Monika Salkar
Education:
M.S. – University of Toledo, 2017
B.Pharm – Mumbai University, India, 2015
Research Interests:
Health Outcomes Research
Patient Reported Outcomes
Pharmacoepidemiology
Bio:
Monika Salkar is a Ph.D. student in the Pharmacy Administration Department at University of Mississippi. She completed her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Mumbai University, India. Monika earned her master’s degree in Health Outcomes and Socioeconomic Sciences from University of Toledo.
Monika’s PhD research majorly focuses on long-term opioid use in the elderly. She is also interested in patients reported outcomes (PRO) for chronic conditions such as sickle cell disease, diabetes, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Marie Barnard
Education:
- Ph.D. University of Mississippi
- M.S. University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- B.A. American University
Appointment(s):
- Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration
- Research Associate Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Interests:
Dr. Barnard’s teaching interests in the professional pharmacy curriculum include health behavior, pharmacoepidemiology, and women’s health. At the graduate level she teaches pharmaceutical marketing and patient behavior, as well as research methods. Her research focuses on public health issues in pharmacy, including vaccination behavior and intimate partner violence, STEM education, and health outcomes research.
Dr. Matthew Becker
Education:
- Ph.D., Political Science, Ole Miss, 2015
- M.S., International Affairs, Florida State University, 2009
- B.S., Political Science, Florida State University, 2007
Dr. Sujith Ramachandran
Education:
- Ph.D.- University of Mississippi
- B.S. (Pharmacy), Hyderabad – India, 2011
Appointment(s):
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration
- Assistant Director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management
- Research Assistant Professor in RIPS
- Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration
Research Interests:
Dr. Ramachandran’s research interests broadly include pharmaceutical marketing and health outcomes. His research involves healthcare policy, quality measures, and prescription drug abuse. He has extensive experience with administrative claims data from Medicare and Medicaid, and a background in psychometrics and conjoint analytic techniques.
Yiran Rong
Education:
M.S., Medicinal administration – University of Macau, 2011
Research Interests:
Pharmacoepidemiology
Patient-Centered Outcomes
Pharmacists services research
Bio:
Yiran Rong is currently a Ph.D. candidate with an emphasis on health outcomes research. Her research interests and experiences are in drug exposure-outcome association, patients-reported outcome, health service quality measures, and pharmacists-provided advanced patient care.
David Allen III
Education:
M.S. – University of Mississippi, 2019
B.A. – University of North Texas, 2015
Research Interests:
Graduate Education
Smoking Cessation
Substance Abuse
Harm Reduction
Bio:
David is a Doctoral Candidate working on his dissertation focusing on graduate education. Previous research has examined the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in general and for smoking cessation.
