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A. Simon Pickard

Professor

College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy

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  • Professor
    College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy
  • Associate Head
    PSOP
  • Assistant Director
    Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research

BIO

A. Simon Pickard, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, and Assistant Director of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research at the University of Illinois - Chicago College of Pharmacy. He earned his B.Comm., B.Sc. in Pharmacy, and PhD in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Pickard has authored over 150 publications on evaluating the safety, effectiveness and value of health care interventions; improving drug-related outcomes through education (particularly opioids); and on the measurement and evaluation of quality of care and health outcomes. He has served on several editorial boards, including Medical Decision Making, Drugs in Context, and Quality of Life Research. He is co-developer of the LupusPRO, a lupus specific quality of life measure. He has extensively contributed to the EuroQol Group, developers of the EQ-5D, one of the most widely used measures of health in clinical trials throughout the world, and is part of the international consortia to develop a new measure of health and well-being (EQ-HWB). Dr. Pickard was named University Scholar in 2023, awarded to outstanding faculty by the President of the University of Illinois System.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2015
  • Associate Head
    University of Illinois at Chicago, PSOP, Chicago, United States16 Aug 2022
  • Assistant Director
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2005
  • Director of Graduate Studies
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2013 - 15 Aug 2022
  • Director of Graduate Education
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2017 - 19 Sep 2019
  • Associate Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2015
  • Associate Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice, Chicago, United States1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2013
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice, Chicago, United States1 Aug 2001 - 1 Aug 2007

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Broadview, United States1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2009

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Staff Pharmacist
    Broadmoor Pharmacy, Sherwood Park, Canada1 Jan 1997 - 1 Jan 2001

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada2002
  • B.Sc, Pharmacy
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada1996
  • B. Comm
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada1991