Kevin P. Weinfurt, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University Medical Center and a faculty member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He holds secondary appointment as a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Professor of  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and a Faculty Associate of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. Dr. Weinfurt also co-directs the Center for Health Measurement at Duke and is co-director of the Clinical Research Training Program (Masters degree offered through the School of Medicine). Dr. Weinfurt worked as a Special Governmental Employee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for four years, helping to create the Patient-Focused Drug Development guidance series. He is also a member of the Secretary's Advisory Committee for Human Research Protections. 

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]