Richard Segal, PhD
Professor and Department Chairman
- B.S. Pharmacy. University of Connecticut
- M.S. Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy
University of Iowa
- Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Richard Segal is professor and chair of health care administration at the University of Florida college of pharmacy. His research interests include disease management, outcomes research, pharmacoeconomics, quality improvement, particularly in the areas of drug prescribing, pharmaceutical care, drug use evaluation, and total quality management. In addition, he has authored a number of manuscripts in the areas of the socio-behavioral aspects of drug therapy and the psychology of the medications use process. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 published papers and has received regional and national awards for his research in the areas of clinical research, hospital practice research, and pharmacoeconomics. In 1999, Dr. Segal was also named by the University of Florida as a Research Foundation Professor.
Selected Publications:
- Ofman JJ, Segal R, Russell WA, Cook D, Sandhu M, Maue S, Lowenstein E, Purfarzib R, Weingarten S. A randomized trial of an acid-peptic disease management program in a managed care environment. In press.
- Buring S, Russell W, Meyer KM, Segal R. ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the recognition and treatment of Helicobacter pylori disease. Am J Health-System Pharm. 2001;58:331-337.
- Maue SK and Segal R. Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Decision Analysis to Gastrointestinal Disorders Within a Broad-Based Disease Management Program. Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics (R. Vogenberg, ed.); 144-178. New York: McGraw Hill, 2001.
- Segal R, Wang F. Influencing Physician Prescribing. PPMQ. 1999; 19:3: 30-50.
- Grainger-Rousseau TJ, Miralles MA, Hepler CD, Segal R, Doty RE, Ben-Joseph R. Therapeutic Outcomes Monitoring: Application of Pharmaceutical Care Guidelines to Community Pharmacy. JAPhA 1997; NS37 (6):647-661.
- Odedina F, Hepler CD, Segal R and Miller D. The Pharmacist Implementation of Pharmaceutical Care (PIPC) Model. Pharmaceutical Research 1997; 135-144.
- Brown CM and Segal R. The Effects of Health and Treatment Perceptions on the Use of Prescribed Medication and Home Remedies Among African American and White American Hypertensives. Social Science and Medicine 1996; 43:906-917.
- Odedina F and Segal R. Behavioral Pharmaceutical Care Scale for Measuring Pharmacists Activities. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists. 1996; 53:855-65.
- Segal R, Russell WL, Ben-Joseph R, Mansheim B. Cost of Acid Peptic Disorders in a Managed Care Organization. Clinical Therapeutics. 1996;18:319-333.
- Segal R and Hepler CD. Drug Choice as a Problem-Solving Process. Medical Care. 1985;23:967-976.