Certified both as an Acute Care and Palliative care/Hospice nurse practitioner, she works on the Palliative Care Consult Service at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She is national and international faculty for ELNEC (End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium) and on the board of HPNA (Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association). Dr. Grant’s research areas include being an online palliative care nurse practitioner on the Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cancer website and nursing communication education. She lectures frequently for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, nurses, physicians and other clinicians on palliative care, hospice, communication, end-of-life decision making, and advanced directives.