College of Pharamacy Faculty Profile

Ph.D. Program Academic Experience x Associate Professor of Health Economics, Department of Sociobehavorial and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2017— present) x Assistant Professor of Health Economics, Department of Sociobehavorial and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2010-2017) x Senior Research Associate, Health Economics Research Group, Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Miami, FL (2007-2010) x Dissertation Year Fellow, Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami, FL (2006-2007) x Instructor, Department of Economics, Florida International University, Miami, FL (2003-2006) x Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Florida International , University, Miami, FL (2001-2003) Scholarly Activities x Served as Investigator on several grants and contracts funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Florida State Department of Children and Families x Published 24 peer-reviewed articles in a variety of multidisciplinary professional journals including Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, American Journal of Health Promo- tion, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Evaluation Review, Health Economics, Industrial Relations, Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Pain Medicine, Social Science and Medicine, Social Science Research, Sociological Inquiry, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, and Eastern Economic Journal x Co-authored three book chapters x Frequent referee for 20 peer-reviewed professional journals Research Focus x Specialized in the economics of substance use, research interests pursued along four interconnected lines: 1) economic evaluation of substance abuse treatment interventions, 2) understanding the relationship between substance use and its economic consequences, 3) econometric methods for studying substance use, and 4) the effect of public policies on substance use and health outcomes.