Alumni - Health Outcomes

Ph.D.

Nisha Kumaraswamy, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Pharmacy provider fraud detection utilizing administrative claims data: A machine learning approach

Yi Liang, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Treatment patterns, clinical and economic outcomes in adults with immune thrombocytopenia receiving pharmaceutical second-line therapies: an administrative claims database analysis

Chinelo Orji, Advisor(s): Carolyn M. Brown
Title: Using the theory of planned behavior to assess factors that influence the intent to use human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among young adult college students

Rachel Raia, Advisor(s):  Kenneth A. Lawson
Title: Adults seen in the emergency department with nonemergency respiratory diagnoses:  an investigation of costs and utilization in a commercial health plan

Nidhi Shukla, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner
Title: Comparison of medication utilization patterns and healthcare resource utilization outcomes in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving novel hormonal therapies

Yogesh Vohra, Advisor(s): Carolyn M. Brown
Title: Impact of hepatic and pancreatic cancers on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients

Hanxi “Molly" Zhang, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner, Leticia R. Moczygemba
Title: Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy for older adults with stage I–III breast cancer
 

M.S.

Emma Gugala, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner
Title: Comparison of receipt of postpartum care and pregnancy-related risk factors among Texas Medicaid pregnant enrollees

Cindy Nguyen, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: The impact of race and ethnicity on healthcare utilization, medication utilization, and obesity-related clinical measurements in an employee-based insured population

Ph.D.

Qiujun (Samantha) Shao, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Healthcare utilization, expenditure, and medication use in commercially insured patients with migraine

Joshua Toliver, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Development and validation of a claims- based algorithm to predict multiple sclerosis disease severity in the Medicare and commercially insured populations

Shiyu (Serene) Zhang, Advisor(s) Karen L. Rascati
Title: Opioid use, opioid use disorder, and poisoning among children and adolescent cancer survivors
 

M.S.

Chinyere Okoh, Advisor(s): Leticia R. Moczygemba
Title: Community paramedics' perception of their roles in community paramedicine programs

Andrew Osterland, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Real-world outcomes of patients receiving prophylactic therapies for hepatic encephalopathy

Esther Yi, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: The association between a copay reduction program for chronic preventive medications and adherence within an integrated delivery

Ph.D.

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M.S.

Somraj Ghosh, Advisor(s): Kenneth A. Lawson
Title: Determining prescription opioid use among pregnant women in Texas Medicaid

Elizabeth Ibiloye, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner
Title: Prevalence of and factors associated with gabapentinoid use and misuse among Texas Medicaid recipients

Nina Kim, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Impact of obesity on real-world clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation on direct oral anticoagulant therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Yogesh Vohra, Advisor(s): Carolyn M. Brown
Title: The association of patient activation with the health-related quality of life of pancreatic cancer patients

Hanxi “Molly” Zhang, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner, Leticia R. Moczygemba
Title: Medication adherence among type 2 diabetes Texas Medicaid patients using basal insulin

Ph.D.

Matthew Hill, Advisor(s):  Kenneth A. Lawson
Title: Healthcare services utilization and expenditures in autism spectrum disorder

Hyeun Ah Kang, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner
Title: Review of economic studies of sickle cell disease and adherence to hydroxyurea and clinical and economic outcomes among Texas Medicaid enrollees with sickle cell disease

Chisom Chimah Kanu, Advisor(s): Carolyn M. Brown
Title: The relationship between health literacy, patient activation, and health outcomes in breast cancer patients

Sabina Nduaguba, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner, Kentya Ford
Title: Reducing health disparities among blacks with HIV – a focus on drug treatment and quality of care
 

M.S.

Linda Chen, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of universal versus selective pediatric lipid screening methods in the United States

Chinelo Orji, Advisor(s): Carolyn M. Brown
Title: White blood cell growth factor utilization among metastatic colorectal cancer patients: findings from a multi-center oncology practice network

Elmor Pineda, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Evaluation of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes newly initiated on sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, and other antidiabetic medications

Nidhi Shukla, Advisor(s): Jamie C. Barner
Title: Use of medications and services for the management of sickle cell disease

Ph.D.

Cat Bui, Advisor(s) Karen L. Rascati
Title:  Impact of surveillance and early-stage versus late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection on patient overall survival

Sanket Shah, Advisor(s) Karen L. Rascati
Title: Patterns and predictors of opioid use in migraine patients presenting to the emergency department (ED)
 

M.S.

Joseph Goble, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Impact of CYP3A4/P-GP interacting medications on clinical outcomes in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients managed on rivaroxaban

Pin Xiang, Advisor(s): Karen L. Rascati
Title: Predictive modeling pilot project for readmissions in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction