Faculty

Faculty conduct health services and other drug-related research, education, service, and community outreach to improve health among diverse populations.

Explore below to learn more about each faculty member's research interest(s).

	Robert Beardsley, RPh, PhD Professor & Vice Chair for Administration, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Social behavioral aspects of pharmacy, including medication safety, patient counseling, and care of the terminally ill
	Wendy Camelo Castillo, MD, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Pharmacoepidemiology; development and implementation of methods for comparative effectiveness and patient centered outcomes research; health disparities
	Peter Doshi, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Credible evidence synthesis; evidence-based medicine; reporting biases; drug safety; drug regulation; medical journalism; evidence, policy, and advocacy in public health
	Susan DosReis, PhD Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Pharmacoepidemiology; pediatric mental health behavioral science
	Sophia L. Johnson, PharmD, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science and Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Patient-centered research; health services research in chronic diseases and comparative effectiveness research, particularly in vulnerable populations
	C. Daniel Mullins, PhD Professor & Chair, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Pharmacoeconomics; comparative effectiveness research and health disparities
	Ebere Onukwugha, MS, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Economist and econometrician
	Frank Palumbo, BSPharm, MS, PhD, JD Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Executive Director, Center on Drugs and Public Policy Research Interests: Legal and policy ramifications of health care
	Eleanor Perfetto, PhD, MS Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Health policy issues, including issues related to comparative effectiveness research, health care quality performance measurement, patient-focused drug development, and reimbursement
	Danya Qato, PhD, PharmD, MPH Assistant Professor & Director, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Graduate Program Research Interests: Improving regulatory and policy tools to reduce use of high risk medications in vulnerable populations; risk management and post-marketing surveillance; environmental and global health systems development; pharmacovigilance; and health disparities
‌	Fadia Shaya, MPH, PhD Professor & Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Epidemiology; health services research in cardiovascular health and disparities
	Linda Simoni-Wastila, BSPharm, MSPH, PhD Parke-Davis Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Health services research in mental health and substance use disorders in geriatrics
	Julia Slejko, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Medication adherence and decision-analytic modeling for cost effectiveness and comparative effectiveness research
	Bruce Stuart, PhD Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Health economics and Medicare policy
	Ester Villalonga Olives, PhD, MsC Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Patient reported outcomes; social epidemiology; and health inequalities
	Zafar Zafari, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Mathematical/statistical simulation modeling; cost-effectiveness analyses; statistical methods of prediction; Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis; optimal resource allocation based on personalized clinical data; and health policy
	Julie Zito, BSPharm, PhD Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Research Interests: Pediatric mental health; public health