Pharmacoeconomic,
Epidemiology, and
Pharmaceutical
Policy and
Outcomes
Research (PEPPOR)
Graduate Program

 

 

 

 

Front from left: 2010 Graduates Rupali Nail, PhD & Pallavi Jaiswal, MS; Back from left: PEPPOR faculty: Dr. Ludmila Bakhireva, Dr. Matthew Borrego, Dr. William Troutman, Dr. Nasreen Khan, Dr. Melanie Dodd; not shown: Dr. Dennis Raisch, 2010 graduates Heather Campbell, MS & Vishal Bali, MS

 

 

Current Students

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Khalid F. Al Moaikel, MBA

Khalid F. Al Moaikel is a M.S. student in PEPPOR with concentration in Clinical Trials (admitted fall, 2008). Prior to joining UNM, he earned his bachelor degree in pharmacy in 2003 and Master's degree in Business Administration from Saudi Arabia. After his first year at the University of New Mexico, he was accepted into a fellowship in clinical trials at the VA Cooperative Studies Program in Albuquerque, NM. Currently, Khalid is working on his Master’s project which focuses on the use of placebo in cancer clinical trials. His oteh research interests also include the ethics and regulations of clinical trials.

 

 

 

 

Kathy D. Boardman, BS, RPh

Kathy is an Assistant Center Director (ACD) for Pharmaceutical Management and Research (PMR) at the Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center. As an ACD, Kathy assumes a major management role in the Center as a Project Director with the responsibility for directing the pharmaceutical aspects of multi-center clinical trials supported by the center. Kathy started with the Cooperative Studies Program in 1991 as a Pharmaceutical Project Manager, assisting in the management of the pharmaceutical aspects of multi-center clinical trials jointly sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the VA Cooperative Studies Program. In 1995 she assumed the role of Program Manager for the Good Clinical Practices Monitoring (GCP) Group at the Center. In that capacity she helped manage the National Institute on Drug Abuse and GCP Monitors working for the Group. In 1998 Kathy graduated from the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy and was hired by the Program in her present position. Kathy is presently working on her M.S. degree at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. She is an active member in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, New Mexico Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Drug Information Association.  Click here to view CV
 

 

 

Yan Cheng, MS

Yan Cheng is pursuing a MS Degree in PEPPOR at the University of New Mexico (admitted fall, 2009). She graduated from the China Pharmaceutical University and received her B.S. in Pharmaceutical Business Management in 2002 and M.S. in Pharmacy Administration in 2005. Prior to joining PEPPOR program, she worked as an instructor at the Soochow University School of Pharmacy, China from 2005 to 2007.  Ms. Cheng’s primary research interests include analysis of adverse drug reactions and outcomes research.

 

 

 

 

Vishvas Garg

Mr. Garg is a Master’s student in pharmacy administration (admitted fall, 2010). He obtained the Bachelor’s of Pharmacy degree from the Maharishi Dayanand University, India, in 2009. He also obtained his Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from the Lynchburg College, VA. Prior to joining the PEPPOR program, Mr. Garg worked as a graduate assistant at the Lynchburg College.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akshay Kharat

Akshay is currently pursuing his M.S. in PEPPOR  (admitted fall, 2009).  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Mumbai, India.  Akshay’s primary research interest lies in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melissa Roberts
Ms. Roberts is a doctoral student at the PEPPOR program (admitted fall, 2010) and a Research Associate with the Center for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research (CPOR) at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, NM. She has been conducting analytical research for the last ten years. Melissa’s current research interests are in statistical methods as applied to healthcare cost-effectiveness and outcomes research with a particular focus on pharmaceutical treatments and respiratory chronic care conditions.

 

 

 

 

Xian (Shane) Shen
Ms. Shen is a Master’s student in pharmacy administration (admitted fall, 2010). Prior to joining the University of New Mexico, Xian completed her Bachelor’s thesis project, entitled “Analysis of the Comparative Effectiveness Research in the New Health Reform in the United States”, at the China Pharmaceutical University. She is a recipient of the outstanding graduate award at the China Pharmaceutical University and worked as an intern at the Jiaxing Food and Drug Administration. Xian’s research interests lay in the area of pharmacoeconomics and pharmacoepidemiology.

 

 

 

 

Yuebin Zhao, MS

Yuebin Zhao is a M.S student in the PEPPOR program (admitted fall, 2009). He obtained a Bachelor degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Economics and a Master’s degree in Chemistry Biology from the Peking University, China. Prior to joining the University of New Mexico, Mr. Zhao actively presented his research at international meetings, including the Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Jeju, Korea, 2008) and Free Radical Biology & Free Radical Medicine Conference (Beijing,China,2008). Currently, his main research interest is in pharmacoeconomics.