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Students enrolled in the DPOP PhD program have a variety of previous training experiences and backgrounds.  Although a pharmacy or other health care degree is preferable, such a degree is not required for admission to the program.  Current PhD students, candidates, and postdoctoral fellows include:


Hisham S. Aljadhey

aljadhey@unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2004
Hisham is interested in Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety.  He wants to research the adverse effects profile of medications and the safe use of medications and the prevention of medication errors. 

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Ashley Beard

abeard@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2004
Ashley is interested in provider-patient communication, medication taking in patients with chronic illness, social and psychological determinants of medication taking behaviors, women’s health, and risk communication.

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Melissa Butler                                                           

mgbutler@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2003
Melissa’s research interests include Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research, health policy, health disparities, and survey methodology. 

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Shih Yin Chen (Sharon)

shihyin@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2003
Shih-Yin Chen’s primary research interest is understanding the effect of medication therapy on clinical, economic, humanistic outcomes at the population level by analyzing secondary data using econometric and epidemiological approaches.

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Stacie Dusetzina

stacie_dusetzina@unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2006
Stacie is interested in researching Medication Adherence with a focus on chronic diseases.  She has a special interest in HIV/AIDS and Cancer health outcomes including pharmacoeconomics and quality of life.

Brian Leinwand

leinwand@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2006
Brian’s research interests include Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries’ responses to changes in out-of-pocket costs associated with prescription drugs; Cost-Effectiveness Analyses; and Pharmaceutical/Health Outcomes Research with a special interest in epilepsy and cardiovascular disease.

Patrick Ryan

pbryan@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2007
Patrick is interested in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmaceutical outcomes research, with a focused attention on secondary uses of insurance claims and electronic health record data to assess drug safety along with benefit-risk analysis to inform therapeutic decision-making.

Chi-Chuan Wang (Emma)

chicwang@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2007
Chi-Chuan is interested in pharmacoepidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Deidre Washington

deidre@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2005
Deidra’s research interests are primarily in the areas of health literacy, medication, adherence, and diabetes.  Currently, she is examining ways to improve medication adherence in patients with diabetes who also have low literacy skills.  In addition, Deidra is interested in health disparities.

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Michele Wilson (Mickey)

mrwilson@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2007
Michele is interested in Economics of pharmaceutical policy, Pharmaceoeconomic, and Cost-benefit analysis.

Amica Simmons Yon, PharmD

asimmons@email.unc.edu
Doctoral Student
Year Admitted: 2006
Amica is interested in understanding the influence of spirituality/religiosity on patient adherence to medication regimens.