Understanding Pharmacoepidemiology Book

Part 1; Chapter 1. What is pharmacoepi; Chapter 2. Why is pharmacoepi important (Importance to pharmacy practice); Chapter 3. Principles of epidemiology applied to the study of drug use; Chapter 4. Study Designs (Observational study, Experimental study, Case report, Meta-analysis); Chapter 5. Data Sources (Pharmacy claims data, Validity of data, Defining exposure, Defining outcomes); Chapter 6. Medication Safety Pharmacovig (Use of pharmacoepi to study beneficial drug effects, Use of pharmacoepi to study adverse drug effects); Chapter 7. Continual Monitoring for Unwanted Drug Effects (Post-marketing surveillance); Chapter 8. Applications in Pharmacy Practice; Part 2; Chapter 9. Medication Adherence; Chapter 10. Statistics in Pharmacoepi; Chapter 11. International Perspective (global drug surveillance); Chapter 12. Other Methodological Issues (Causality, Confounding); Chapter 13. Future Issues; Part 3; Chapter 14. Case Studies or Examples; Chapter 15. Learning Objectives; Glossary; Q & A, Questions; Discussion Questions

Author Profiles

Donna West, Ph.,Ph.D.

University of Mississippi

Chair of Pharmacy Administration

University, MS

Donna West-Strum most recently was associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy. The Germantown, Tenn., native earned her bachelor's degree in pharmacy, master's in pharmaceutical sciences and doctorate in pharmacy administration from UM. In 2007, she completed the Academic Leadership Fellows Program with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Her research interests focus on community pharmacy practice and using health behavior theories to study the provision, use and evaluation of pharmaceuticals and

pharmacy. West-Strum has published more than 40 articles and presented more than 50 presentations at national meetings. She is active in the American Pharmacists

Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association. She was the faculty liaison for the NCPA chapter at UAMS and was named NCPA Chapter Adviser of the

Year in 2004. She edits the NCPA Digest, a comprehensive financial guide to community pharmacy.

Yi Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Mississippi

School of Pharmacy

Assistant Professor

University, MS

Dr. Yi Yang is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration at the University of Mississippi. Yang received her Ph.D from both the University of Tennessee and Peking Union Medical College. She received her M.D. from China Medical University, China.