UIC College of Pharmacy

Faculty

The core faculty of the CPR is comprised chiefly of tenure track individuals whose primary appointments are either in the Department of Pharmacy Administration or Department of Pharmacy Practice and whose primary research interests are consistent with those of the Center.

	A. Simon Pickard, PhD Dr. Pickard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration; he is Assistant Director of the CPR and has been with the Center since its inception. His research interests include health-related quality of life measurement, proxy assessment of health status, pharmaceutical economics and policy, and outcomes research in pharmacy practice. Dr. Pickard received a 2003 New Investigator Award from the International Society for Quality of Life Research and was awarded Best Overall Oral Presentation at the International Society for Quality of Life Research Annual Conference in 2003.

	Glen T. Schumock, PharmD, MBA, FCCP Dr. Schumock is Director of the CPR, and Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and in the Department of Pharmacy Administration. Dr. Schumock is the principal investigator of the UIC/Chicago-Area DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Research Center – one of 13 centers in the US funded by AHRQ which focuses on the emerging field of comparative effectiveness. His own work concentrates on comparisons of the clinical effectiveness and safety of pharmaceuticals, health technologies, and health care services; and assessments of medication use policy and practices in large provider groups and integrated delivery networks. Dr. Schumock has authored and edited over 100 articles and books and he is on the editorial boards of the journals Pharmacotherapy, and PharmacoEconomics. Dr. Schumock is a fellow of ACCP (FCCP) and a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS).

	James Shaw, PhD, PharmD, MPH Dr. Shaw joined the Center in October 2006 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration; Dr. Shaw completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute in 2005. He was awarded a PhD degree with a major in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Arizona in 2004; MS and MPH degrees from the University of Arizona in 2000 and 2003, respectively; BS and PharmD degrees from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1997 and 1998, respectively; and a BS degree with majors in biology and chemistry from Beaver College in 1993. Dr. Shaw’s research interests include the evaluation of pharmaceuticals in tobacco cessation and headache treatment.

	JoAnn Stubbings, RPH, MHCA Professor Stubbings is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration. Her research interests include pharmaceutical-care business models, customer attitudes toward pharmacy services, marketing of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, health policy, payment for pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, and the Medicare Drug Benefit. Ms Stubbings was awarded 2005 Teacher of the Semester, UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2007 and 2006 Teacher of the Semester, UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2008. She has been with the Center since May 2004 on a part-time basis.

	Daniel R. Touchette, PharmD, MA Dr. Touchette is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Touchette's primary research interests are in the areas of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research, including a focus on health policy analysis. He is particularly interested in evaluating innovative methods of administering health care to patients to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life in an efficient manner. This includes, but is not limited to, the evaluation of clinical pharmacist activities, innovative use of technology to extend or improve clinical activities, examination of current physician practices to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, and evaluation of pharmaceutical agents for efficiency and alternative uses. Scientific methods employed in his research include cost-of-illness and cost-effectiveness analysis, pharmacoepidemiologic methods, and ultimately, prospective clinical trials where possible and applicable. Dr. Touchette has been with the Center since August 2005.

	Surrey M. Walton, PhD Dr Walton received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1997, where he specialized in labor and health economics. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration at College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition, he is an Assistant Director and an active researcher in the Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research, and has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Economics at UIC. He conducts quantitative research in health services evaluation, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, and health care labor markets. He also regularly leads Pharm-D level and graduate level courses covering fundamental principles in cost effectiveness, cost utility, and cost benefit analysis with an emphasis on pharmaceutical care.

	Robert J. DiDomenico, PharmD. Dr. Didomenico, Pharm.D., is an Affiliate Faculty member of the CPT and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He received his PharmD (1996) and completed three years of post-doctoral training (Pharmacy Practice Residency, 1997; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Fellowship, 1999) 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 topics related to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, has collaborated with other faculty at UIC and other institutions on investigator-initiatied small-scale projects, and has gained national recognition as a key opinion leader, particularly in the treatment of heart failure. In recent years, Dr. DiDomenico’s research interests have focused on Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). Current work includes a meta-analysis to compare inotropic agents for hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF); two multi-center studies comparing diuretic strategies in patients with heart failure exhibiting diuretic resistance; comparison of a simplified nomogram and pharmacogenetics to individualize digoxin dosing in heart failure patients versus standard care; and a comparison of proton pump inhibitor prescribing patterns in patients with drug-eluting stents treated with long-term clopidogrel. Future work will examine the comparative effectiveness of an electronic medication management assistant versus usual care in patients with recently decompensated heart failure as a means to reduce preventable readmissions and strategies to overcome diuretic resistance and improve outcomes in patients with heart failure.

	Edith Nutescu, PharmD. Dr. Nutescu is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at UIC and the Director of the Antithrombosis Center at UICMC. Areas of interest and research include hematology, antithrombotic therapy, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.

	Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD. Dr Lee is a Senior Investigator in the Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3) at Hines VA Hospital. Dr. Lee’s primary research focus is on patient outcomes as they relate to the use of pharmaceuticals, with a particular emphasis on medication safety and the economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals. Other research interests include the use of economic information in decision-making, evaluation of quality of life, and analyses of large administrative databases.

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