Maria Pisu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Contact Information:
Medical Towers 628
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: 205-975-7366
Fax: 205-934-7959
mpisu@uab.edu
Research Interests
Health services research
Health economics
Economic evaluations of health care interventions
Applied econometrics
Educational Background
Pennsylvania State University, PhD, 1998
Pennsylvania State University, MA, 1997
University of Cagliari, Italy, Laurea, 1991
Professional Activities
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
Academy Health
MEMBERSHIPS
ISPOR Economics of Compliance Interest Group
ADVISORY AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Journal Reviewer
International Journal of Epidemiology
American Journal of Public Health
The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Lancet
The Journal of the American Medical Association
Pharmacoeconomics
Clinical Therapeutics
Abstract Reviewer
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 12th Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 19-21, 2007.
American Society of Health Economists, Inaugural Conference, Madison, WI, June 4-7, 2006.
Judging activities
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 12th Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 19-21, 2007.
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Center Affiliations
Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research And Education (COERE)
Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) of Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.
Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
UAB Minority Health and Research Center (MHRC)
Selected Recent Publications
Pisu M, Richman J, Allison J, Williams OD, Kiefe C. Pharmaceuticals Companies' Medication Assistance Programs: Potentially Useful But Too Burdensome To Use? Southern Medical Journal, in press.
Salas M, Martin M, Pisu M, McCall E, Zuluaga A, Glasser SP. Analysis of US Food and Drug Administration warning letters: False promotional claims relating to prescription and over-the-counter medications. Pharmaceutical Medicine 2008:22(2).
Mugavero MJ, Lin HY, Allison JJ, Willig JH, Chang PW, Marler M, Raper JL, Schumacher JE, Pisu M, Saag MS. Failure to establish HIV care: Characterizing the "no show" phenomenon. Clinical and Infectious Diseases 2007;45:127-130.
Ard JD, Fitzpatrick S, Desmond R, Sutton BS, Pisu M, Allison DB, Franklin F, and Baskin ML. The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, AL. American Journal of Public Health. February 2007;97(2): 367-372.
Robertson RH, Burkhardt JH, Powell MP, Eloubeidi MA, Pisu M, Weissman NW. (2006). Trends in colon cancer screening procedures in the US Medicare and Tricare populations: 1999-2001. Preventive Medicine. 2006; 42(6):460-462.
Chen RY, Accort NA, Westfall AO, Mugavero MJ, Raper JL, Cloud GA, Stone BK, Carter J, Call S, Pisu M, Allison J, Saag MS. Distribution of health care expenditures in HIV-infected patients. Clinical and Infectious Diseases 2006 Apr 1;42(7):1003-10. Epub 2006 Feb 22.
King AB, Saag KS, Burge RT, Pisu M, Goel N. Fracture reduction affects Medicare economics (FRAME): Impact of increased osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment. Osteoporosis International 2005 Jun 8; Epub ahead of print.
Pisu M, James N, Sampsel S, Saag KS. The cost of glucocorticoid-associated adverse events in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2005 Jun;44(6):781-8. Epub 2005 Mar 15.
Pisu M, Meltzer MI, Hurwitz ES, Haber M. Household-based costs and benefits of vaccinating day-care children against influenza. Pharmacoeconomics. 2005;23(1):55-67.
Pisu M, Meltzer MI, Lyerla R. Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination of prison inmates. Vaccine. 2002 Dec 13;21(3-4):312-21.
Awards
Scholarship from the Region of Sardinia, Italy, 1992-1996
Frisbey Award, International Students and Scholars Services, The Pennsylvania State University, Spring 1996
Finalist, International Achievement Award, The Pennsylvania State University, Spring 1996
