#VCUPharmacy's Pharm.D. program is now one of just four Programs of Merit for Health Professions in the country. With this designation, students can be recognized with a certificate from Gerontological Society of America (GSA) upon graduation blogs.vcu.edu/pharmacy/2023/…

Just a casual reminder to be relentless

#PhF21 awardee Vasco M Pontinha VCU School of Pharmacy recently published Foundation-supported research in RSAP Journal that examines long-term medication adherence in aging adults taking meds for #hypertension, high blood #cholesterol & #diabetes. Read the study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thank you Coach Harbaugh and forever Go Blue!

Check our latest article on RSAP Journal re: Medicare beneficiaries displaying different medication adherence trajectories over a long period of time. Do you still think “about half of the patients” are really adherent to their medication? Check out link for more insights!

Don’t get me wrong, Apple products are amazing and so is the ecosystem. But what exact problem is this tech solving? What’s the lifestyle use case that makes looking like a cyborg in real life acceptable? Does technology for the sake of technology actually change people’s lives?

We were about $6,999,999 short on funding for a Super Bowl ad with this same message, but maybe if everyone shares it, we will reach the same number of people?

“Despite its limitations, you can make adjustments to it, making the QALY a freaking useful measure that you can use to make coverage decisions!” #healtheconomics #QALY #HEOR

Am I doing this right?

See you at the #ISPORAnnual in Atlanta next week! Will be presenting, alongside thought leaders in the field, an innovative approach to considering health equity in HTA that @drwmpadula and I have been working on lately! #HealthEquity #CEA #GDP #DynamicPrevalence #ISPOR

MARK YOUR CALENDAR #ISPORAnnual - Weds 5/8 @10am: Spotlight session about Generalized CEA and health equity. How to adjust #HTA for health equity methdologically. Featuring nance devlin Anirban Basu Vasco M Pontinha and Darius Lakdawalla @SchaefferCenter. ISPOR Peter Kolchinsky

Catch Stage Analytics Principal Bill Padula, PhD moderate an #ISPORAnnual workshop about applying methods in Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) to adjust #HTA findings for health equity. Featuring panelists Vasco M Pontinha Anirban Basu nance devlin and Darius Lakdawalla.

Batting #GCEA_Quest clean up ISPOR #ISPORAnnual are Bill Padula, PhD Vasco M Pontinha Anirban Basu discussing Health Equity and Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) at 10am. Come join the conversation for #AffordableInnovation! nopatientleftbehind.org/ispor-2024

The Evidence Base nicely summarized our #ISPORAnnual spotlight session about #GCEA for incorporating health equity as a novel value element in economic evaluaiton, including Anirban Basu & Vasco M Pontinha. Peter Kolchinsky

🎉#CPPIFaculty Vasco M Pontinha presented a novel approach, co-authored with Bill Padula, PhD, for including health equity considerations in generalized cost-effectiveness analysis - the Generalized Dynamic Prevalence (GDP) curve at #ISPORAnnual 2024. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ evidencebaseonline.com/ispor-2024-dai…

NEW: Today, #VCUPharmacy becomes 1 of 17 pharmacy schools in the country recognized with the new ACT Community Pharmacy Center of Excellence designation from AACP blogs.vcu.edu/pharmacy/2024/…