Our scientific interests are diverse and span key and innovative areas in contemporary outcomes research:

• Communication and Decision Making
• Comparative Effectiveness
• Health Disparities
• Medication Utilization
• MTM and Pharmacy Practice Models
• Patient Centered Outcomes
• Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis
• Pharmacogenomics

See the division faculty page for more information on our faculty and their research

Current Funding

Communicating Risk Associated with Prescription Medication
Susan Blalock (PI), American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation
7/2010-6/2012 - $367,301

Translational Research to Identify Factors Related to Older Adult Use of Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program
Susan Blalock (PI), UNC Injury Prevention Research Center
6/2011-7/2013 - $200,000

Closing the quality gap series: revisiting the state of the science quality improvement interventions and/or programs to improve prescription medication adherence
Susan Blalock (Co-investigator), Research Triangle Institute (Prime AHRQ)
2010-2011 - $108,000

Communication About Glaucoma and Patients' Outcomes
Betsy Sleath (PI), Susan Blalock (Co-Investigator), National Eye Institute
12/2008-11/2012 - $1,792,087

The Antipsychotics-Keeping it Documented for Safety (AKIDS) Program
Joel Farley (PI), AccessCare North Carolina
12/2010-11/2011 - $34,882

Expansion of research capability to study comparative effectiveness in complex patients
Joel Farley (Co-Investigator), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
9/2010-9/2012 - $198,682

Continuity in Medication Management
Joel Farley (Co-Investigator), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
12/2010-11/2012 - $168,474

Estimate comparative treatment effectiveness between tissue and non-tissue ACE inhibitors for Myocardial Infarction
Gang Fang (PI), American Heart Association
1/2010-12/2011 - $110,000

Improving the Quality of Medication Use for Older Adults
Mary Roth McClurg (PI), National Institute on Aging
5/2006-4/2012 - $699,170

UNC Clinical Translation Science Award-K12 Scholars Program (KL2)
Delesha Carpenter (Scholar)
5/2008-4/2013 - $2,090,864