UNMC | Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, M.Pharm., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Office 4051
College of Pharmacy
University of Nebraska Medical Center
986045 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-6045
402-559-5267 (Office)
402-559-5673 (Fax)
jsankara@unmc.edu

Teaching Activities:
Dr. Sankaranarayanan is the course coordinator and the primary instructor for the Pharmacy and Health Care (PHPR 560) course. It is the required course for professional PharmD students, which includes Medicare Part D education and policy discussions on health care systems in the US and other countries. Specifically, the course is an examination of the social, economic (payer), organizational/professional (provider), and consumer (patient) factors affecting the delivery of health care services and pharmacy practice in the US health care system. She also lectures in the Epidemiology Theory and Applications (PSM 820) course of the Masters in Public Health (MPH) graduate program at UNMC.

Research Activities/Interests:
Dr. Sankaranarayanan's research interests are in applying outcomes and pharmacoeconomic research methods to guide health policy and decision making. Dr. Sankaranarayanan conducts real-world studies of access to and effectiveness of treatments, and quality of care in health care systems. For this purpose, she studies health outcomes (medication use, health service use, physician prescribing, patient's self-management behavior, medication adherence, health related quality of life, indirect costs) and does pharmacoeconomic (cost-effectiveness, burden/cost of illness) research. Other interests are in systematic reviews, survey research, the expanding role of pharmacy services in public health, and innovative pharmacy education strategies. Therapy areas of work include but not limited to chronic diseases (psychiatric and neurological disorders, and cancer).

Training and Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Pharmacy Administration, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 2004.
Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm), University of Bombay, India,1992
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), University of Bombay, India,1989

Work Experience:
Executive/Managerial positions in Medical Services/Research divisions in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, 1992-2000.

Recent Publications:

Freifeld A, Sankaranarayanan J, Ullrich F and Sun J. Clinical practice patterns of managing low-risk adult febrile neutropenia during cancer chemotherapy in the USA. Supportive Care in Cancer, 2007; [Epub ahead of print] DOI10.1007/s00520-007-0308-x
Sankaranarayanan J. Drug therapies leading to non-compliant activity, Chapter 3 in Jack E. Fincham (Ed). Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities, Bingamton NY: The Haworth Press, 2007 (Book chapter).
Sankaranarayanan, J. Medicare Coverage. Portal of Geriatric Online Education, 2007
Sankaranarayanan J, and Puumala SE. Epidemiology and Characteristics of Emergency Departments Visits by US Adults with Psychiatric Disorder Diagnoses and Antipsychotic mention from 2000 to 2004, Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2007;23/6:1375-85
Sankaranarayanan J, and Puumala SE. Antipsychotic Use at Adult Ambulatory Care Visits for Mental Health Disorders in the United States, 1996–2003: National Estimates and Associated Factors, Clinical Therapeutics, 2007; 29/4:723-41
Ann M. Berger, Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, and Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Current methodological approaches to the study of sleep disturbances and quality of life in adults with cancer: a systematic review, Psycho-Oncology, 2007;16/5: 401-420
Sankaranarayanan J, Puumala SE; and Kratochvil CJ, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder at US Ambulatory Care Visits from 1996 to 2003, Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2006;22/8:1475-91
Jayashri Sankaranarayanan, and Holly L. Mason, Medical or Public Health Registries – Evidence of Impact on Standards for Health Care in the United States. ISPOR Connections April 15, 2003, 9/2:1, 3-4