Department of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business - Research Opportunities

Faculty from the Department of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business focus on maintaining professional experiences that assist in maintaining their expertise in their areas of academic focus, especially in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Most of our faculty’s scholarly activities emphasize supporting student research efforts. Areas of faculty research interest are listed below for our full time faculty.

Primary areas of research interest for our faculty

Patricia Audet, PharmD

Pharmaceutical R&D strategy and process
Specialty Drugs
Drug Pricing

Brian Colfer, MBA

Comparative Healthcare Systems (International)
Economic Burden of Chronic Illnesses
International Marketing
US Health Policy and Law – specific to out-of-pocket costs

Greg Lucado, MBA, MS

Econometric Modeling
Business Strategy

Richard Minoff, MBA

Building Global Commercial Teams: New Charters, Structures and Processes
Globalization: A Needed Approach to Pharma Global Brand Development & Lifecycle Management
Preparing Students to Enter the Workforce: Merging Content Knowledge with Skills Assessment to Ensure Post-graduate Success

Robert Mueller, EdD

Drivers of team performance
Team leadership skills
Study of moral hazard in the medical choices for patients

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In an effort to encourage their classmates to speak more openly about diversity, equity and inclusion opportunities at USciences, Jordan Davidson PhB'22 and Luzdary (Lucy) Illesca PhB'22, students in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business Program at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, organized a series of events.
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University of the Sciences President Paul Katz, MD, has announced he will retire. Dr. Katz began his tenure as the historic University's 25th president in 2016 and has made countless contributions to the USciences family.
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