Andrea Postier

Full Professional Researcher · PhD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco · Education in Palliative and End of Life - Pediatrics · United States

Andrea Postier, PhD, MPH, is a researcher in the Department of Pediatrics and Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative, and Integrative Medicine at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. Her work focuses on pediatric pain and palliative care, including parent-caregiver experiences, symptom management, healthcare delivery, and quality improvement. She has conducted research and published on the Comfort Promise initiative to reduce pain associated with pediatric needle procedures. Involved with EPEC-Pediatrics since 2010, she currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator of its NIH/NCI-funded Train-the-Trainer program and as a Steering Committee member for EPEC-Pediatrics Europe (2026–2030), funded by the Vlček Family Foundation. Profile: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/andrea.postier

Willing to mentor
Open to collaboration

Publications

Pain reporting and analgesia management in 270 children with a progressive neurologic, metabolic or chromosomally based condition with impairment of the central nervous system: cross-sectional, baseline results from an observational, longitudinal study

Friedrichsdorf S, Postier A, Andrews G, Hamre K, Steele R, Siden H · J Pain Res · 2017

A Comparison of Circumstances at the End of Life in a Hospital Setting for Children With Palliative Care Involvement Versus Those Without

Osenga K, Postier A, Dreyfus J, Foster L, Teeple W, Friedrichsdorf S · Journal of Pain & Symptom Management · 2016

The Pediatric Palliative Care Quality Network: Palliative Care Consultation and Patient Outcomes

Postier A, Root M, O'Riordan D, Purser L, Friedrichsdorf S, Pantilat S, Bogetz J · Hospital pediatrics · 2023

Predictors of improvement in parental stress after the first three months at home with a medically fragile infant

Postier A, Foster L, Remke S, Simpson J, Friedrichsdorf S, Brearley S · Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2024

Inpatient Symptom Prevalence, Severity, and Improvement in Children Referred for Pediatric Palliative Care Consultation: Findings from a Multisite Quality Improvement Registry

Postier A, Root M, O'Riordan D, Pantilat S, Friedrichsdorf S, Bogetz J · The Journal of pediatrics · 2026

Development of a Pediatric Palliative Care Curriculum and Dissemination Model: Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Pediatrics

Friedrichsdorf S, Remke S, Hauser J, Foster L, Postier A, Kolste A, Wolfe J · J Pain Symptom Manage · 2019

Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care-Pediatrics: Curriculum use and dissemination

Postier A, Wolfe J, Hauser J, Remke S, Baker J, Kolste A, Dussel V, Bernadá M, Widger K, Rapoport A, Drake R, Chong P, Friedrichsdorf S · J Pain Symptom Manage · 2021

Methadone conversion in infants and children: Retrospective cohort study of 199 pediatric inpatients

Fife A, Postier A, Flood A, Friedrichsdorf S · J Opioid Manag · 2016

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