CHOICE News
May 26, 2023
UW Professor Anirban Basu Addresses ‘Algorithmic Discrimination’ With New Study
Seattle, WA – University of Washington Professor Anirban Basu, the Stergachis Family Endowed Director of the CHOICE Institute, has published…
May 18, 2023
Professor Andy Stergachis co-leads workshop on substandard and falsified antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance
UW School of Pharmacy & CHOICE Institute Professor Andy Stergachis co-led an invitational workshop at the University of Oxford to…
May 9, 2023
CHOICE Team Co-Authors Study Supporting Routine Genomic Testing for Young Adults
Researchers from The Comparative Effectiveness, Policy & Economics (CHOICE) Institute in the Department of Pharmacy recently published a simulation modeling…
March 29, 2023
Garrison Speaks at HTA Conferences in Egypt and India
Professor Emeritus Lou Garrison spoke recently at health technology assessment (HTA) meetings held in Cairo and New Delhi with similar themes in both regions. HTA is well appreciated in both regions and steps are being taken to build institutions and capacity to carry out HTA.
Lou was a keynote speaker in the 1st Annual Arab Health Economics Meeting: Evolution of Health Economics in Arab Countries.
March 15, 2023
Welcoming our 2023-2025 Cohort of MS HEOR Fellows
The CHOICE Institute is pleased to announce the 2023-25 cohort of CHOICE MS HEOR Fellows who will start their programs…
February 3, 2023
Sullivan Named 2022 AAAS Fellow
School of Pharmacy and The CHOICE Institute Professor Sean D. Sullivan is among four University of Washington researchers who have…
October 28, 2022
Fulbright US Senior Scholar Prof. Beth Devine returns to School of Pharmacy and The CHOICE Institute after a 9-month sabbatical in Spain
During the past academic year 2021-22, UWSOP Professor and Associate Director Beth Devine enjoyed a sabbatical as a Fulbright US…
September 25, 2022
Lou Garrison Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Lou Garrison, Professor Emeritus for The CHOICE Institute, who has been awarded the 2022 Avedis Donabedian Lifetime Achievement…
September 21, 2022
The CHOICE Institute Annual Symposium: Health Equity in HEOR
October 21st, 2:00 – 4:30 PM | Hosted virtually on ZOOM Webinar | Hosted in-person at the Health Sciences Education Building,…
June 6, 2022
Enrique Saldarriaga wins 2022 UW Three Minute Thesis Competition
Enrique Saldarriaga, PhD candidate in the School of Pharmacy and The CHOICE Institute, has won first place in the 2022…
May 25, 2022
CHOICE PhD Student Awarded Magnuson Scholarship for 2022–2023
The UW School of Pharmacy is proud to announce that Yilin Chen, a PhD candidate in The CHOICE Institute, has been…
May 6, 2022
David Veenstra and Colleagues Awarded $4.5M Grant From the National Human Genome Research Institute
UWSOP Professor and Associate Director David Veenstra, along with Vanderbilt University Professor Josh Peterson, and Geisinger Health Assistant Professor Jing…
March 15, 2022
The CHOICE Institute and Department of Pharmacy Welcome Decision Scientist Kyu Eun Lee
Dr. Kyu Eun Lee, PhD will be joining The CHOICE Institute and the Department of Pharmacy in January as The…
March 11, 2022
Assessing Payers’ Preferences for Real-World Evidence in the United States
A research study published in Value in Health (and deemed as one of the Editor’s Choice articles) has determined that…
February 15, 2022
Douglas Barthold Awarded NIA Grant
UWSOP Research Assistant Professor and CHOICE Faculty Fellow Douglas Barthold has been awarded a K01 grant from the National Institute…
February 7, 2022
The CHOICE Institute and Department of Pharmacy Welcome Health Economist Jing Li
Dr. Jing Li, MA, PhD will be joining The CHOICE Institute and the Department of Pharmacy in August as an…
October 20, 2021
Three CHOICE faculty receive international ISPOR awards
ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR)— recently announced its annual round of award winners, and three faculty members from The CHOICE Institute – Anirban Basu, Beth Devine and Aasthaa Bansal – have been named recipients for 2021.
October 5, 2021
The CHOICE Institute 2020-2021 Annual Report Now Available!
