Mara A. Schonberg, MD, MPH

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Academic Titles

Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Research Program Affiliation

Member, Cancer Care Delivery Research

Member, Breast Cancer

Research Abstract

Dr. Mara A. Schonberg is a Professor of Medicine at HMS, Director of Research in Shared Decision Making in the Division of General Medicine, and a practicing general internist. Her research has been continuously funded since 2004 with 7 NIH R01s (4 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. Dr. Schonberg also enjoys mentoring and co-sponsors 4 NIH K awards, 1 ACS Mentored Research Grant, 1KL2, and 1 NIA GEMSSTAR and co-Directs the Harvard-wide general medicine research fellowship. She also 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.