Kevin Phillip Weinfurt

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.