Research Team

	Gang Fang, PharmD, MS, PhD He is a pharmacoepidemiologist specializing in evaluating treatment utilization and treatment effects especially in cardiovascular disease. His studies were funded by the AHA, AHRQ, NIH, and PCORI.
	Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD Julie is a rising 4th-year PhD student. Prior to joining DPOP, she completed her PharmD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Her research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and health services research, specifically on the use, adherence, and health outcomes of medications for cardiovascular diseases using large administrative health care databases. She is supported through a T32 fellowship funded by the NINR and is a 5-year Royster fellow of the UNC Graduate School. She was awarded a 2013 PEO Scholar Award and the 3rd Best Student/Postdoc Abstract award at the 2012 International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management in Barcelona, Spain. After graduating, she eventually plans to pursue an academic position as both a researcher and educator.
	Izabela Annis, MS Izabela is a senior data analyst with expertise and over 10 years of experience in quantitative data analysis, SAS programming, and research project consulting. She obtained her MS degree in Applied Statistics from Purdue University in 2001 and joined the research team from SAS Institute. She was a lead analyst on many projects with large longitudinal/cross-sectional databases of consumer behavior. She managed and executed all phases of multiple concurrent projects including: preparation of the proposal, data management, extraction, manipulation, analysis, statistical model building, interpretation of the results and presentation of complex methodological issues. Her statistical expertise includes linear regression methods, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, generalized linear models – logistic regression and many others.

Gang Fang, PharmD, MS, PhD

He is a pharmacoepidemiologist specializing in evaluating treatment utilization and treatment effects especially in cardiovascular disease. His studies were funded by the AHA, AHRQ, NIH, and PCORI.

Julie

Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD

Julie is a rising 4th-year PhD student. Prior to joining DPOP, she completed her PharmD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Her research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and health services research, specifically on the use, adherence, and health outcomes of medications for cardiovascular diseases using large administrative health care databases. She is supported through a T32 fellowship funded by the NINR and is a 5-year Royster fellow of the UNC Graduate School. She was awarded a 2013 PEO Scholar Award and the 3rd Best Student/Postdoc Abstract award at the 2012 International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management in Barcelona, Spain. After graduating, she eventually plans to pursue an academic position as both a researcher and educator.

Izabela Annis

Izabela Annis, MS

Izabela is a senior data analyst with expertise and over 10 years of experience in quantitative data analysis, SAS programming, and research project consulting. She obtained her MS degree in Applied Statistics from Purdue University in 2001 and joined the research team from SAS Institute. She was a lead analyst on many projects with large longitudinal/cross-sectional databases of consumer behavior. She managed and executed all phases of multiple concurrent projects including: preparation of the proposal, data management, extraction, manipulation, analysis, statistical model building, interpretation of the results and presentation of complex methodological issues. Her statistical expertise includes linear regression methods, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, generalized linear models – logistic regression and many others.

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