Nicole Brandt, PharmD | Amy Davidoff  | Thomas Shaffer, MHS
Linda Simoni-Wastila, BSPharm, PhD
Bruce Stuart, PhD | Lirong Zhao
 Ilene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD

Ilene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD

Ilene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD is a Professor in the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department. Dr. Zuckerman has served on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy since 1983. She received her Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees in 1981 and 1983, respectively, from the University of Maryland SOP, and she received her PhD in Epidemiology in 2005 from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Zuckerman has over 20 years of geriatric pharmacotherapy clinical and research experience. Her research skills and expertise include analysis of administrative claims, management and analysis of large databases, assessment of appropriateness of drug therapy, and operationalizing adherence measures using prescription claims. In addition, she has experience with Medstat MarketScan COB databases, Medicare and Medicaid administrative claims and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Her research focuses on improving drug therapy in vulnerable populations.  She is Principal Investigator on a career development grant funded by the National Institute on Aging (K01 K01AG22011) to examine risk factors for transitions to nursing home among community-dwelling elderly. Among her many studies, she has provided analytic, clinical and technical expertise for state medicatid drug programs. She has evaluated the effectiveness of educational and administrative programs implemented to improve drug use.

Dr. Zuckerman is founder and executive director of Pharmaceutical Research Computing (PRC), which provides computing and support (including data warehousing and data analysis) to faculty within and outside of the University.

Dr. Zuckerman can be reached at (410) 706-3266 or emailed at izuckerm@rx.umaryland.edu.

Recent Publications: 

Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman I, Shaffer T, Blanchette C, and Stuart B (forthcoming) Drug use  patterns in severely mentally ill Medicare beneficiaries: impact of discontinuities in drug coverage. Health Services Research. Accepted for publication. Zuckerman IH, Sato M, Hsu VD, Hernandez JJ. Validation of a method for identifying nursing home admissions using administrative claims. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007; Accepted for publication. Zuckerman I, Perencevich EN, Harris AD. Concurrent acute illness and comorbid conditions poorly predict antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections: A cross-sectional analysis BMC Infectious Diseases. 2007 May 30, 2007;7(47). Singhal PK, Zuckerman I, Stuart B, Magder L, Rubin H. Quality of drug treatment of childhood persistent asthma in Maryland medicaid recipients in transition from managed fee for service to managed capitation. J Manag Care Pharm. 2007 May;13(4):310-8. Lee E, Wutoh A, Hillman JK, Xue Z, Zuckerman IH. Osteoporosis management after the women’s health initiative study in a Medicaid population.  Journal of Women’s Health, 15(2):155-161, 2006. Zuckerman IH, Lee E, Wutoh AK, Xue Z, Stuart B. Application of regression-discontinuity analysis in pharmaceutical health services research. Health Services Research. 2006 Apr;41(2):550-63. Zuckerman IH, Langenberg P, Baumgarten M, Orwig D, Byrns PJ, Simoni-Wastila L, Magaziner J. Inappropriate drug use and risk of transition to nursing homes among community-dwelling older adults. Medical Care. 2006 Aug;44(8):722-30. Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Singhal PK, Briesacher B, Hsu VD. National estimates of exposure to prescription drugs with addiction potential in community-dwelling elders.  Substance Abuse. 26(1):33-42, 2006. Wang J, Zuckerman IH, Miller NA, Shaya FT, Noel JM, Mullins CD. "Utilizing new prescription drugs: disparities among non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanic whites" Health Services Research. Accepted for publication 8/7/2006 Butz A, Tsoukleris M, Donithan M, Hsu V, Mudd K, Zuckerman I, Bollinger M. "Patterns of inhaled anti-inflammatory medication use in young underserved children with asthma" Pediatrics.  Accepted for publication 8/1/2006. Wang J, Noel JN, Zuckerman IH, Miller NA, Shaya FT, Mullins CD. "Racial and ethnic disparities in access to new, essential prescription drugs." Medical Care Research and Review.  Accepted for publication 4/2006. Lee E, Maneno MK, Smith L, Weiss SR, Zuckerman IH, Wutoh AK, Xue Z. "National patterns of medication use during pregnancy." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.  Accepted for publication 2/15/2006. Zuckerman IH, Langenberg P, Baumgarten M, Orwig D, Byrns PJ, Simoni-Wastila L, Magaziner J. "Inappropriate drug use and risk of transition to nursing homes among community-dwelling older adults." Medical Care, 44(8):722-730, 2006. Butz AM, Tsouklesis M, Donithan M, Hsu VD, Zuckerman I, Mudd K, Thompson RE, Rand C, Bollinger MB. "Effectiveness of nebulzier use targeted asthma education on underserved children with asthma." Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 160(6):622-8, 2006. Zuckerman IH. Hernandez JJ, Gruber-Baldini, AL, Hebel JR, Stuart B, Zimmerman S, Magaziner J. "Dementia and Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Before and After Nursing Home Admission."  American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 3(4):246-254, 2005. Maneno MK, Lee E, Wutoh, AK, Zuckerman, IH, Jackson P, Lombardo FA, Scott KR, Xue Z. "National patterns of dementia treatment among elderly ambulatory patients." Journal of the National Medical Association, 98(3):430-435, 2006.  Lee E, Wutoh A, Hillman JK, Xue Z, Zuckerman IH (Corresponding author). "Osteoporosis management after the women’s health initiative study in a Medicaid population." Journal of Women’s Health, 15(2):155-161, 2006. Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Singhal PK, Briesacher B, Hsu VD. "National estimates of exposure to prescription drugs with addiction potential in community-dwelling elders." Substance Abuse. 26(1):33-42, 2006.