Abraham G. Hartzema
University of Florida, USA
Biography
Abraham G Hartzema is a Professor and Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida in the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy. He is the Perry A Foote Chair in Health Outcomes Research and a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the College of Public Health and the College of Medicine. In the year 2007, he was awarded the University of Florida Foundation Research award. He has widely published on various aspects of prescription drug safety, including several books on pharmacoepidemiology. He has served on the scientific board of the FIP from 1988-1996 and on Editorial Boards, including Medical Care, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Therapeutics, the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Pulmonary Circulation and others. He has been the Chair of Data Safety and Monitoring Boards for several RTCs at the University of Florida. He has also served on the University of Florida Graduate Council and Grant Review Panels for AHRQ, FDA, HealthCanada, DSEN, NASA, NIH and NIHBL. He currently serves on the United States Pharmacopeia: Nomenclature, Safety and Labeling Expert Committee. He was recently appointed as a Senior Advisor to the FDA, Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Abstract
Abstract : Strenghtening the Clinical Evidence provided by Observational Studies