Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Houston

Congratulations to four UHCOP Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy Ph.D. students who are taking their talents to leading organizations across the country through 2026 internships.

Paroma Arefin — AMCP Foundation/OptumRx
Zhengxuan Li — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Sai Sammitha Cheruvu — Pharmaceutical Quality Alliance
CJ Okeke — Johnson & Johnson

These opportunities reflect their hard work, expertise and commitment to advancing pharmaceutical health outcomes, policy, patient safety, health disparities research and real-world evidence.

An outstanding lineup of research projects — including three Top 5% finalists and two podium talks — by University of Houston College of Pharmacy PHOP students and faculty being presented at ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research 2026 May 17-20 in Philadelphia!

PHOP welcomes The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assistant Professor Paul Zivich, Ph.D., for his presentation, "G-methods for Repeated Measures and Time-Varying Confounding," at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, in Health 2, Room 3082, and via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/phop-seminar-042126

PHOP Seminar | Tuesday, March 10

How do medications used for glucose control influence brain health? Join us as we explore emerging real-world evidence connecting GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors to neurological outcomes.

Featured Speaker: Huilin Tang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania

Presentation:
"From Glucose Control to Brain Health: Real-World Evidence on GLP-1RAs and SGLT2is"

Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Room 3082 or join via Zoom
Zoom: tinyurl.com/phop-seminar-sp26

Join the conversation and learn how these therapies may shape future approaches to patient care.

Join us for a PHOP seminar on Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Room 3082 or via Zoom at tinyurl.com/phop-seminar-sp26

"Towards Personalized Machine Learning for Healthcare: Risk Prediction, Patient Similarity, and Health Trajectory Mining" will be presented by Ph.D. student Deyi Li from the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics at the UF College of Medicine.

Join us for a PHOP seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in Room 3082. The seminar can also be attended via Zoom at tinyurl.com/phop-seminar-012726

Ning Lyu, Ph.D. ('23), will bring her expertise and insight during her presentation, "From FDA Approval to Real-World Safety: Regulatory Science and Pharmacoepidemiologic Evidence on Biologic Use in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease."