Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research

Carl V. Asche, MBA, PhD
Carl Asche joined the CPR as an affiliate member in 2013. Dr. Asche is the Director of the Center for Outcomes Research (COR) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP). Previously he held positions in health economics and outcomes research at the at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy (2004-11), the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Group (1997-00) and Aventis Pharmaceuticals (2000-04), the University of Toronto (1992-94),and the Government of Alberta. Dr. Asche received his Masters of Science (Health Economics) from the University of York and his Doctor of Philosophy (Economics) from the University of Surrey. He serves on editorial boards for the journals Pharmacoeconomics, Health Outcome Research in Medicine, and Current Medical Research and Opinion. His research and publications span a wide range of therapeutic areas.

Robert J. DiDomenico, PharmD
Robert DiDomenico is a member of the CPR and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at UIC.  He received his PharmD and completed three years of post-doctoral training, including a Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Fellowship, at UIC.  Dr. DiDomenico is a clinical pharmacist specializing in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy in the acute care setting.  He has authored more than 30 articles and book chapters on both clinical and outcomes-related topics in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, with particular expertise in heart failure.  In 2008 he received the ACCP Research Institute Investigator Development Award.  Dr. DiDomenico has contributed to the efforts of the CPR since 2003.

Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD - CENTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Todd Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Department of Pharmacy Administration.  He also has appointments in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the UIC School of Public Health, and in the Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy at the College of Medicine.  He joined the CPR in 2009.  Dr. Lee received his PharmD from Drake University and PhD from the University of Washington.  Dr. Lee’s research focus is patient outcomes related to the use of pharmaceuticals, with emphasis on medication safety and pharmacoeconomics.  His therapeutic area of expertise is respiratory disease.  He has received numerous awards, including the Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award from ISPOR.

Edith Nutescu, PharmD, FCCP
Edith Nutescu is a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration, and Director of the Antithrombosis Center at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.  She has been a member of the CPR since 2005.  Dr. Nutescu received her BS from the Politechnical Institute of Bucharest, and PharmD from UIC.  She also completed a pharmacy practice residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL and an ambulatory care specialty residency at UIC.  Dr. Nutescu is an internationally known expert in thrombotic disorders, antithrombotic therapies, and anticoagulation clinical pharmacy care delivery models.  Her research focus is on comparative effectiveness, clinical and economic outcomes of various antithrombotic therapies, venous thrombosis, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.  She is widely published in the medical and scientific literature and her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from ASHP, the Clinical Practice Award from ACCP, and the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Award from NIH.

A. Simon Pickard, PhD - CENTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Simon Pickard is Associate Professor in the Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration.  He is also Assistant Director of the CPR and has been a member since it was founded in 2002.  Dr. Pickard received his BS in Pharmacy and PhD from the University of Alberta.  His research focus is on informing decision making in health care through the evaluation of economic, humanistic and clinical outcomes of health care interventions.  He is internationally known for his work in health-related quality of life, and in particular he has been a leader in developing the EQ-5D.  He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the EuroQol Group.  He has received numerous research awards, including several from the International Society for Quality of Life Research.

Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD
Dima Qato joined the CPR is 2012. Dr. Qato is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at UIC. Dr. Qato earned her Pharm.D. from UIC , her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her PhD from the UIC School of Public Health. Dr. Qato’s primary research interests relate to access and use of medications in vulnerable populations. Dr. Qato use population-based methods to understand patterns and determinants of medication use, with emphasis on aging, drug safety and disparities. Dr. Qato has served as a consultant for IMS Health and for University of Chicago’s NORC. In 2001, she was the recipient of the Schweitzer Fellowship and in 2002 she was granted the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study impediments to the appropriate use of medicines in Jordan.

Glen T. Schumock, PharmD, MBA, PhD - CENTER DIRECTOR
Glen Schumock is Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and in the Department of Pharmacy Administration. He has been Director of the CPR since it was founded in 2002. Dr. Schumock received a Bachelor in Pharmacy from Washington State University, a PharmD degree from the University of Washington, and an MBA and PhD (Epidemiology) from UIC. His research focuses on comparisons of the clinical effectiveness, safety, and costs of pharmaceuticals and of health care and pharmacy services, and he is currently PI of the Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center funded by AHRQ. Dr. Schumock has authored and edited over 100 articles and books, and he serves on the several journal editorial boards.

Jo Ann Stubbings, MHCA
Jo Ann Stubbings is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and in the Department of Pharmacy Administration.  She is also Manager of Research and Public Policy in the Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Department at UIC.  She has been an active contributor to the Center since 2004.  Ms. Stubbings received her BS in Pharmacy from Ohio State University and a Master of Health Care Administration from the University of Mississippi.  Her research interests include Medicare Part D, pharmaceutical care business models, specialty pharmacy, marketing of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, health policy, and payment for pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services.  Dr. Stubbings has received numerous teaching awards and is widely sought after for her expertise in medication payment policy issues.

Surrey M. Walton, PhD - CENTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Dr. Walton is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration and Assistant Director of the CPR.  He is also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Economics at UIC.  He was a founding member of the CPR in 2002.  Dr. Walton holds a BS in Economics from UCLA, and a Master and PhD degree in Economics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in labor and health economics.  He conducts quantitative research in health services evaluation, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, and health care labor markets.  In addition to his active research program he is currently the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Pharmacy Administration.