Kevin Weinfurt, Ph.D., is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Weinfurt also holds faculty appointments in Psychology and Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. Dr. Weinfurt worked part-time for four years as a Special Governmental Employee with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, developing guidance for the Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative. Dr. Weinfurt received his PhD in psychology at Georgetown University and did graduate work in the history of science and philosophy of mind at Linacre College, Oxford. 

Dr. Weinfurt researches clinical outcome assessments, pragmatic trial methodology, and bioethics. Currently, Dr. Weinfurt is co-PI of the coordinating center for the NIH Health Systems Research Collaboratory, which is dedicated to improving understanding of how to conduct pragmatic clinical trials. Within the NIH Collaboratory, he has led or co-led work on bioethics, patient-reported outcomes, and disseminating lessons learned. He is currently an Associate Editor of Clinical Trials. He served on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Quality of Life Research and was a member of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Clinical Trials Advisory Panel. Dr. Weinfurt served as a member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), which provides expert advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS on issues pertaining to protecting human subjects in research.

 As an educator, Dr. Weinfurt has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in bioethics, health measurement, psychology, and research methods.

Office Location: 215 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27705
Email Address:
Web Page: https://populationhealth.duke.edu/research/center-health-measurement

Education:
Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1997

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

• Flynn, KE; Reese, JB; Jeffery, DD; Abernethy, AP; Lin, L; Shelby, RA; Porter, LS; Dombeck, CB; Weinfurt, KP. "Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancer.." Psychooncology 21.6 (June, 2012): 594-601. [21394821], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Lin, L; Moe, GW; Howlett, JG; Fine, LJ; Spertus, JA; McConnell, TR; Piña, IL; Weinfurt, KP. "Relationships between changes in patient-reported health status and functional capacity in outpatients with heart failure.." Am Heart J 163.1 (January, 2012): 88-94.e3. [22172441], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Jeffery, DD; Keefe, FJ; Porter, LS; Shelby, RA; Fawzy, MR; Gosselin, TK; Reeve, BB; Weinfurt, KP. "Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®).." Psychooncology 20.4 (April, 2011): 378-386. [20878833], [doi]  [abs]
• Eisenstein, EL; Diener, LW; Nahm, M; Weinfurt, KP. "Impact of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Management Information System (PROMIS) upon the design and operation of multi-center clinical trials: a qualitative research study.." J Med Syst 35.6 (December, 2011): 1521-1530. [20703765], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Shelby, RA; Mitchell, SA; Fawzy, MR; Hardy, NC; Husain, AM; Keefe, FJ; Krystal, AD; Porter, LS; Reeve, BB; Weinfurt, KP. "Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®)).." Psychooncology 19.10 (October, 2010): 1086-1093. [20013938], [doi]  [abs]
• Beskow, LM; Friedman, JY; Hardy, NC; Lin, L; Weinfurt, KP. "Simplifying informed consent for biorepositories: stakeholder perspectives.." Genet Med 12.9 (September, 2010): 567-572. [20697289], [doi]  [abs]
• Sulmasy, DP; Astrow, AB; He, MK; Seils, DM; Meropol, NJ; Micco, E; Weinfurt, KP. "The culture of faith and hope: patients' justifications for their high estimations of expected therapeutic benefit when enrolling in early phase oncology trials.." Cancer 116.15 (August, 2010): 3702-3711. [20564120], [doi]  [abs]
• Fortune-Greeley, AK; Hardy, NC; Lin, L; Friedman, JY; Lawlor, JS; Muhlbaier, LH; Hall, MA; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J; Weinfurt, KP. "Patient reactions to confidentiality, liability, and financial aspects of informed consent in cardiology research.." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3.2 (March, 2010): 151-158. [20233979], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; Hardy, NC; Friedman, JY; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. "Oversight of financial conflicts of interest in commercially sponsored research in academic and nonacademic settings.." J Gen Intern Med 25.5 (May, 2010): 460-464. [20186498], [doi]  [abs]
• Beskow, LM; Friedman, JY; Hardy, NC; Lin, L; Weinfurt, KP. "Developing a simplified consent form for biobanking.." PLoS One 5.10 (October, 2010): e13302. [20949049], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Lin, L; Ellis, SJ; Russell, SD; Spertus, JA; Whellan, DJ; Piña, IL; Fine, LJ; Schulman, KA; Weinfurt, KP; HF-ACTION Investigators. "Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure.." Am Heart J 158.4 Suppl (October, 2009): S64-S71. [19782791], [doi]  [abs]
