The University of Washington Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program (PORPP) conducts research and provides graduate and external training in health outcomes and policy research on health care technologies, with a focus on drugs, diagnostics, and devices. The overall goal of the program is to generate evidence that improves health care decisions for patients, clinicians, payers, industry and government organizations.

Mission of the Program

• Conduct research on the clinical and economic effects of medicines and other health technology in patient populations.
• Provide graduate and postgraduate training in pharmaceutical outcomes research and policy.
• Disseminate timely information regarding pharmaceutical outcomes research and policies to government, the pharmaceutical industry, health care providers and the general public.
• Inform—through research and scholarship—regional, national, and international policies governing pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical services, and other medical products.
• Serve as a regional and international resource for industry research, consultation and training partnerships.

Program Director 
Sean D. Sullivan, PhD, Professor
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Associate Director
Louis Garrison, PhD, Professor
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Director, Graduate Programs
David Veenstra, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor
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Administrative Staff
Penny L. Evans, Program Operations Specialist
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