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2008 Graduates
Lisa Meckley, PhD
Dissertation Title: Clinical Utility, Cost Effectiveness, and Provider Perceptions of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 Genotyping for Chronic Warfarin Therapy
Doctoral Committee: David Veenstra, PharmD, PhD, Chair, Louis Garrison, Jr, PhD, Diane Martin, PhD, Ann Wittkowsky, PharmD
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
2007 Graduates
Jennie Best, MA, PhD
Dissertation Title: Preference Values for Health States Associated
with Colon Cancer & Its Treatment
Doctoral Committee: David Veenstra, PharmD, PhD, Chair, Louis Garrison,
PhD, William Hollingworth, PhD, Scott Ramsey, MD, PhD
Current Position: Consultant, Outcomes Research
Ronald Caldwell, MS, PhD
Thesis Title: The Economics of Smoking Cessation: An Economic Simulation Model Comparing the Costs and Benefits Associated with Standard Cessation Methods
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Jonathan Campbell, MS, PhD
Dissertation Title: Health Economics Research in Asthma: The Assessment of Asthma Control and the Development of a Contemporary Asthma Policy Model
Doctoral Committee: Sean Sullivan, PhD, Chair, David Blough, PhD, Louis Garrison, PhD, David Veenstra, PharmD, PhD
Current Position: Eli Lilly Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Washington Department of Pharmacy
Matthew C. Kerrigan, MSc, PhD
Dissertation Title: Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment &
Subsequent Surveillance of Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Doctoral Committee: Scott Ramsey, MD, PhD, Chair, David Blough, PhD, Louis
Garrison, PhD, David Penson, MD, MPH
Current Position: Assistant Director, Global Health Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline
Sarika Ogale, MS, PhD
Dissertation Title: Outcomes Associated with Medications Used in the
Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Doctoral Committee: Sean Sullivan, PhD, Chair, Kenneth Thummel, PhD, David
Au, MD, Denise Boudreau, PhD, Louis Garrison, PhD, Todd Lee, PhD
Current Position: Health Economist, Outcomes Research Department, Genentech
2006 Graduate
Thy Do , MPH, PhD
Dissertation Title: Outpatient Discontinuation of Post-Myocardial
Infarction beta-blocker therapy and Its Effect on Recurrent Coronary Events.
Doctoral Committee: Jacqueline Gardner, PhD, (chair), David L. Blough,
PhD, Susan Heckbert, PhD, Eric Johnson, PhD, Gerald van Gelle, PhD
Current Position: Research Scientist, Epidemiology Group, Amgen Pharmaceuticals
2005 Graduate
Scott Strassels, PharmD, PhD., BCPS
Dissertation Title: The association of demographic and clinical
characteristics with pain in persons who received hospice care in the
United States.Doctoral Committee: Sean D. Sullivan, PhD (chair),
David L. Blough, PhD, Thomas K. Hazlet, PharmD, DrPH, David L. Veenstra,
PharmD, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, University
of Texas
2004 Graduates
Dana L. Hurley, PharmD, M.S.
Thesis Title: Polypharmacy Education Program Outcomes Assessment
Current Position: Account Executive, Amgen Pharmaceuticals
Nina Oestreicher, M.S., PhD.
Dissertation Title: The Economic and Clinical Outcomes and Policy Implications
of Gene Expression Profiling in Breast Cancer
Current Position: Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
2003 Graduates
Brian S. Custer, MPH, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Blood Safety and Resource Allocation: Economic analysis
of donated blood safety initiatives.
Current Position: Research Scientist, Blood Centers of the Pacific
Kristin D. Marciante, MPH, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Modeling the Long-Term, Population-based Outcomes of
Diabetic Retinopathy.
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Health Research
Unit, UW/Group Health
Karen L. Smith, M.S.
Thesis Title: Accuracy of pharmacy claims database ‘days supply’
measure and its effect on continuous medication adherence measures in
type 2 diabetics.
Current Position: Graduate student, University of Arizona
2002 Graduates
Denise M. Boudreau, M.S., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: The Association between HMG-CoA Inhibitor Use and Breast
Cancer: a Case-Control Study & A Comparison of Patient Interview Data
and Pharmacy Records for Antihypertensive, Lipid Lowering, and Antidepressant
Medication Use among Older Women.
Current Position: Research Scientist, Center for Health Studies, Group
Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Christopher R. Flowers, M.D., M.S
Thesis Title: The Cost Savings Associated with TPMT Genotype-Individualized Maintenance Therapy for Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University 2001 Graduates
Holly Carlton, Pharm.D., M.S.
Thesis Title: Judicious use of antibiotics in Otitis Media: analysis
of antibiotic utilization patterns and guideline compliance
Current Position: Director of Pharmacy, Community Health Plan of Washington
Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analyses
of chlorhexidine gluconate and povidine iodine use for the prevention
of catheter-related bloodstream infection
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School
of Pharmacy, Naresuan University
Mitchell Higashi, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Assessing the clinical and economic impact of
genetic polymorphisms
Current Position: Senior Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, GE Healthcare
Todd Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Comparison of the cost-effectiveness of Traimcinolone
Acetonide (Azmacort HFA) and Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent) in adult
asthmatics in a randomized controlled equivalence trial
Current Position: Senior Investigator, Midwest Center for Health Services
and Policy Research and Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthcare
Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
1999 Graduates
Donna Sullivan, Pharm.D., M.S.
Thesis Title: Association between neuroleptic drug exposure and tardive
dyskinesia
Current Position: Marshall RX Consultants Inc
Sunshine D. Sommers, R.Ph., M.S.
Thesis Title: The emergency contraception collaborative prescribing
experience in Washington state: A program evaluation
Current Position: Pharmaceutical Outcomes Evaluator/Medication Quality
and Information Manager, Group Health Cooperative
1998 Graduate
David Smith, R.Ph., M.H.A., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Medication compliance and cost and utilization
outcomes associated with pharmacist's cognitive service interventions
Current Position: Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research |