We are pleased to share the 2020-2021 CHOICE Institute Annual Report. This past academic year was extraordinarily challenging, yet we…
July 20, 2021
Welcoming our 2021-2023 Cohort of MS HEOR Fellows
We are pleased to announce the 2021-23 cohort of CHOICE MS HEOR Fellows. The CHOICE Institute has partnerships with four pharmaceutical…
January 27, 2021
2021 Winners of the Elmer M. Plein Endowed Research Fund Announced
Congratulations to Rachel Wittenauer and Qingcheng Mao, 2021 recipients of the Elmer M. Plein Endowed Research Fund, an award established…
December 22, 2020
Jennifer Bacci Selected as 2021 Recipient of the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award
The Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute has named UWSOP’s Jennifer Bacci the 2021 recipient of the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy…
November 17, 2020
Welcome (back) Dr. Elizabeth Brouwer to the CHOICE Institute!
We are excited to announce that Elizabeth (Lizzy) Brouwer, PhD, will be re-joining the CHOICE Institute as a research scientist….
November 3, 2020
The CHOICE Institute Graduate Fellowship Support
Graduate students are at the heart of our leading innovations and most impactful work — from developing models for value…
September 18, 2020
CHOICE Institute Releases 2020 Annual Report
The 2020 Annual Report for the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy & Economics (CHOICE) Institute is now available. Learn more about…
August 20, 2020
New research finds association between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Washington found a statistical relationship between the number of hospital beds…
May 7, 2020
Estimating the Infection Fatality Rate among Symptomatic Covid-19 Cases in the U.S.
According to a study released today, Anirban Basu, Stergachis Family Endowed Director of The CHOICE Institute at the UW School…
April 23, 2020
UWSOP alum appointed Senior VP for Health Economics at ICER
In September, UW School of Pharmacy CHOICE alum Jonathan D. Campbell, PhD, will become Senior Vice President for Health Economics…
March 9, 2020
Welcome to our new class of CHOICE MS Fellows
We are pleased to announce the 2020-22 cohort of CHOICE MS Fellows. The CHOICE Institute has partnerships with four pharmaceutical…
January 16, 2020
UWSOP CHOICE create Novel New Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
Introducing “Health Years in Total:” A Novel Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses. CHOICE Researchers Introduce a New…
December 20, 2019
CHOICE Institute Researchers Find that Rural Hospital Closures Increase Patient Mortality
About 15% of hospitals have closed since 1990, and rates of hospital closure—particularly in rural areas—have increased over the last…
December 19, 2019
The CHOICE Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Jens Grueger, PhD, to the School of Pharmacy as an Affiliate Professor
Jens Grueger, PhD is the 2019-2020 President Elect for the Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and current…
Recap from SMDM 2019
The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) brings together researchers, clinicians, educators, managers, and policy makers from diverse backgrounds and…
CHOICE Alum Will Canestaro recognized for health innovation
CHOICE alum Will Canestaro was selected as a 2019 Seattle Health Innovator of the Year in Collaboration. This award recognizes…
Doug Barthold Explores Diagnostic Patterns of Dementia
CHOICE faculty member Doug Barthold has expanded his research program that studies risk factors and care for Alzheimer’s disease and…
CHOICE Team presents at the ICER CEPAC Meeting on Type 2 Diabetes
UW Cost-Effectiveness Modeling Team, Ryan Hansen and Greg Guzauskas, were recently presenters at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s…
November 7, 2019
Teams at UWSOP and Fred Hutch look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies
Teams at UWSOP and Fred Hutch look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart,…
October 20, 2019
Find the CHOICE Institute at SMDM 2019
The 41st Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) is just down the road in…
September 24, 2019
Marcum first pharmacist to receive prestigious Beeson Award
Zachary Marcum, PhD, PharmD was recently awarded the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award (K76) from the National…
September 18, 2019
Promoted UWSOP faculty tackling tough problems facing population health with novel approaches
Recently promoted faculty are finding news ways to solve significant population health problems from Alzheimer’s and related dementias to kidney…
September 13, 2019
Using Data and Economics to Transform Health | Celebrating 25 Years
Celebrating 25 years, The CHOICE Institute continues to grow and transform, expanding its impact on population health. “At CHOICE, we…
A Tradition of Reinventing Pharmacy
Never doubt the profound impact that our faculty and alumni have had on health care nationwide through decades of advocacy…
