Bio

Vasco Pontinha completed his Ph.D. in pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes in August 2022, where he developed group-based trajectory models to identify patterns of long-term medication adherence and implemented machine learning algorithms to evaluate value-based health care policy.

Before accepting his current full-time faculty position at the VCU School of Pharmacy in August 2023, Pontinha served as director of health economics and outcomes research at Stage Analytics, leading a team of health economists, epidemiologists and public health professionals helping clients develop, support and communicate the value of their innovations throughout the entire product development process.

In addition to his role as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, Pontinha continues to work towards advancing pharmacy practice innovation through research in health economics.

Research Interests

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Faculty Advisor

• David Holdford, Ph.D.