Working Together Towards a Common Goal

The Pharmaceutical Policy & Outcomes Lab at UCLA brings together expertise in medicine, health policy, epidemiology, law, economics and ethics to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the US healthcare system today. Our team includes faculty, trainees and collaborators from diverse disciplines working together to generate rigorous, policy-relevant research that informs healthcare decision-making.

Principal Investigator

Students

Timothy Bonis, Stanford University

Shria Bucha, Harvard Medical School

Sumedh Kotrannavar, University of Pennsylvania

Sushant Lebaka, University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Miller, Johns Hopkins University

Pragat Patel, University of Pennsylvania

Lara Rahman, Harvard University

Sophia Scott, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Anirudh Sudarshan, Texas A&M University

Medical Residents

Josh Choe, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Ariel Silverman, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Fellows

Brandon Peplinski, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Cher Huang, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Faculty

Jing Ren, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

External Collaborators

Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Stephen Mein, MD, Harvard Medical School

Matthew R. Moll, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

Mahnum Shahzad, PhD, Harvard Medical School

S. Sean Tu, JD, PhD, University of Alabama School of Law

Shirley V. Wang, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Olivier Wouters, PhD, Brown University

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The Impact of Our Research

Our work has appeared in leading medical and health policy journals and has informed policymaking at the state and federal levels. We welcome inquiries from lawmakers, government agencies, media outlets, healthcare organizations, and other stakeholders seeking evidence-based insights.

Media and Policy Inquiries