Health economics and outcomes researcher
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Curriculum Vitae
Queeny Ip, Pharm D, PhD
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416
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SUMMARY STATEMENT
Queeny is a health economics and outcomes researcher with experience in study design, data analytics, statistical methods, and clinical pharmacy. Combines her pharmacy background, research training, and experience from retail & clinical settings, non-profit, governmental, and international organizations to approach each project in an adaptive and creative manner while considering the interests and objectives of internal and external stakeholders. Presents complex plans to technical and non-technical audiences. Strengths in data analytics to conduct non-interventional studies to evaluate health outcomes, health care utilization/expenditures and epidemiological studies to provide real-world evidence to support medical care/medicine coverage, payment policies, or business decisions. Additional skills in spatial econometrics and multiple criteria analysis.
EDUCATION
Dec 2017 Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutical Economics/Policy/Outcomes) with minor in biostatistics Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of Arizona
Dissertation Title: Evaluation of the Prevalence, Geographic Spending Variation, and Inpatient Inefficiency Accounting for Spatial Dependence among Medicare Beneficiaries with Epilepsy (Medicare claims data)
Advisors: Drs. Daniel C. Malone (Chair), Robin B. Harris, Sandipan Bhattacharjee, Terri Warholak, and David M. Labiner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded projects: Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy; influence of antiepileptic drugs adherence to health care costs (Medicare data)
Program track representative (2014-2016): Treasurer/ fundraising/Career Development Symposium/obtained $3,000 for program purchasing
May 2012 Doctor in Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado
Experiential rotation at Kaiser Permanente Central Services, Aurora, CO o Composed communication letters to Kaiser practitioners and clients o Evaluating the request for the addition of Protonix suspension powder to the formulary o Performed literature search
Experiential rotation at Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO o Evaluated the impact of infectious disease consultation program o Evaluated the use of Ofirmev since its addition to the formulary
Experiential rotation at the British Columbia Ministry of Health, Vancouver, Canada o Shadowed executive director on day-to-day functions o Attended internal and external, and teleconferences
Experiential rotation at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada o Attended Orphan Drug Council meetings
o Literature search on pharmaceutical pricing
May 1995 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
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WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2018 – present Regulatory Systems Strengthening (RSS) contractor World Health Organization
Creating an electronic information gathering tool for a global initiative
Managing project documents
Synthesizing project materials for reporting
Oct 2016 – Jan 2017 Regulatory Systems Strengthening (RSS) intern World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Developed a prioritization model using the analytic hierarchical process, a multiple criteria analysis
Interviewed over 20 stakeholders of different nationalities to obtain consensus of parameters used in the model
o Convinced director-level superiors the importance of project and the intended methodology to achieve results
Developed an online survey to calculate weighs to assign to parameters
Designed Excel spreadsheet to compile survey responses and to calculate overall weights
Produced and presented report detailing objective, methods, results, and conclusion Aug 2012 – May 2017 Research assistant
University of Arizona
Literature search and systematic review
Data and statistical analysis
Manuscript writing
Poster presentations at the university and at ISPOR conferences
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention funded projects Aug 2002 – July 2012 Pharmacist
Centre for Addiction s and Mental Health
Drug study projects including a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) depression relapse study
o Presented pharmacy services budget planning
o Designed dosing schedules
o Created the prescription coding system
o Writing the dispensing procedures
o Liaised between the chief investigator (Dr. Zindal Segal) and pharmacy services
Medication reconciliation
Drug information
Lab results monitoring
Attended medical rounds
Oct 1997 – Aug 2005 Pharmacy manager
A&P Drug Mart
Inventory control
Hiring and training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians (staff of 5)
Dispensing prescriptions
Patient counseling
Medication substitution
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LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
June 1995 Ontario College of Pharmacists
Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada exam
Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacists
AWARDS
2012 – 2017 Graduate and Professional Student council Travel grants
$4250 total
2015 National Library of Medicine (NLM) via Women’s Health Research (WHR) award
$3,000
2016 Predictive Modeling Summit scholarship
$2,500 in value
SERVICE OUTREACH
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 Volunteer
Medical Bridgade, Ghana
Fundraised and gathered donations of medications and travel to Ghana to collaborate with the local organizers to set up temporary medical clinics working with local doctors, pharmacists, and nurses to provide medical services to remote villages. 2016 Volunteer
Vermont Legislative Council
Reviewed the Vermont Prescription Transparency Bill o bill passed on June 4th, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Ip Q, Malone DC, Harris RB, Chong J, Labiner, DM.
Economic impact of epilepsy and the cost of nonadherence to antiepileptic drugs in older Medicare beneficiaries. Epilepsy
& Behavior. 2018;80:208-214.
Ip Q, Malone DC, Harris RB, Chong J, Labiner, DM.
An update on the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy among older adults. Epilepsy research. 2018;139:107-112. Augustine JM Jackowski McKinley RB, Warholak TL, Yehoshua A, Ip Q, Armstrong EP Perceptions of student pharmacists on professionalism and social networking sites: a Rasch analysis. Currents Pharm Teaching Learn; 7(5):645-655.
Bhattacharjee S, Goldstone L, Ip Q, Warholak T.
Depression Treatment among Adults with Multiple Sclerosis and Depression in Ambulatory Care Settings in the United States. Multiple sclerosis international. 2017 Apr 27;2017. Q u e e n y I p P a g e 4
REFERENCED ABSTRACTS
Ip Q, Smith KW, Malone
Bayesian Analysis of Malformation Outcomes in Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) Use During Pregnancy: An Indirect Comparison of Citalopram, Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, and Sertraline Value in Health. 2013;16(7):A544.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2013.08.1386. (ISPOR poster) Ip Q, Malone DC
Are Non-randomized controlled Studies Being Published in Top Medical Journals? Value in Health 19(3), A282 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1098301516302145.
(ISPOR poster)
WORKS IN PROGRESS (all first author)
“National and Regional Prevalence of Epilepsy in the United States” manuscript from dissertation.
“Geographic Variation of Medicare Spending and Its Source Pre and Post Implementation of Two Value-Based Programs” manuscript from dissertation.
“Factors Associated with Inpatient Inefficiency among Medicare Beneficiaries with Epilepsy: A Spatial Econometric Analysis” manuscript from dissertation.
OTHER SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, SAS, STATA, R, GeoDa, GeoDaSpace, End-note
Languages: English, French and Cantonese
Associate of The Royal Conservatory of Music (ARCT) in piano performance, Toronto, Canada
Initiation et Perfectionnement en stylisme et modelisme (fashion design and construction) at Esmod, Paris, France
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