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Health Outcomes Seminar Series

The Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research hosts the Health Outcome Seminar Series during the Fall and Spring Semesters with the goal to advance understanding of health outcomes research and to support education and training of current and future scientists in the fields of pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics comparative-effectiveness and patient-centered outcomes research. Invited presentations are delivered by esteemed guest lecturers and UIC faculty.

DatesSpeakerTitle
Apr 20,
2023
Hue Shao, MD, PhD"Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Precision Medicine
and Precision Public Health Policy in Diabetes"
Mar 16,
2023
Inmaculada (Inma) Hernandez,
PharmD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
“Rising Drug Prices: What are the Drivers?"
Feb 16,
2023
Shannon Halloway,
PHD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
"Preventing cognitive impairment in at-risk older adults:
An early academic career developing and testing lifestyle
interventions"
Nov 17,
2022
Mina Tadrous,
PharmD, MS, PhD
"Using real-world evidence to shape pharmaceutical
policy: Lessons and examples from Ontario, Canada"
Oct 27,
2022
Mary C. Schroeder, PhD"Improving Quality of Rural Cancer Care: A Hybrid
Effectiveness-Implementation Study"
Sep 15,
2022
Brendan Mulhern,
PhD, MRes
"Measuring health related quality of life in younger
populations: The Australian Paediatric Multi Instrument
Comparison (P-MIC) Study"
Apr 20,
2022
Almut G. Winterstein,
RPh, PhD, FISPE
"The role of time in bias and what to do about it:
Pharmacoepidemiologic case studies in medications
and pregnancy"
Mar 17,
2022
Olayinka O. Shiyanbola,
PhD, BPharm
"Utilizing Mixed Methods in Pharmacy Health Services Research"
Feb 17,
2022
R. Brett McQueen, PhD"What’s next for U.S. value assessment? Controversies,
uncertainties, and the role of supplemental decision aids"
Jan 27,
2022
Renae Smith-Ray, PhD, MA;
Edward Witt, PhD;
Heather Kirkham, PhD, MPH;
Michael S. Taitel, PhD
"Research Activities at Walgreens Center for Health
and Wellbeing Research with Discussion to Follow "
Nov 18,
2021
Darren Toh, ScD“Use of real‐world evidence to support post‐market
regulatory decision making – The case of
hydrochlorothiazide and non‐melanoma skin cancer”
Oct 21,
2021
Bhakti Arondekar,
BPharm, MBA, PhD
“Role of Real-World Evidence in Oncology Drug
Registration and Commercialization”
Sep 16,
2021
Yoojung Yang,
PharmD, MS
"The Value of HEOR Discipline in
Biopharmaceutical Industry"
Apr 15,
2021
Kristina Fitzgerald,
PhD
"Incorporating Clinical Outcome Assessments
into Clinical Trials."
Mar 18,
2021
Dan Ollendorf, PhD“Apples and Kiwis: Variation in HTA
Approaches for Decision-Making.”
Feb 18,
2021
Rachel Harrington, PhD"Behind the Scenes on Healthcare Quality
Measurement: Challenges and Opportunities."
Jan 28,
2021
Rob DiDomenico,
PharmD, FCCP, FHFSA,
FACC
“Overcoming COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy
in underrepresented communities: Flu shot as
a gateway?”
Nov 19,
2020
Ernest Law, PharmD,
PhD, ACPR, BCPS
"MurdHEOR, She Wrote: Mini-Mysteries from the
“Dark Side” of Outcomes Research."
Oct 15,
2020
James Pellissier, MS,
MSEE, PhD
"Questions as answers? Examination of the value of
economic models throughout the drug/vaccine
development lifecycle."
Sep 17,
2020
Shan Xing, PharmD,
PhD
“Calcimimetics and the Dialysis Payment Bundle.”
