Post-Doctoral Fellowships Information
Faculty within the Department provide a range of postdoctoral fellowship programs for pharmacists who have completed their professional education, i.e. Pharm.D., Ph.D. or comparable degree and who wish to pursue post graduate practice or research training.
A fellowship is a directed, highly individualized program which emphasizes research. The focus of a pharmacy fellowship is to develop the participant's ability to conduct research in his/her area of specialization. Fellowships are usually two calendar years in length. Faculty in the Department of Pharmacotherapy direct postdoctoral fellowship training in Outcomes Research & Pharmacoeconomics. View the the PORC Fellowship brochure here.
Carl Asche, PhD, MSc
Outcomes Research & Pharmacoecomics Fellowship Executive Director
Current Fellows
Jeong-Yeon (Jay) Cho
Background: Dr. Cho is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy. He earned his PharmD (2017) and PhD (2022) in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) from Sungkyunkwan University. He has been involved in several cost-effectiveness analyses and has generated real-world evidence in various disease area (COVID-19; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Hereditary angioedema; Ovarian Cancer; Breast Cancer; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma; and so on). His current research interests include health economic modeling methodologies incorporating real-world evidence.
Email: jeongyeon.cho@utah.edu
Ainhoa Gomez Lumbreras, MD, PhD
Background: Medical Doctor, Family Physician and Clinical Pharmacology specialist. After 10 years of clinical practice in primary care and emergency room hospital settings in Spain I obtained my PhD in pharmacology in Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona by conducting a study of antidepressants use and the risk of hip fracture.
Research interest: Pharmacoepidemiology; Drug-drug interactions; Adverse outcomes; Ethics of the research.
Websites: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3916-0402
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Cathy Guo
Background: Cathy Guo graduated with PharmD from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston in 2022. She is currently a first-year postdoctoral fellow with the University Health Plans and Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center. Prior to entering the fellowship, Cathy has past experiences in clinical research and investigational pharmacy. Her current interests include evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in different disease areas and effectively translate the evidences to the payer sides.
Email: cathy.guo@pharm.utah.edu
Andre Hejazi
Background: Andre Hejazi graduated this year from the University of Utah College of Pharmacy with his PharmD. Prior to pharmacy school, he received his BS in Biology from the U of U as well. His areas of interest include infectious disease, public health, and health disparities.
Email: andre.hejazi@pharm.utah.edu
Ashley Park
Background: Dr. Park is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center. She received her PharmD from the University of Utah. Before Pharmacy school. she received her B.S. in Biology from Boston College. Her research interests include public health, managed and ambulatory care, especially diabetes, and anticoagulation.
Email: ashley.park@pharm.utah.edu
Ishfaq Rashid
Background: Dr. Ishfaq Rashid received his doctorate (PhD) in 2022 from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, India. He is presently a first-year postdoctoral fellow at the Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center, where he contributes to the design and development of research protocols.
Prior to entering the fellowship, he had previously worked in clinical research and evidence-based medicine, with a special emphasis on nephrology. His current research interests focus on assessing the healthcare resource utilization (HRU), evidence synthesis, and effectiveness of therapies in various disease areas.
Email: ishfaq.teali@utah.edu
Weston Schmutz
Background: Weston graduated with his PharmD from the University of Utah College of Pharmacy in 2021. He currently is a first-year fellow at the Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center and currently assists with writing proposals and study conduction. Weston enjoys the vast number of projects PORC has been able to provide him with dealing in a variety of disease states, education, and new study models.
Research interests are racial disparities in cancer care and how real-world evidence can be better applied.
Past Fellowship Recipients
- Niying Li, PhD, MSc, BS
- Chia Jie Tan, PhD
- Chanthawat Patikorn, PharmD
- Sabrina Ilham, PharmD
- Sajesh K.Veettil, PhD
- Rupesh Panchal
- Malinda S. Tan, PharmD
- Jyothi Menon, PhD
- Connor Willis, PharmD
- Natalia Ruiz-Negrón, PharmD
- Kibum Kim, PhD
- Trang Au, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
- Jordan King, PharmD
- Amy Sainski, PhD
- Joanne LaFleur, PharmD, MSPH
- Mei-Jen Ho, PharmD, MSPH
- Vijay N. Joish, PhD
- Jaewhan Kim, PhD
- Qayyim Said, PhD
- Sameer R. Ghate, BPharm, MSPH
- Mark Roper, PharmD
- Richard E. Nelson, PhD
- Junhua Yu, PhD
- Ming Yan, MS
- Swetha Raparla, MS
- Karen Thomas, PharmD
- Brandon Bellows PharmD
- Jason Young, MD
- Karina Pupio Raimundo, MS Junji Lin, PhD
- Arati Dahal, PhD
- Tina Wilson, PhD
- Minkyoung Yoo, PhD
- Beilei Cai, PhD