个人简介

Dr. I fan Kuo joined the Faculty of Pharmacy in August 2014 as an Assistant Professor. She graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (2004), and subsequently completed a hospital pharmacy residency at Providence Healthcare in Vancouver (2005). She practiced as a clinical pharmacist in the cardiac surgery for two years before returning to UBC to pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (2009). After practicing as a clinical pharmacy specialist in cardiology at St. Paul’s Hospital, Dr. Kuo received a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to pursue further training in health research. She successfully completed the postdoctoral training and a concurrent Master in Science degree with the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) group at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC (2014)

研究领域

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Dr. Kuo’s research interest is centered on examining the preferences of different populations using various applied economic methods to improve the decision making process at the regulatory and point-of-care level. Her most recent research focuses on studying the preferences of patients and physicians for stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation. Her research aims to enhance the quality and transparency of decision making in the health care setting.

Health services and policy Medical decision making, shared decision making Decision theory, decision analysis Preference study, utility analysis Knowledge translation Evidence-based medicine