Apr 16,
2020
Daniel Touchette,
PharmD, MA, FCCP
"Challenges in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of
drugs: A case study of acute treatments for migraine"
Feb 20,
2020
Rick Chapman, PhD “Issues in Developing Value Assessment Frameworks
for the US.”
Jan 16,
2020
Jeff Bauer, PhD"How to Look at the Future of Health Care under
Conditions of Uncertainty: Challenges and
Opportunities for Decision-Maker and Researchers"
Nov 14,
2019
Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD“Prevention and Treatment of Obesity: Efficacy to Impact.”
Oct 17,
2019
Geri Donenberg, PhD"Implementing a Group-Based Intervention to Improve
Mental Health and ART Adherence Among Youth Living
with HIV in Low Resource Settings"
Sep 19,
2019
Dima Qato, PharmD, PhD"Pharmacy Deserts, Closures, and Access to
Medications in the U.S."
Apr 18,
2019
Robin Turpin, PhD"A Primer on Metrics for Value-Based Agreements:
The Biopharma Industry Perspective"
Mar 21,
2019
Yash Jalundhwala, MS, PhD &
Mahesh Fuldeore, PhD, MBA
"Digital health - the promise and pitfalls for patient-center
outcomes."
Feb 21,
2019
Caitlyn Solem, PhD"From Design to Implementation: Exploring the
Inter-Relationships of HEOR Research Efforts."
Nov 15,
2018
Alan Schwartz, PhD "Listening to What Matters: Studying Contextual Errors in
Health Care."
Oct 18,
2018
Caleb Alexander, MD "Opioid Epidemic: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Sep 20,
2018
Karen Rascati, PhD"Using Claims Databases to Answer Research Questions:
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly."
Apr 19,
2018
Adam Bress, PharmD, MS CTS "Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Blood Pressure Control."
Mar 8,
2018
Arden Handler"Innovative Strategies for Improving Women's Health in
Postpartum Period."
Feb 15,
2018
Nicholas Tilipman, PhD"The Welfare Effects of Narrow Physician Networks."
Jan 25,
2018
Greg Calip "Casual Mediation Analyses to Understand
Socioeconomic Factors and Cancer Health Disparities:
Racial Differences in Treatment of Dif-fuse Large
B-Cell Lymphoma."
Nov 16,
2017
David Meltzer, PhD, MD"Reforming care for patients at increased risk of hospitalization:
the comprehensive care physician model."
Oct 12,
2017
David Cella, PhD "PROMIS in Research, Clinical Practice and Policy, with a
Look to the Future."
Sep 21,
2017
Glen Schumock, PharmD, MBA, PhD;
Edward Li, PharmD, MPH;
JoAnn Stubbings, BSPharm, MHCA
"National Trends in Prescription Drug Expenditures
and Projections."
Mar 16,
2017
Saul Weiner, MD"This Visit May be Recorded: Direct Assessment of
the Clinical Encounter to Prevent Contextual Error."
Feb 9,
2017
Karen Farris, MD"The 5W1H of Medical Adherence."
Jan 26,
2017
Sharmale Nienh, MD"Addressing Physical Activity Among African American
Woman with Asthma."
Nov 17,
2016
Jamie Chriqui, PhD, MHS"Zoning as a tool for facilitating adult physical activity
and active travel."
Oct 20,
2016
Jun Ma, MD, PhD "Science of behavior change in multimorbidity management"
Sep 23,
2016
Andrew Boyd, MD"The challenges of mobile health app development: mobilizing
for patient adherence to cancer therapies (mPACT)."
Apr 21,
2016
Michael Wolf, MA, MPH, PhD"Making Healthcare Work for Patients: The Emergence of Health
Literacy Research."
Mar 28,
2016
Lisa Sharp, PhD "Approaches to measuring medication adherence: what’s new?"
Feb 18,
2016
Bruce Lambert, PhD"Predicting, detecting, and preventing drug name confusions and
other wrong drug errors."
Jan 21,
2016
Marc Atkins, PhD"Dissemination and implementation science: an
ecological perspective."