.D., Lin, CY. et al.Adapting the serious illness conversation guide for unhoused older adults: a rapid qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care 23, 153 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01485-5
- Latimer AL, Otis MD, Mudd- Martin G, Moser DK. Moral distress during COVID-19: The importance of perceived organizational support for hospital nurses. Journal of Health Psychology. 2022;28(3):279-292. doi:1177/13591053221111850
- Latimer, A, et al. A survey of moral distress and end of life care in mechanical circulatory support nurses. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care. (2021) 50, (1), 65 – 70.
Current Projects
- American Heart Association, 2025- 2028
- Integrating Values Based Care in Geriatric Heart Failure Management
- National Institutes of Minority Health and Health Disparities under UK ASCEND (Achieving Success in Community-Engaged research to elimiNate Disparities), 2025-2026
- From Adaptation to Implementation: Enhancing Access and Support in Serious Illness Communication for Unhoused Older Adults
- A Caring Place, 2025-2026
- Villages Community Needs Assessment
Get to Know Dr. Latimer
Abigail Latimer, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C is an Assistant Professor in the University of Kentucky College of Social Work and College of Medicine. She is a UK College of Social Work graduate and has post-doctoral training with the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Research Interventions for Cardiovascular Health. Dr. Latimer specializes in adapting and implementing serious illness communication interventions, with a focus on older adults with heart failure and those who are unhoused or housing vulnerable. Dr. Latimer has nearly 15 years of clinical experience, with the majority in hospice and palliative care, and includes counseling for adults with severe opioid use disorder.