{"id":376,"date":"2013-03-28T14:52:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:21:05","slug":"ppe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/ppe\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Science<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Graduate Programs\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-graduate-programs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-54830\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54830\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54832\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54832\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/programs\/\">Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54146\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54149\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54145\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54144\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54144\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/faqs\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Health Outcomes<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/gradhealth-e1548790511268.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>As a leader in Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate education, the URI College of Pharmacy offers you programs and specializations in highly sought after fields available at few other universities in the country. You will study with faculty who are world-renowned, respected experts in basic, clinical, and applied pharmaceutical sciences, and who exemplify translational, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary training and research. Passionate about teaching, research, and mentoring, our faculty are committed to training the next generation of scientists and academicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The college offers M.S. and Ph.D. level degrees in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate\/\">Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a><\/strong> with four specializations. The <strong>Health Outcomes<\/strong> specialization encompasses Health Economics and Outcomes Research \/ Real World Evidence (HEOR\/RWE), applied to assess the effects of medication use in populations. Pharmacoepidemiology emphasizes effects on health and well-being of a population, and pharmacoeconomics emphasizes effects on health care costs in a population. Both fields require programming skills, knowledge of statistics, an understanding of pharmaceutical practices, and knowledge about specific diseases or health care issues. Both fields require an ability to apply skills to the solution of real life problems by developing research questions, conducting research and sharing research findings with the scientific community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Careers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Training in the specialization of health outcomes&nbsp;prepares students for careers in industry, including pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefits management, federal, state and local government public health agencies, academic careers in pharmacy, medicine, and public health, and other related sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/ashley-buchanan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/abheadshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/abheadshot.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/abheadshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/ashley-buchanan\/\">Ashley Buchanan, DrPH<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 265A<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4739<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:buchanan@uri.edu\">buchanan@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/aisling-caffrey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/aisling_caffrey_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aisling Caffrey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/aisling_caffrey_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/aisling_caffrey_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/aisling_caffrey_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/aisling_caffrey_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/aisling-caffrey\/\">Aisling Caffrey, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor, Health Outcomes<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 265B<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5320<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:Aisling_Caffrey@uri.edu\">Aisling_Caffrey@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/stephen-kogut\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/stephen_kogut_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stephen Kogut\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/stephen_kogut_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/stephen_kogut_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/stephen_kogut_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/stephen_kogut_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/stephen-kogut\/\">Stephen J. Kogut, PhD MBA RPh<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">PPCR Department Vice Chair | Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: SSRC 138<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5370<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:kogut@uri.edu\">kogut@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/rita-macoux\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rita_marcoux_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rita Marcoux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rita_marcoux_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rita_marcoux_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rita_marcoux_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rita_marcoux_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/rita-macoux\/\">Rita Marcoux, M.B.A.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Clinical Professor and Director of the Pharmacy Outreach Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 265D<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9275<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:marcoux@uri.edu\">marcoux@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/ami-vyas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/vyas-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/vyas-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/vyas-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/ami-vyas\/\">Ami Vyas, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Programs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 244E<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7255 <\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:avyas@uri.edu\">avyas@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/sheron-wen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/WEn-photo-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/WEn-photo-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/WEn-photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, 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