Psychiatry / Medical Psychology

Box 3850 Med Ctr
Durham, NC 27710

(919) 668-8019

• PhD, Georgetown University, 1997

Kevin P. Weinfurt, PhD, is a professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Duke University School of Medicine. He holds a secondary appointment as a professor of psychology and neuroscience. He also serves as chair of Duke's Interdisciplinary Medical Decision Making Initiative.

Dr. Weinfurt has extensive experience in the analysis of quality-of-life outcomes in clinical trials and advanced multivariate statistical analysis of behavioral science data. His interests include the psychology of decision making and the communication of uncertainty; informed consent; conflicts of interest in research; methods for measuring and analyzing patient-reported outcomes; and research design and statistics.

• 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. American Heart Journal. 2012;163:88-94.e3.  Abstract
• 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. Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer. 2012;21:594-601.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of Medical Systems. 2011;35:1521-1530.  Abstract
• 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®). Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer. 2011;20:378-386.  Abstract
• Beskow, LM; Friedman, JY; Hardy, NC; Lin, L; Weinfurt, KP. Developing a simplified consent form for biobanking. PLoS One. 2010;5:e13302.  Abstract
• Beskow, LM; Friedman, JY; Hardy, NC; Lin, L; Weinfurt, KP. Simplifying informed consent for biorepositories: stakeholder perspectives. Genetics in Medicine. 2010;12:567-572.  Abstract
• 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(®)). Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer. 2010;19:1086-1093.  Abstract
• 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. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2010;3:151-158.  Abstract
• 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. 2010;116:3702-3711.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010;25:460-464.  Abstract
• 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. American Heart Journal. 2009;158:S64-S71.  Abstract
• 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: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2009;301:1451-1459.  Abstract
• 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. Quality of Life Research. 2009;18:1085-1093.  Abstract
• 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. 2009;115:1142-1153.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; King, NM; Friedman, JY; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J. Disclosure of financial relationships to participants in clinical research. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009;361:916-921.  Abstract
• 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 Services Research. 2008;43:1975-1991.  Abstract
• 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. Clinical Trials. 2008;5:575-586.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2008;3:69-77.  Abstract
• 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. 2008;113:3459-3466.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP. Varieties of uncertainty and the validity of informed consent. Clinical Trials. 2008;5:624-625.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Hall, MA; Dinan, MA; DePuy, V; Friedman, JY; Allsbrook, JS; Sugarman, J. Effects of disclosing financial interests on attitudes toward clinical research. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008;23:860-866.  Abstract
• 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. American Heart Journal. 2008;156:689-697.  Abstract
• 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. Medical Decision Making. 2008;28:575-581.  Abstract
• 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. 2008;3:e2128.  Abstract
• 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. Clinical Trials. 2007;4:272-278.  Abstract
• Garcia, SF; Cella, D; Clauser, SB; Flynn, KE; Lad, T; Lai, JS; 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. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;25:5106-5112.  Abstract
• 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. Quality of Life Research. 2007;16:717-723.  Abstract
• Shea, AM; DePuy, V; Allen, JM; Weinfurt, KP. Use and perceptions of clinical practice guidelines by internal medicine physicians. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2007;22:170-176.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP. Value of high-cost cancer care: a behavioral science perspective. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;25:223-227.  Abstract
• 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: A Review of Human Subjects Research. 2007;29:1-5.  Abstract
• Hall, MA; Camacho, F; Lawlor, JS; Depuy, V; Sugarman, J; Weinfurt, K. Measuring trust in medical researchers. Medical Care. 2006;44:1048-1053.  Abstract
• 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. Annals of Oncology. 2006;17:986-989.  Abstract
• 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. Academic Medicine. 2006;81:113-118.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21:901-906.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. 2006;34:581-481.  Abstract
• 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: an international and interdisciplinary journal. 2005;11:311-336.  Abstract
• 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. 2005;103:140-147.  Abstract
• 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. Annals of Oncology. 2005;16:579-584.  Abstract
• 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. Medical Care. 2004;42:164-175.  Abstract
• 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. 2003;98:166-175.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Sulmasy, DP; Schulman, KA; Meropol, NJ. Patient expectations of benefit from phase I clinical trials: linguistic considerations in diagnosing a therapeutic misconception. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics: philosophy of medical research and practice. 2003;24:329-344.  Abstract
• 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. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2002;55:608-618.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Maghaddam, FM. Culture and social distance: a case study of methodological cautions. Journal of Social Psychology. 2001;141:101-110.  Abstract
• 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. Medical Care. 2000;38:404-410.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Rathore, SS; Schulman, KA. ACI-TIPI clinical trial. Acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1999;131:476-477.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Willke, R; Glick, HA; Schulman, KA. Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory. Quality of Life Research. 1999;8:17-24.  Abstract
• Weinfurt, KP; Bush, PJ. Contradictory subject response in longitudinal research. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 1996;57:273-282.  Abstract