September 12, 2019
Using Genetics to Decode Warfarin
The potential impact of personalized medicine launched here at UW School of Pharmacy about twenty years ago, when Dave Veenstra’s…
Enhancing the way epilepsy is managed by engaging community pharmacists
The University of Washington’s School of Pharmacy today announced a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company UCB to improve access to…
July 6, 2019
Supporting cancer survivors
Aasthaa Bansal leads an NIH MERIT award-winning team to develop decision-making frameworks to guide post-treatment care for cancer survivors Despite…
May 14, 2019
Where to find CHOICE Students, Alumni, & Faculty at ISPOR 2019
To find the posters and presentations of CHOICE students, alumni, and faculty, please refer to the PDF attached here. CHOICE…
May 13, 2019
Dean Sullivan named OSU Icon of Pharmacy
On the evening of May 4th, 2019, Oregon State University College of Pharmacy alumni and friends gathered at Portland City…
Brouwer and Ko each win Garrison Prize in 2019
Congratulations to the 2019 winners of the Louis Sr. and Marilyn Garrison Endowed Prize in Health Policy and Economics, Elizabeth…
May 10, 2019
CHOICE students travel abroad to research cervical cancer and test a TBI screening app
Two CHOICE graduate students were recently awarded global health travel fellowships. Erik Landaas received the Global Opportunities (GO) Health fellowship…
Welcome new Research Project Manager Anthony Morgan to CHOICE
Please join us in welcoming Anthony Morgan (who goes by Morgan) to The CHOICE Institute! Morgan is serving as CHOICE’s…
Brouwer receives UW Population Health Initiative Travel Award
Congratulations to CHOICE PhD student Elizabeth Brouwer who received conference travel funds from the Population Health Initiative at the University…
Lauren Strand named 2019-2020 UWSOP Magnuson Scholar
Congratulations to third-year PhD student in the CHOICE Institute, Lauren Strand who was named the UWSOP Magnuson Scholar for 2019-2020. Magnuson Scholars are selected…
April 4, 2019
UWSOP team wins the AMCP 2019 National Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Competition
Congratulations to our PharmD students, Michael Sporck, ‘20, Eunice Kim, ‘20, Hanna Kleiboeker, ‘20 and Erin Ichinotsubo, ‘21, who won…
March 25, 2019
Bacci, White, and Zaraa awarded UW Population Health grant to study integrated care models for people living with epilepsy
Congratulations to Jennifer Bacci, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy; H. Steve White, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy; and Sabra Zarâa, CHOICE…
March 21, 2019
HECOR certificate expands program into Saudi Arabia
This year, the CHOICE Institute’s Certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research program has been reaching a wide audience. In addition to…
Doug Barthold was awarded the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Award
CHOICE faculty member Doug Barthold was awarded the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Award, for a proposal titled “Alzheimer’s disease…
Chuck Phelps delivers keynote at 2nd Annual CHOICE Symposium
The CHOICE Institute welcomed Professor Emeritus Charles E. Phelps, PhD, for the 2019 CHOICE Institute Annual Symposium. Dr. Phelps provided…
March 19, 2019
Stergachis helps veterans by serving on a National Academies of Sciences committee
Associate Dean Andy Stergachis was appointed to a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct…
March 18, 2019
Landaas presents PupilScreen app at Dawg Days in the Desert
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. CHOICE PhD student Erik Landaas has…
CHOICE Alumnae Bennette and Adamson to lead ISPOR short course
CHOICE Alumnae Carrie Savage Bennette and Blythe Adamson, recent CHOICE alum, will be presenting/co-leading one of the short courses, Tools…
12 UWSOP students to present posters at ISPOR
Congratulations to the twelve UWSOP students, comprised of eleven CHOICE Students and fellows and one PharmD student (co-authored with a…
February 15, 2019
Marina Gano joins Department of Pharmacy and The CHOICE Institute
Please welcome Marina Gano, the new Department of Pharmacy/CHOICE Institute Graduate Program and Operations Manager. Marina grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska,…
December 18, 2018
Devine and Chen debut Real-world Evidence Assessments and Needs Guidance (READi) Tool
CHOICE faculty member Beth Devine and CHOICE PhD student Shuxian Chen led an invited workshop last month at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy…
December 17, 2018
CHOICE director Anirban Basu and collaborators receive NIH grant to study costs of dementia care
Team seeks to improve the projections of the future burden of the disease. Anirban Basu, director of the CHOICE Institute…
December 14, 2018
CHOICE PhD student Landaas studies PupilScreen app in Thailand
