My Bio

Dr. Schonberg is an international leader in research in shared decision-making in older persons. Her research has been continuously funded since 2004 with 8 NIH R01s (5 as PI), 2 R21s, a NIA K24 Midcareer Investigator award, and a NIA Paul B. Beeson K23 career development award in aging in addition to numerous foundation grants. In her work, Dr. Schonberg brings together the fields of shared decision-making and geriatrics to improve cancer screening and treatment decisions for older adults. To help disseminate her work, she co-developed ePrognosis, an internationally used website designed to help clinicians and patients consider overall prognosis in medical decisions. She has also developed and implemented high quality decision aids on mammography screening for women aged 75 and older. Dr. Schonberg also enjoys mentoring and has sponsored or co-sponsored 6 NIH K awards and a ACS mentored research scholar grant in addition to 2 NIA R03 GEMSSTAR awards. She serves as Program Director of the Harvard-wide general medicine research fellowship and co-directs Harvard’s Advanced Aging Research Training Seminar Series. In recognition of her work, Dr. Schonberg has received numerous awards including the 2016 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, a 2022 Harvard Medical School A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award, and in 2022 she was elected into the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

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'My research aims to improve shared decision making between patients and clinicians, particularly around cancer screening and treatment for older adults. Ideally, older adults would be given the opportunity to make informed, preference sensitive decisions around medical interventions based on a realistic understanding of the likely outcomes of the decision.'

Mentorship

Barger Award

In addition, I enjoy mentoring and have sponsored or co-sponsored 7 K-level career development awards, 2 NIA GEMSSTAR R03s and many other training grants, I am the Program Director of the HMS general medicine research fellowship, co-site Director of this fellowship at BIDMC, and I co-direct Harvard's Advanced Aging Research Training Seminar Series. My mentoring has been recognized by a prestigous HMS A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award and, in 2020, I was awarded a NIA K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award which has protected my time for mentoring and allowed me to expand my expertise and grow my research program. 

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Havard Medical School Fellowship Program

The Harvard Medical School Fellowship in General Medicine and Primary Care offers 2-year academic fellowships to prepare talented physicians for careers in academic medicine. 

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