Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Education II Bldg 6253
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Education & Training
- Khon Kaen University, Thailand (BPharm)
- Mahidol Univeristy, Thailand (MSc)
- Khon Kaen University, Thailand (Resident and Fellow in Pharmacotherapy (Neurology))
- Purdue University, Indiana (PhD)
Teaching Responsibilities
- PHPR 3412 US Health Care System: Behavior models, Health status measures
- PHSC 5323 Foundations of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy Research Methods: Patient Surveys and Literature Synthesis, Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups, Sampling Methods
- PHPR 5642 Evidence-based Medicine and Pharmacoeconomics: Quality of life and Utility assessment, Satisfaction and quality measure
- PHSC 5393 Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement: Scale development, Psychometric testing, Factor analysis, Structural equation modeling, PRO instruments, US FDA & European requirements on PRO clinical studies
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Patient reported outcomes measures (children with autism, cancer)
- Methodology studies to incorporate family effects into economic evaluation
- Educational psychology
Honors & Awards
- Journal Referee: Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Value in Health, Journal of American Pharmaceutical Education, European Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Medical Economics, Quality of Life Research, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- 2012 AACP Walmart Scholars Program Mentor (Student: Sara E Norman)
- June 2011 Invited 2-week Workshop on Pharmacoeconomics and Humanistic Outcome Measures, Funded by the Office of the Higher Education Commission 2011 (Sole Instructor)
- 2009-2011 NIMH (Co-I): R01 MH089466-01 Measuring quality adjusted life years in children with autism spectrum disorders
- 2010 UAMS Medical Research Endowment Award: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting pharmacists’ job and career satisfaction
- 2007-2008 Contract research funding (Pfizer, Inc.)
- 2006-2007 ISPOR Student Chapter President Service Awards
- 2004-2008 Teaching Assistantship, Purdue University School of Pharmacy
- 2002 Research Assistantship, Purdue University School of Pharmacy
- 2001-2002 Residency and Fellowship in Pharmacotherapy (Adult Neurology), Khon Kaen University School of Medicine
- 2001 Training Grant at University of Illinois at Chicago, Khon Kaen University School of pharmacy (Anticoagulant Clinic, Out-patient Neurology)
- 1994-1995 Research Grant, Research and Developing Institute, Government Pharmaceutical Organization, Thailand
- 1993-1995 University Developing Commissions (UDC) Scholarship, Silpakorn University, Thailand, Full scholarship
Memberships
- Graduate faculty member, UAMS Graduate Council (September 2008 – present)
- Member, ISPOR Health Care Decisions Using Outcomes Research Special Interest Group (HCDUOR) (2006 – present)
- Member, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (2004 – present)
- Member, ISPOR Disease & Health Management Special Interest Group (DHM) (2006 – present