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Kimberly Sherell Johnson

Brenda E. Armstrong, M. D. Distinguished Professor
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Selected Grants


Improving needs among older adults: the ICUconnect 2 primary palliative care RCT

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke/UNC ADAR Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Racial disparities in shared decision making for patients with acute respiratory failure

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Improving Racial Equity in Clinical Decision Making about Access to Organ Transplant

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2022 - 2027

Equity-Focused Communication Intervention for Family-Centered Rounds

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Improving needs among older adults: the ICUconnect 2 primary palliative care RCT

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke/UNC ADAR Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Racial disparities in shared decision making for patients with acute respiratory failure

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Improving Racial Equity in Clinical Decision Making about Access to Organ Transplant

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2022 - 2027

Equity-Focused Communication Intervention for Family-Centered Rounds

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Research and Mentoring on Neurocognitive Disparities in Aging

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2026

Characterizing neurocognitive symptoms in older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Evaluation of Unilateral vs Bilateral Hearing Aids for the Treatment of Age-related Hearing Loss

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2021 - 2026

Shared Decision-Making to Reduce Racial Disparities in Oral Anticoagulation Use in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (CDA)

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2025

Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Palliative Care for Older African Americans Through Improved Advance Care Planning

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2017 - 2025

The Role of Implicit Bias on Outcomes of Patients with Advanced Solid Cancers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Mount Sinai School of Medicine · 2021 - 2025

PCplanner: Operationalizing needs-focused palliative care for older adults in ICUs

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)"

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024

Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH EQUITY)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2024

Duke CTSA (KL2)

ResearchCore Co-Lead · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

The development and validation of a scale to measure Treatment Regimen Fatigue among older adults living with HIV

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Race and COVID 19

Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2020 - 2021

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPhysician · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2020 - 2021

IPA-Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPhysician · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2020

Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2013 - 2018

Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF)

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016

Behavior And Physiology In Aging

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2015

Increasing Access to Hospice Care for Older African Americans: A National Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2013 - 2014

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2013

Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

External Relationships


  • Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
  • Up to Date Inc

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