Karen Smith
Project Coordinator
Department:
Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research (HOPE)
(520) 626-5349
E-mail:
Location:
Drachmall Hall B306D
Bio / Research:
Karen Smith, PhD, RPh, joined the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research after receiving her PhD from UA College of Pharmacy in pharmaceutical economics, policy and outcomes. Karen received her BS in pharmacy from the University of Montana, and her MS from the University of Washington College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program.
She is the current liaison between the College of Pharmacy and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and leads the Steering Committee as well as joint research efforts.
Karen has examined drug utilization in the elderly; healthcare and pharmaceutical costs of the Arizona Medicaid population; and progression of kidney disease as a function of blood pressure and medication use. Karen will provide lectures in the undergraduate pharmacy program and teach in the center’s annual Training Program for Health Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomic Research held in September.
In addition, she maintains her practice as a clinical pharmacist at Northwest Medical Center. Karen’s interests include pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and the use of outcomes research to inform policy decisions that improve healthcare.