S. Suresh Madhavan, MBA, PhD, is a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy at the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Pharmacy. Madhavan’s primary areas of research interest include health services research and health policy, with particular emphasis on improving access to and quality of health and preventive care services, and the cost-effective use of drugs in healthcare systems.  Madhavan’s research has focused on cost-effectiveness and budgetary impact of preventive drug therapies in public programs like Medicaid and the state government employees’ insurance program. He has also been involved in developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative roles for pharmacists in the health care system. Of particular note is the Centers for Diseases Control funded study with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) regarding the pharmacist’s role in immunizations and a study of the pharmacist’s role as an academic detailer, which received the Council of State Governments’ National Award for Innovation.  Madhavan currently is the principal investigator of a multi-year grant award from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality to establish the West Virginia Collaborative Health Outcomes Research for Therapies and Services (WV CoHORTS) Center

Throughout his 20 years of service to WVU and the School of Pharmacy, Madhavan has been involved in numerous grants and contracts from federal and state agencies, and private corporations. His research and abstracts have been published in a variety of journals including Social Science and Medicine, Public Health, and the Journal of Health and Social Policy, and he has also presented his research at numerous national conferences.He has been a mentor and PhD committee chair to twelve PhD graduates trained in health outcomes research who have found employment in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and clinical research organizations.  Dr. Madhavan and his graduate students have been the recipients of best research presentation awards at the annual meetings of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).  

Madhavan has been a research grant reviewer for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and has been active in several national organizations in and outside of pharmacy.  He has served or is currently serving on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Journal of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, and Journal of Pharmacy Teaching. Madhavan is a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Sciences, and is a 2005-06 American Association Colleges of Pharmacy Leadership Fellow. He is currently the Chair of the Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences section of the American Pharmacists Association.

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Link to CV - PDF

Link to WV CoHORTS Center