Connor Willis

Director of PORC

Contact information:

Office: 4858
Phone: 801-587-9254
Email: Connor.Willis@pharm.utah.edu

Profile

Connor Willis, PharmD, is the Director of Outcomes Research at the Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. He specializes in the evaluation of clinical and economic outcomes in oncology and other high-cost diseases. His research focus is on using real-world data to demonstrate the value of therapeutics.

Education

Fellowship, Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, University of Utah
PharmD, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
B.S., Brigham Young University (Exercise Science)

Publications

Willis C, Bauer H, Au TH, Menon J, Unni S, Tran D, Rivers Z, Akerley W, Schabath MB, Badin F, Sekhon A, Patel M, Xia B, Gustafson B, Villano JL, Thomas JM, Lubinga SJ, Cantrell MA, Brixner D, Stenehjem D. Real-world survival analysis by tumor mutational burden in non-small cell lung cancer: a multisite U.S. study. Oncotarget. 2022 Jan 31;13:257-270. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28178. PMID: 35111281; PMCID: PMC8803368.
Willis C, Watanabe AH, Hughes J, Nolen K, O’Meara J, Schepart A, Bruno Marianna, Biskupiak J, Kawamoto K, Shara N, Kannampallil T. Applying diagnosis support systems in electronic health records to identify wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy risk. Future Cardiology. 2022 Jan 31. doi: 10.2217/fca-2021-0122. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35098741.
Au TH, Willis C, Reblin M, Peters KB, Nghiemphu PL, Taylor JW, Colman H, Cohen AL, Ormond DR, Chakravarti A, Willmarth N, Menon J, Ma J, Bauer H, Watanabe AH, Ulrich CM, Singh P, Marshall A, Korytowsky B, Stenehjem D, Brixner D. Caregiver burden by treatment and clinical characteristics of patients with glioblastoma. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Feb;30(2):1365-1375. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06514-0. Epub 2021 Sep 11. Erratum in: Support Care Cancer. 2021 Nov 18;: PMID: 34510238; PMCID: PMC8727395.
Willis C, Fiander M, Tran Dao, Korytowsky B, Thomas JM, Calderon F, Zyczynski TM, Brixner D, Stenehjem D. Tumor Mutation Burden in Lung Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review. Oncotarget. 2019 Nov 12;10(61):6604-6622. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.27287. PMID: 31762941; PMCID: PMC6859921.
Willis C, Menon J, Unni S, Au T, Yoo M, Biskupiak J, Brixner D, Ndife B, Joseph G, Bonifacio G, Stein E, Tantravahi S, Shami PJ, Kovacsovics T, Stenehjem D. Clinical and Economic Analysis of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by FLT3 Status and Midostaurin Use at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leukemia Research. 2019 Dec;87:106262. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2019.106262. Epub 2019 Oct 24. PMID: 31756575.