Robert J. Volk, PhD

Dr. Volk is a decision scientist and Professor in the Department of Health Services Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he heads the Decision Support Lab and the Shared Decision Making Collaborative. His research focuses on shared decision making in cancer, including development and implementation of decision support interventions across a variety of cancer contexts. His patient decision aids have received two Telly Awards and a platinum Hermes Creative Award for best film and video production in the area of health care. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration, which recently published a series of standards for developers and users of patient decision aids.