Contact Information
email: raj.desai@ufl.edu
Education
- B.S. Pharmacy, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
M.S. Pharmacy Administration, St. John’s University, New York, United States
Entry Date into the POP Ph.D. program: Fall, 2019
Research Interests
- My research interests include comparative effectiveness, drug safety & health economics and outcomes research in the resistant hypertension population.
Professional Experience
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida: Graduate Research Assistant (August 2017-Present)
- AbbVie, Chicago, Illinois: Intern, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (May 2020-August 2020)
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts: Real World Evidence Graduate Intern (May 2019-August 2019)
- UF Health, Department of Neuromedicine, Gainesville, Florida: Quality Improvement Graduate Intern (May 2018-December 2018)
Scholarships
- Graduate Student Assistantship, University of Florida, 2017-Present
- Graduate Student Assistantship, St. John’s University, 2015-2017
- Graduate Student Publishing Award (2019)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida
- Travel Grant Award by International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) for the 22nd Annual International Meeting, Boston
Publications
- Desai, R., Park, H., Dietrich, E. A. & Smith, S. M. Trends in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring use for confirmation or monitoring of hypertension and resistant hypertension among the commercially insured in the U.S., 2008–2017. International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension 100033 (2020) doi:10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100033.
- Desai, R., Dietrich, E. A., Park, H. & Smith, S. M. Out-of-Pocket Payment for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Commercially Insured in the United States. Am J Hypertens doi:10.1093/ajh/hpaa120.
- Desai, R., Dietrich, E. A., Park, H. & Smith, S. M. Out-of-Pocket Payment for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Commercially Insured in the United States. Am J Hypertens doi:10.1093/ajh/hpaa120.
- Hong, YR., Huo, JH., Desai, R., Cardel, M., Deshmukh, AA. Excess Costs and Economic Burden of Obesity-Associated Cancers in the United States. Value in Health (2019). doi:10.1016/j.jval.2019.07.004
- Dietrich E., Desai R., Garg M., Park H., Smith SM. Reimbursement of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the US commercial insurance marketplace. J Clin Hypertens. 2019;00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13772