Leadership
Where the Passion Begins
Principles
Mark Jewell, PhD
Mark has focused his career within the life science industry and with managed care providers developing population-based predictive models to identify patients at risk for significant events. Early in his career, his work was integral to the development and implementation of the Clinical Quality Improvement Program at Advocate Health System. Before joining EPI-Q, Mark served as a consultant to the Institute for Cultural Affairs in developing HIV testing strategies in developing nations and has chaired professional organizations and task forces related to health improvement initiatives. Mark received his MS in Public Health from the University of Illinois and a PhD in Health Services and Epidemiology from Walden University. He holds faculty positions at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy and School of Public Health.
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Katie Deering, PharmD
Katie has worked in health-system pharmacies and working in Health Economics and Outcomes Research for over 10 years. Before joining EPI-Q, she served as the Nephrology/Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist for Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She also is adjunctive faculty for five schools of pharmacy and past-president of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Chicago Chapter. She holds a PharmD from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy and completed an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
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