• Fortune-Greeley, AK; Flynn, KE; Jeffery, DD; Williams, MS; Keefe, FJ; Reeve, BB; Willis, GB; Weinfurt, KP; PROMIS Sexual Function Domain Committee. "Using cognitive interviews to evaluate items for measuring sexual functioning across cancer populations: improvements and remaining challenges.." Qual Life Res 18.8 (October, 2009): 1085-1093. [19672697], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; King, NMP; Friedman, JY; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. "Disclosure of financial relationships to participants in clinical research.." N Engl J Med 361.9 (August, 2009): 916-921. [19710491], [doi]
• Flynn, KE; Piña, IL; Whellan, DJ; Lin, L; Blumenthal, JA; Ellis, SJ; Fine, LJ; Howlett, JG; Keteyian, SJ; Kitzman, DW; Kraus, WE; Miller, NH; Schulman, KA; Spertus, JA; O'Connor, CM; Weinfurt, KP; HF-ACTION Investigators. "Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.." JAMA 301.14 (April, 2009): 1451-1459. [19351942], [doi]  [abs]
• Jeffery, DD; Tzeng, JP; Keefe, FJ; Porter, LS; Hahn, EA; Flynn, KE; Reeve, BB; Weinfurt, KP. "Initial report of the cancer Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sexual function committee: review of sexual function measures and domains used in oncology.." Cancer 115.6 (March, 2009): 1142-1153. [19195044], [doi]  [abs]
• Abernethy, AP; Herndon, JE; Wheeler, JL; Patwardhan, M; Shaw, H; Lyerly, HK; Weinfurt, K. "Improving health care efficiency and quality using tablet personal computers to collect research-quality, patient-reported data.." Health Serv Res 43.6 (December, 2008): 1975-1991. [18761678], [doi]  [abs]
• Meropol, NJ; Egleston, BL; Buzaglo, JS; Benson, AB; Cegala, DJ; Diefenbach, MA; Fleisher, L; Miller, SM; Sulmasy, DP; Weinfurt, KP; CONNECT Study Research Group. "Cancer patient preferences for quality and length of life.." Cancer 113.12 (December, 2008): 3459-3466. [18988231], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; Friedman, JY; Hardy, C; Fortune-Greeley, AK; Lawlor, JS; Allsbrook, JS; Lin, L; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. "Effects of disclosing financial interests on participation in medical research: a randomized vignette trial.." Am Heart J 156.4 (October, 2008): 689-697. [18946893], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Weinfurt, KP; Seils, DM; Lin, L; Burnett, CB; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. "Decisional conflict among patients who accept or decline participation in phase I oncology studies.." J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 3.3 (September, 2008): 69-77. [19122780], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; Dinan, MA; DePuy, V; Friedman, JY; Allsbrook, JS; Sugarman, J. "Effects of disclosing financial interests on attitudes toward clinical research.." J Gen Intern Med 23.6 (June, 2008): 860-866. [18386101], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Seils, DM; Tzeng, JP; Compton, KL; Sulmasy, DP; Astrow, AB; Solarino, NA; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. "Expectations of benefit in early-phase clinical trials: implications for assessing the adequacy of informed consent.." Med Decis Making 28.4 (2008): 575-581. [18378940], [doi]  [abs]
• Flynn, KE; Dombeck, CB; DeWitt, EM; Schulman, KA; Weinfurt, KP. "Using item banks to construct measures of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: investigator perceptions.." Clin Trials 5.6 (2008): 575-586. [19029206], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP. "Varieties of uncertainty and the validity of informed consent.." Clin Trials 5.6 (2008): 624-625. [19029211], [doi]
• Weinfurt, KP; Seils, DM; Tzeng, JP; Lin, L; Schulman, KA; Califf, RM. "Consistency of financial interest disclosures in the biomedical literature: the case of coronary stents.." PLoS One 3.5 (May, 2008): e2128. [18461146], [doi]  [abs]
• Garcia, SF; Cella, D; Clauser, SB; Flynn, KE; Lad, T; Lai, J-S; Reeve, BB; Smith, AW; Stone, AA; Weinfurt, K. "Standardizing patient-reported outcomes assessment in cancer clinical trials: a patient-reported outcomes measurement information system initiative.." J Clin Oncol 25.32 (November, 2007): 5106-5112. [17991929], [doi]  [abs]
• Revicki, DA; Gnanasakthy, A; Weinfurt, K. "Documenting the rationale and psychometric characteristics of patient reported outcomes for labeling and promotional claims: the PRO Evidence Dossier.." Qual Life Res 16.4 (May, 2007): 717-723. [17268927], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP. "Value of high-cost cancer care: a behavioral science perspective.." J Clin Oncol 25.2 (January, 2007): 223-227. [17210944], [doi]  [abs]
• Friedman, JY; Sugarman, J; Dhillon, JK; Depuy, V; Pierre, CK; Dinan, MA; Allsbrook, JS; Schulman, KA; Weinfurt, KP. "Perspectives of clinical research coordinators on disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants.." Clin Trials 4.3 (2007): 272-278. [17715256], [doi]  [abs]
