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, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration. He has been with Center since its inception, and his research interests include clinical and economic outcomes evaluations of pharmaceutical products and drug classes, evaluation of progressive pharmacy services, medication safety, and assessment of medical-use policy in large provider groups and integrated delivery networks. Dr. Schumock was awarded a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (2003) and in the same year received a certificate of appreciation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for contributions to CMS multi-site Pharmacy Preceptorship. In 2005, Dr. Schumock received honorable mention from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Council of Faculties for the annual Innovations in Teaching Competition.
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 is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Administration, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, UIC Department of Economics for the College of Business Administration, and has been with the Center since its inception. His research interests include cost-of-illness analysis, health services evaluation, labor economics and human resources, health economics, and applied econometrics. Dr. Walton has received a MarketScan Investigator’s Award and an Award for Research Involving Medstat Data. He is also an honorary member of the Rho Chi Society of the UIC College of Pharmacy.