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The Outcomes Research Section of the Office of Outcomes Research and Evaluation was established in 2002 through a contract with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Working with other faculty members in both the College of Health Sciences and the College of Pharmacy, the research staffs assist the Louisiana Medicaid Pharmacy Program by:

• Coordinating the publishing of provider and recipient disease management publications in six key therapeutic areas with a focus on pharmacy care.
• Serving as a consultant to the Louisiana Medicaid Peer-Based Profiling Program.
• Serving as a consultant to the Louisiana Medicaid Pharmacy DUR Board.
• Conducing cost of illness studies, pharmacoeconomic analyses, quality of care studies, policy and program impact studies and other utilization reports as requested.

Contact information for the Outcomes Research Area:

Dr. Sandra Blake, Director	318-410-4359	blake@ulm.edu
Larry Humble, Disease Mgmt. Specialist	318-410-4358	humble@ulm.edu
Baogong Jiang, Programmer Analyst	225-342-2027	bjiang@dhh.la.gov
Michelle Massey, Publications Coordinator	318-410-4361	mmassey@ulm.edu
Gary Merchant, Programmer Analyst	318-410-4364	merchant@ulm.edu
Eddy Myers, Programmer Analyst	318-410-4363	emyers@ulm.edu
Kathleen Owens, Programmer Analyst	318-410-4370	kowens@ulm.edu
Billy Powell, Unisys Computer Admin.	318-410-4396	willard.powell@unisys.com
Jun Tan, Assistant Professor	318-410-4362	jtan@ulm.edu
Xiaojun Wang, Programmer Analyst	318-410-4370	wang@ulm.edu
Kay Williams, Admin. Assistant	318-410-4385	kwilliams@ulm.edu