Aida Kuzucan, PharmD '15, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
About Dr. Kuzucan:
Aida Kuzucan is a licensed pharmacist, a fellow in the T32 Epidemiology of Aging Training Program, and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her research interests include safe pain management in nursing homes, policies aimed at curbing inappropriate medication use among Medicare beneficiaries, and the quality of randomized controlled studies used in the FDA approval process. Her dissertation will use both quantitative and qualitative analyses to understand how opioids are used in long-term nursing home Medicare beneficiaries with non-cancer, chronic pain, and how this use is associated with opioid-related safety outcomes.
Contact Information:
Aida Kuzucan, PharmD
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
220 Arch Street, 12th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 706-2406
Email: akuzucan@umaryland.edu