santosh gautam

Designed and developed a family of novel fluorescent biocompatible/biodegradable polymers and nanoparticles Developed color and size tunable nanoparticles using various synthetic methods Collected, processed and analyzed data, and reported the findings in various meetings and seminars Participated in various meetings and seminars as an individual/a team to present the research progresses

* Highlights * Completed 10 studies, published 3 manuscripts and presented findings at several scientific meetings. * Responsibilities * Worked in multiple health services and outcomes research projects (both internal and client-facing) * Conducted literature review, drafted study protocol, worked on data management, conducted statistical analysis and generated reports * Effectively organized and ran client-facing meetings * Findings reported to internal and external clients. * Presented results at various national level conferences

Used large administrative claims data based on privately insured population to analyze their health care utilization and costs Analyzed claims relating to patients with diabetes regarding their prescription drug use and utilization outcomes accounting for risk adjustment Descriptive analysis of patients undergoing various elective spine-related surgeries among privately insured cohort and compare it with Medicare population

Dissertation titled "Impact of opioid analgesic use on diabetes quality of care and outcomes: a longitudinal population-based study", 2014. Work published in The Journal of Pain, 2015 and Pain Medicine, 2015. Activities and Societies: International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research AcademyHealth