Shishir Maharjan
Education:
M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences – University of Mississippi, 2022
Bachelor of Pharmacy – Tribhuvan University, 2018
Research Interests:
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Opioid Use
Substance Use Disorders
Maternal Health
Older Adults
Quality Measure
Bio:
Shishir Maharjan is a graduate student at the Department of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi. He completed his Masters with a thesis entitled, “Opioid Tapering and Mental Health Crisis in Older Adults.” Currently, he is working as a data analyst at the Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management and also working as a Research Assistant on a grant related to the safety and effectiveness of opioid tapering among older adults. In addition, he also has two years of working experience as a Market Researcher Officer in a pharmaceutical company back in his country, Nepal. He envisages himself as a health economics and outcomes researcher working in a pharmaceutical company or consulting firm.
Emily Gravlee
Education:
M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences – University of Mississippi, 2022
Pharm.D. – University of Mississippi, 2020
B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences – University of Mississippi, 2016
Research Interests:
Access to Healthcare
Health Policy
Value-Based Payment Models
Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Rural Health
Dr. Kaustuv Bhattacharya
Education:
- Ph.D. University of Mississippi
- M.S. University of Mississippi
- B.Pharm Jadavpur University (Kolkata, India)
Appointment(s):
- Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration
Interests:
Dr. Bhattacharya’s research interests include disease burden estimation, cancer survivorship, end-of-life care, pharmacoepidemiologic and pharmacoeconomic research using large administrative databases, quality of care measurement, and patient-centered outcomes. He has extensive experience conducting evaluations using administrative claims and registry data, in diverse disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, mental illnesses, obesity, gastrointestinal diseases, and hemophilia. He has been involved in research projects funded by government agencies and pharmaceutical industry, and is actively involved in AMCP, PQA, APHA, and ISPOR scientific societies.
Saumil Jadhav
Education:
B.Pharm. – Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MAHE, 2019
Research Interests:
Pharmacoepidemiology
Qualitative Research
Community pharmacists
Immunization
Market Access
Bio:
Saumil’s thesis involves determining strategies adopted by community pharmacist to improve the immunization rate for the influenza vaccine. Other projects he is working on include cost-effectiveness model for upadacitinib, impact of Covid-19 pandemic on pharmacy graduate students, and trends in PPI prescribing. His career goals at the moment are to work in a market access company or work with big data analysis companies, and eventually own a consulting firm.
Queenie Paltanwale
Education:
B.Pharm. – Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India, 2019
Research Interests:
Pharmacoepidemiology
Patient reported outcomes
Health economics
Bio:
Queenie is a master’s candidate in the Department of Pharmacy Administration. She completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy in 2019 from Devi Ahilya University, India. Her research interests include deprescribing and medication adherence among the older adults. Queenie joined the master’s program in August 2019.
