High Demand, Real Impact
The Schaeffer Center is one of two flagship programs at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service and was established in 2009 at the University of Southern California through a generous gift from Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer. The Center reflects Mr. Schaeffer’s lifelong commitment to finding solutions to healthcare’s most pressing issues.
A collaboration of the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Price School of Public Policy, the Schaeffer Center serves as an intellectual hub for health policy and economics research.
Programs
Faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics are based at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, one of the nation’s leading centers for innovative, independent research that makes significant contributions to policy and health improvement. Our mission is to measurably improve value in health through evidence-based policy solutions, research excellence, and private- and public-sector engagement. Students are active participants in this vibrant environment, which challenges and mentors them in finding novel approaches to urgent healthcare problems. The department’s degree programs are greatly enriched by the interdisciplinary faculty and researchers of the Schaeffer Center, whose expertise spans public policy, pharmacoeconomics, healthcare management and more.
GEOFFREY JOYCE, PHD
The department’s mission includes:
Education
- Developing students to become innovative investigators with outstanding research skills
- Training the next generation of health economics experts to examine questions from all angles and devise new research methods
- Preparing students in interdisciplinary ways to address pressing issues
Research
- Aiming to answer today’s most urgent societal concerns through an interdisciplinary lens with expertise in health policy and pharmacoeconomics
- Conducting leading-edge research and policy analysis
- Striving to improve value in health through evidence-based policy solutions
Meet the Faculty
Erin Trish, PhD
- Co-Director, Schaeffer Center; Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Seth Seabury, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
John A. Romley, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
William Padula, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD
- Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy; Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation
Geoffrey Joyce, PhD
- Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
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