“Patient Perspectives on Research on Standard Medical Practices: Implications for Consent.”

Kevin Weinfurt’s research addresses controversies raised by the SUPPORT study which compared two standard oxygen treatments for NICU babies, and raised concerns about whether parents had been adequately consented. His talk will present data on consent for pragmatic trials/Comparative effectiveness research studies: “Patient Perspectives on Research on Standard Medical Practices: Implications for Consent.”
Kevin is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute