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Tamara J. Somers

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 102506, Durham, NC 27710
2400 Pratt Street, North Pavil, 7 Floor, Room 7046, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Development of a program to assess and treat distress in glaucoma patients using an automated EHR-derived AI algorithm

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

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

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2026

Improving Quality of Life in SLE by Stratified Personalized Health Planning

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026

Improving Multimodal Physical Function in Adults with Heterogeneous Chronic Pain; Multi-Site Feasibility RCT

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2022 - 2025

Using a SMART Design to Optimize PTSD Symptom Management Strategies Among Cancer Survivors

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Initial Testing of a Mobile App Pain Coping Intervention for Outpatient Oncology Settings

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025

An mHealth Symptom Management Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Patients

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

Improving Symptom Management for Survivors of Young Adult Cancer

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

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training for Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC) Refinement and Expansion

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

Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Sleep in Cancer

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Pilot Trial

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2020 - 2022

Optimizing Delivery of a Behavioral Cancer Pain Intervention Using a SMART

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

Symptom Clusters in Systemic Sclerosis

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC): Refinement and Expansion-Administrative Supplement

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · 2019 - 2020

Meaning-centered Psychotherapy and Pain Coping Skills in Advanced Cancer

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

Behavioral Weight and Symptom Management for Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

Pain Coping Skills Training for African Americans with Osteoarthritis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2018

Coping Skills for Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Pain and Distress

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2015 - 2018

An Accessible Mobile Health Behavioral Intervention for Cancer Pain (mPain)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2014 - 2018

Refinement and Expansion of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

SPeeding Research-tested INTerventions (SPRINT)

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2017 - 2017

Home-Based Tablet Computer Pain Coping Skills Following Stem Cell Transplant

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Society of Behavioral Medicine - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • University of Wisconsin

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