CHOICE PhD student Erik Landaas received funding to conduct a mobile health validation study in Thailand. The study is funded by…
December 13, 2018
Kai Yeung receives grant for project looking at value in prescription drug benefit design
Congratulations to CHOICE Institute alumnus and Affiliate Assistant Professor, Kai Yeung, PharmD PhD, `15, who received a research grant from…
December 7, 2018
Anirban Basu awarded Mid-Career Excellence Award by HPSS
At the 2018 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) held in Charleston, South Carolina, Anirban Basu was awarded the…
November 27, 2018
Barthold uses economics methods to improve dementia diagnosis and treatment plans across race, ethnicity, and sex
The newest researcher in The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP, Doug Barthold is taking a couple of approaches that use data and…
Marcum takes a multi-prong approach toward developing a dementia prevention strategy
The prospect of developing dementia is terrifying for most people, particularly for those with family members who have had the…
November 15, 2018
UW Researchers Gray and Phelan to study the impact of deprescribing to reduce falls in older adults
UW Pharmacy’s Shelly Gray and UW Medicine’s Elizabeth Phelan are teaming up to identify ways to prevent falls in older…
November 1, 2018
Researchers at UW and USC find a type of medication used to treat high blood pressure may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers Doug Barthold of the University of Washington and Julie Zissimopoulos of the University of Southern California published the first…
October 11, 2018
Lou Garrison named 2018 Value Assessment Challenge Award recipient
The PhRMA Foundation and the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) announced that Lou Garrison is one of the first place recipients…
September 28, 2018
CHOICE faculty member, Aasthaa Bansal, awarded highly coveted NIH Merit Award
Assistant Professor Aasthaa Bansal at the CHOICE Institute was recently awarded a $2.5M+, seven-year Method to Extend Research in Time…
July 26, 2018
Researchers at UW bolster study of how austerity devastated Greece’s health
A new study by dozens of researchers from the University of Washington and around the world has found that Greece’s…
May 15, 2018
Neumann presents at joint HICOR/PHEnOM Seminar and PAA Katterman Lecture
The CHOICE Institute & the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR) Joint Seminar On Wednesday, May 2nd, Peter Neumann, Sc.D….
May 10, 2018
Strand awarded 2018 Garrison Prize in Health Policy & Economics
Congratulations to 3rd year, PhD student Lauren Strand who received the Louis Garrison Sr. And Marilyn Garrison Endowed Prize in…
April 24, 2018
Marcum study finds metformin has mortality benefits even with low kidney function
Collaborative research between UW School of Pharmacy and VA Puget Sound looked at 175,000 patients In a recent study, researchers…
April 17, 2018
Basu trains Indian government and health leaders in health economics
With India rolling out the one of the largest public health insurance initiatives in the world, it became more important than…
March 26, 2018
Our CHOICE PhD students continue to advance research to improve health outcomes
From all of us at CHOICE, we hope your year is off to a good start. Our PhD students have…
February 21, 2018
Meet Our Newest Faculty Member, Doug Barthold
We welcome Dr. Doug Barthold, PhD., Research Assistant Professor, to the faculty of the Department of Pharmacy and to The…
February 6, 2018
New fellowship will advance thoughtful health care innovation in Washington state
Partnership between Washington Research Foundation and The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP creates opportunities for students and researchers at non-profit research…
February 5, 2018
CHOICE alumnus Scott Strassels moves into leadership role at Ohio State U
The University of Washington School of Pharmacy congratulates Scott Strassels, PhD, PharmD, on his new position as assistant professor in…
December 8, 2017
Launch of The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP promises leadership in health economics and outcomes research
We are witnessing a period of renaissance, as current advances in medical technology and breakthroughs are unprecedented in human history….
November 16, 2017
Veenstra weighs in on genetic testing in Science Magazine
The question about the benefits and pitfalls of genetic testing is discussed in, “Is health care ready for routing DNA…
July 13, 2016
UWSOP faculty and alumni elected to ISPOR leadership
Five UWSOP faculty and alumni have led ISPOR over the past 20 years UW School of Pharmacy faculty and alumni…
September 15, 2015
Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence for the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program (PORPP)
“Great scientists and great surfers share a common trait. They don’t position themselves where the big wave is now; they…