• Shea, AM; DePuy, V; Allen, JM; Weinfurt, KP. "Use and perceptions of clinical practice guidelines by internal medicine physicians.." Am J Med Qual 22.3 (2007): 170-176. [17485558], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Allsbrook, JS; Friedman, JY; Dinan, MA; Hall, MA; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. "Developing model language for disclosing financial interests to potential clinical research participants.." IRB 29.1 (2007): 1-5. [17364012]
• Hall, MA; Camacho, F; Lawlor, JS; Depuy, V; Sugarman, J; Weinfurt, K. "Measuring trust in medical researchers.." Med Care 44.11 (November, 2006): 1048-1053. [17063137], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Friedman, JY; Allsbrook, JS; Dinan, MA; Hall, MA; Sugarman, J. "Views of potential research participants on financial conflicts of interest: barriers and opportunities for effective disclosure.." J Gen Intern Med 21.9 (September, 2006): 901-906. [16918732], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Anstrom, KJ; Castel, LD; Schulman, KA; Saad, F. "Effect of zoledronic acid on pain associated with bone metastasis in patients with prostate cancer.." Ann Oncol 17.6 (June, 2006): 986-989. [16533874], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Dinan, MA; Allsbrook, JS; Friedman, JY; Hall, MA; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. "Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants.." Acad Med 81.2 (February, 2006): 113-118. [16436571], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Friedman, JY; Dinan, MA; Allsbrook, JS; Hall, MA; Dhillon, JK; Sugarman, J. "Disclosing conflicts of interest in clinical research: views of institutional review boards, conflict of interest committees, and investigators.." J Law Med Ethics 34.3 (2006): 581-481. [17144182], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Li, Y; Castel, LD; Saad, F; Timbie, JW; Glendenning, GA; Schulman, KA. "The significance of skeletal-related events for the health-related quality of life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer.." Ann Oncol 16.4 (April, 2005): 579-584. [15734776], [doi]  [abs]
• Goodman, L; Dutton, MA; Vankos, N; Weinfurt, K. "Women's resources and use of strategies as risk and protective factors for reabuse over time.." Violence Against Women 11.3 (March, 2005): 311-336. [16043552], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Depuy, V; Castel, LD; Sulmasy, DP; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. "Understanding of an aggregate probability statement by patients who are offered participation in Phase I clinical trials.." Cancer 103.1 (January, 2005): 140-147. [15534885], [doi]  [abs]
• "Weinfurt KP. Experience, grammar, and the stuff of psychology. Theory Psychol. 2005;15:407-409.." ().
• Weinfurt, KP; Castel, LD; Li, Y; Timbie, JW; Glendenning, GA; Schulman, KA. "Health-related quality of life among patients with breast cancer receiving zoledronic acid or pamidronate disodium for metastatic bone lesions.." Med Care 42.2 (February, 2004): 164-175. [14734954], [doi]  [abs]
• "Weinfurt KP. Discursive versus information-processing perspectives on a bioethical problem: the case of "unrealistic" patient expectations. Theory Psychol. 2004;14:191-203.." ().
• Weinfurt, KP; Castel, LD; Li, Y; Sulmasy, DP; Balshem, AM; Benson, AB; Burnett, CB; Gaskin, DJ; Marshall, JL; Slater, EF; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. "The correlation between patient characteristics and expectations of benefit from Phase I clinical trials.." Cancer 98.1 (July, 2003): 166-175. [12833469], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Sulmasy, DP; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. "Patient expectations of benefit from phase I clinical trials: linguistic considerations in diagnosing a therapeutic misconception.." Theor Med Bioeth 24.4 (2003): 329-344. [14620488], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Trucco, SM; Willke, RJ; Schulman, KA. "Measuring agreement between patient and proxy responses to multidimensional health-related quality-of-life measures in clinical trials. An application of psychometric profile analysis.." J Clin Epidemiol 55.6 (June, 2002): 608-618. [12063103], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Maghaddam, FM. "Culture and social distance: a case study of methodological cautions.." J Soc Psychol 141.1 (February, 2001): 101-110. [11294145], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Willke, RJ; Glick, HA; Freimuth, WW; Schulman, KA. "Relationship between CD4 count, viral burden, and quality of life over time in HIV-1-infected patients.." Med Care 38.4 (April, 2000): 404-410. [10752972], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Rathore, SS; Schulman, KA. "ACI-TIPI clinical trial. Acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument.." Ann Intern Med 131.6 (September, 1999): 476-477. [10498573], [doi]
• Weinfurt, KP; Willke, R; Glick, HA; Schulman, KA. "Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory.." Qual Life Res 8.1-2 (1999): 17-24. [10457735], [doi]  [abs]
• Weinfurt, KP; Bush, PJ. "Contradictory subject response in longitudinal research.." J Stud Alcohol 57.3 (May, 1996): 273-282. [8709586], [doi]  [abs]