A total of $385,000 in funding has been provided for the Foundation’s 2020 Value Assessment Challenge and Research award recipients. These distinguished researchers are working on new, innovative value-assessment strategies. Their names and projects are highlighted below:
Research Awards
Diana Brixner, PhD, The University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Understanding Patient Cost Sharing Thresholds for High and Low Value Care Towards Development of a Value-Based Formulary
Natalia Olchanski, PhD, Tufts Medical Center, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Estimating the Value of Diabetes Prevention Programs Using Real-World Data
Surachat Ngorsuraches, PhD, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy
Measuring the Value of Fear of Contagion in COVID-19 Care
Challenge Awards
First Place:
Charles E. Phelps, PhD, University of Rochester
Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics
Generalized Risk Adjusted Cost Effectiveness (GRACE): Assuring Patient-Centered Outcomes in Health Care Decision Making
Second Place:
Joseph Mattingly II, PharmD, MBA, PhD, The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Julia F. Slejko, PhD, The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Elisabeth M. Oehrlein, PhD; MS, The National Health Council
Eleanor M. Perfetto, PhD, MS, The National Health Council, The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Nudging Health Economists: A Process for Systematic Identification of Patient-Centered Outcomes for Inclusion in Value Assessment
Third Place (Tie)
Jonathan H. Watanabe, PharmD, PhD, University of California Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Derjung M. Tarn, MD, PhD, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine
Jan D. Hirsch, PhD, University of California Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Evolution of Precision Medicine: Applying a Population-based Evidence Assessment Repository (PEAR) to Achieve Patient-Centered Outcomes at the Point-of-Care
Brandy Fureman, PhD, Epilepsy Foundation, Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System
Co-Production in Learning Healthcare Systems is the Key to Unlocking True Healthcare Value
