Rafael Alfonso

MD, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
MSc, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Research Interest: Evaluation of health policies, pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research in Latin American countries.

Joseph Babigumira

MS, Health Services Research, Case Western Reserve University
MBChB, Medicine and Surgery, Mbarara University, Uganda

Research Interests : To conduct cost-effectiveness research and to influence health policy in Uganda and other sub-Saharan countries

Preeti Bajaj

BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests : Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research locally and in resource poor countries, informed decision-making and efficiency in drug and medical device development

Lisa Bloudek

Admission: Fall 2009

BS, Biochemistry, University of Washington
PharmD, University of Washington

Research Interests: Pharmaceutical outcomes, cost-effectiveness analysis, modeling and outcomes related to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Mindy Cheng

MS, Healthcare Administration, California State University, East Bay
BS, Microbiology, University of Michigan

Research Interests: Orphan drugs- economics and outcomes, pharmacoeconomics, health policy analysis, infectious disease diagnosis and treatment

Patrick Gillard

Fellowship: 2009-2011

University of Washington/Allergan
Post-Doctoral Fellowship

BS, Biology/Psychology, Wheaton College
PharmD, University of Washington

Research Interests:

Bernardo Goulart

MD, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janiero

Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in lung and head and neck cancers; cost-effectiveness of lung and head and neck cancer therapies; cancer clinical trials.

Katie Gries

Fellowship: 2008-2010

University of Washington/Allergan
Post-Doctoral Fellowship

BS, Biochemistry/Chemistry, University of Washington
PharmD, University of Southern California

Research Interests: Pharmaceutical outcomes; economic benefit of evidence based medicine, quality of life research that relates to drug treatment, cost-effectiveness analyses applies to oncology management

Ryan Hansen

Fellowship: 2007-2011

University of Washington/Abbott Laboratories
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

BA, Chemistry/Philosophy, Carroll College
PharmD, University of Washington

Research Interests: Health economics, cost-effectiveness analyses, health and disease state modeling.

Elizabeth James, PhD Candidate

PharmD, University of Texas, Austin
BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University

Dissertation Title: Evaluation of a Prescription Drug Pay-for-Performance Program: Impact on prescribing trends, budget and patient outcomes
Research Interests: Pharmaceutical policy, pharmacy practice, health insurance prescription benefit structure, clinical trials

Norio Kasahara

Admission: Fall 2008

BS, Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Sciences
MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests: Health policy analysis and pharmaceutical outcomes research; pharmaceutical regulations and policies, pharmacoeconomics, effectiveness analysis of pharmaceutical interventions, and global health.

Hiep Nguyen

Admission: Fall 2009

BS, Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine
MPH, Epidemiology, Yale University

Research Interests: The impact of pharmacy benefit design changes on asthma prescription consumption, including controller medication utilization, adherence, substitution patterns, asthma health care utilization, and costs.

Justin Robertson

Admission: Fall 2009

BS, Mathematics, Baylor University
MA, Economics, University of Washington
PhD Student, Department of Economics, University of Washington

Research Interests: Health economics, public finance, the role of information in health care, cost-effectiveness analysis.

Joshua Roth

MHA, University of Washington
BS, Experimental Psychology and Sociology, Union College,Schenectady, NY

Research Interests: Health technology assessment, Cost-effectiveness analysis in cancer therapeutics, Effects of changes in policy on cost and utilization of prescription medications

Jonathan Watanabe

Admission: Fall 2007

Fellowship: 2007-2009

University of Washington/Allergan
Post-Doctoral Fellowship

BS, Zoology, University of Washington
PharmD, University of Southern California
MS, University of Washington

Thesis Title: Cost Analysis for Interventions for Antimuscarinic Refractory Patients with Overactive Bladder

Research Interests: Payer Cost and Reimbursement Analysis, Patient Reported Outcomes and Dossier submission to FDA, Health Related Quality of Life and Utility assessment,  Impact of Drug-Drug Interactions on Care

Catherine W. Corbell

MSc, Clinical Pharmacy, University of London
BSc, Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Research Interests: To create policies that will improve access to necessary pharmaceuticals and health services for the the people of Kenya - particularly women and children.

Heidi Wirtz

BS, Exercise Science, University of Iowa
MS, Physiology/Exercise Science, University of Iowa
PharmD, Creighton University

Reseach Interests: Cost-effectiveness analysis of biologics and health care technology, clinical trial design, Regulatory decision-making.

William Wong

BS, Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego
MS, Biology, University of California, San Diego
PharmD, University of California, San Diego

Reseach Interests: Cost-effectiveness of pharmcoenetic testing and pharmacogenomics, pharmacoeconomics, health informatics, cardiovascular disease related tests and treatments.