Almut Winterstein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and FDA Scholarship Program Director
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PO Box 100496 College of Pharmacy 101 S. Newell Dr. Room 3320 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32610 Email: almut@cop.ufl.edu Phone: 352-273-6258 Fax: 352-273-6270 |
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lmut’s research interests focus on drug safety and effectiveness, and the evaluation and prevention of inappropriate drug use. Clinical focus areas of pharmacoepidemiologic studies include pediatrics, diabetes mellitus, cardiology, and psychiatry. Her pharmacoepidemiologic work conducted in conjunction with the P.E. Foote Laboratory for Outcomes Research and Pharmacoeconomics at the College of Pharmacy and the Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, utilizes data from Medicaid and private insurance plans, U.S. National Databases such as maintained by NCHS and AHRQ, and the clinical and administrative data warehouse of Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida. Core of her research includes phase IV studies on drug safety and comparative effectiveness as well as drug utilization studies. Her interest in quality of care issues is primarily defined through her appointment as epidemiologist at UF&Shands teaching hospital quality and medication safety committees and focuses on the development and evaluation of medication safety programs, clinical decision support systems and quality metrics. Special methodological interests include observational study methods, analytical and design techniques to adjust for bias, and meta-analysis. Almut teaches Evidence-based Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy professional PharmD program and several modules on Pharmacoepidemiology in the department’s PhD program. She is a chair of the Research Advisory Board of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacist Research and Education Foundation. |
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