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Peter A Ubel

Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Distinguished Professor
Fuqua School of Business
Duke Box 90120, 100 Fuqua Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0120
100 Fuqua Dr, Box 90120, Room W309, Durham, NC 27708-0120

Selected Grants


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

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

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025

Decision Making for Infants with Neurologic Conditions

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Integrating Costs Into Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2018 - 2023

Decreasing the Financial Burden for Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer By Understanding Provider Decision-Making

ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Urological Association Foundation · 2021 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Examining Best Practices for Factoring Out-Of-Pocket Expenses into Patients' Health Care Decisions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Patrick & Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation · 2018 - 2021

HIV cure studies: risk, risk perception, and ethics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 2019 - 2021

Decision Making for Critically Ill Infants

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Kennedy Krieger Institute · 2018 - 2020

Exploring Ethical Dilemmas Facing Private Payers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Greenwall Foundation · 2017 - 2020

HIV cure studies: risk, risk perception, and ethics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Harvard University · 2016 - 2019

No question too small: Development of a question prompt list for infants and their families

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2016 - 2018

Promoting Professionalism and Accountability Through Nonfinancial Means: Framework Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation · 2015 - 2017

Subcontract for Integration of Whole Genome Sequencing into Clinical Medicine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2011 - 2016

Michigan Center For Health Communication Research II

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Michigan · 2010 - 2014

Identifying and Reducing Cognitive Biases Created by Decision Aids

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2014

External Relationships


  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Harvard School of Public Health

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