Pharmacoepidemiology Research

Pharmacology is the study of the effect of drugs on humans in clinical studies. Part of the task is to research and assess the risk verses the benefit of drugs in patients. Epidemiology is the science that studies the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations. Pharmacoepidemiology is therefore defined as a study of the use of and the effects of drugs in large numbers of people or a population.

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Publications

Statin dosing instructions, medication adherence, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: a cohort study of incident statin users.

Pharmacotherapy in older adults with cardiovascular disease: report from an American College of Cardiology, American Geriatrics Society, and National Institute on Aging workshop.

Synergistic drug combinations from electronic health records and gene expression.

Estimating generic drug use with electronic health records data from a health care delivery system: implications for quality improvement and research.

Inability of primary care providers to predict medication fulfillment of new prescriptions.

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Research Studies

Antimicrobial Resistant E. coli Before and After California Senate Bill 27 (ARES): A Natural Experiment

Effect of Therapeutic Class on Generic Drug Substitutions

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Featured Investigator

Su-Ying Liang

Ph.D.

Research Economist / Faculty

Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D., is Research Economist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute.

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