Professor and Research Health Scientist
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Suda is a tenured Professor, Director of the Transition to Independence Program, and Associate Director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Research Health Scientist, and Associate Director with the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and. Dr. Suda is a national expert in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmaceutical policy.
As a clinical pharmacist with additional training in health outcomes and epidemiology, Dr. Suda’s research interests include antimicrobial and opioid pharmacoepidemiology, drug shortages, and effectiveness of implementation strategies to improve prescribing. Dr. Suda has received funding from federal and non-federal sources and currently manages a research portfolio of over $15 million with R01, U-level and VA Merit awards as PI and Co-I from AHRQ, CDC, FDA, NIH, and the VA. Dr. Suda’s research has informed national policy on drug shortages, outpatient antibiotic stewardship, provision of VA data to state prescription drug monitoring programs, and the importance of dental prescribing in identifying solutions to the opioid epidemic and mounting bacterial resistance. Dr. Suda has served on committees and expert panels focused on evidence-based prescribing and health policy for multiple federal agencies and professional organizations. Dr. Suda has written more than 230 peer reviewed research articles in the professional literature and 15 book chapters. Dr. Suda has received awards for teaching and research, including the CDC Shepard Science Award and the VAPHS Investigator Excellence in Research Award.
Dr. Suda received a PharmD from Drake University and a Master’s in epidemiology at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Suda’s post-doctoral training includes a residency at Baptist Memorial Health Care, a pharmacokinetics fellowship at the Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory and an infectious diseases and outcomes research fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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