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Laura S Porter

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 102506 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC Box 102506, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


A Patient-Caregiver Behavioral Intervention for Older Adults with Cancer and Mild Cognitive Impairment

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Caregiver-assisted pain coping skills training for dementia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Text-messaging Communication Micro-Intervention for Couples Coping with Advanced GI Cancer

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2026

Coping with Asthma through Life Management (CALM)

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Couple Communication Skills Training for Advanced Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Feasibility Pilot Trial of Mindfulness in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery (M-PASS) Using a Mobile Health Application

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · 2023 - 2025

Optimizing a self-directed mobile mindfulness intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors' psychological distress

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2025

Addressing Sexual Concerns in Breast Cancer Survivors: RCT of a Novel Couple-Based Intervention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fox Chase Cancer Center · 2018 - 2024

Home-based Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Improve Outcomes and Decrease Costs

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2020 - 2024

A Dyadic Intervention to Address Distress and Communication in Glioblastoma Patients and their Caregivers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Glioblastoma Foundation · 2022 - 2024

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training for Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients

FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Duke Pain Early-phase Research Clinical Center (PERC)

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC) Refinement and Expansion

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Colorado - Denver · 2018 - 2023

Using Partners to Enhance Long-term Weight Loss

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2018 - 2023

Couple Communication in Cancer: A Multi-method Examination

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arizona State University · 2016 - 2022

Translational Research in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2022

Multiple Co-occurring Symptoms in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers

FellowshipSponsor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

Optimizing a self-directed mobile copying skills training intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Caregiver-Assisted Pain Coping Skills Training for Dementia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2018 - 2020

Caregiver-Guided Pain Management Training in Palliative Care

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Yoga-based Symptom Management for Metastatic Breast Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

Mobile Mindfulness to Improve Psychological Distress after Critical Illness

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

Communication in Oncologist Patient Encounters: A Patient Intervention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2016

Feasibility of a Couple-based Intervention for Parents of Children with Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

Coping Skills Training for Spinal Cord Stimulator Patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2013

Stress and Behavior in Health and Disease

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1989 - 2011

Caregiver-Assisting Coping Skills Training for Lung Cancer

ResearchProject Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2008

Partner-Assisted Emotional Disclosure for GI Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2008

Prostate Cancer Recovery Enhancement (PROCARE) for African American Men

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2008

External Relationships


  • American Cancer Society
  • Arizona State University
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Utah State University
  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

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