Graduate Student Directory

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Bio

Education:

• B.S. Pharmacy – China Medical University (Taiwan), 2017
• M.S., Statistics - Auburn University, 2025

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Research Areas:

• Real-world evidence
• Patient preference
• Health technology assessment
• Health care disparity/equity

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Tim Lai is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. Lai receives pre-doctoral fellowship from PhRMA Foundation. He had received Presidential Graduate Research Fellow award from Auburn University and Health Equity Research Fellowship from Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI). Lai’s research interests are centered on using real-world evidence to perform outcome evaluations and patient-centered value assessment to address health inequity.

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Publications

• Ngorsuraches S, Lai TC, Habermann R, Wheeler Y, Meador W. Using a Patient-Centered Multicriteria Decision Analysis to Assess the Value of Multiple Sclerosis Treatments in the US: A Study Protocol. Pharmacoecon Open. 2024 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s41669-024-00509-3.
• Khatiwada AP, Genie MG, Gebremariam AG, Lai TC, Poudel N, Ngorsuraches S. Vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19: Impact on health and non-health outcomes in the US. Health Policy and Technology. 2023:100792. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100792
• Chou C, McDaniel CC, Lai TC, McDonald CP, Rockwell D, Loh F-H. Reproducibility of the medical cost estimation from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey: comparing claims and survey. Health Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 13;6(4):e1193. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1193.
• Lai TC, McDaniel CC, Zou C, Turner D, Chou C. Associations Between Medicaid Expansion and Mental Health Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Nov 1;74(11):1137-1145. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220394.
• McDaniel CC, Lai TC*, Chou C. HIV testing and risk behaviors associated with depression in the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2023 May 13;34:102247. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102247.
• Lai TC, McDaniel CC*, Chou C. Diabetes Management Behaviors Associated with Depression in the U.S. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2022 Nov 23;14(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s13098-022-00953-3.
• Chou C, McDaniel CC, Harris SM, Lai TC, Sewell J. Can the LACE index help identify uninsured patients at risk of loss to follow-up during a pharmacist-led transitions of care program? J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021 Nov 3: S1544-3191(21)00461-1. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2021.11.001.

Selected Presentations

• Lai TC*, Whitley HP, Ngorsuraches S; 1909-LB: Patient Preferences for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices— A Discrete Choice Experiment Study of People Living with Type 2 Diabetes. Poster presentation at American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL, June 2024.
• Lai TC*, Cheng YC, Chapman RH, Ridley M, Schultz E. Exploring Frameworks and Methodologies to Incorporate Equity in Health Economics Evaluation: A Scoping Review. Poster presentation at ISPOR-The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Atlanta, GA, May 2024.
• Lai TC*, Whitley HP, Ngorsuraches S. Patient Preferences for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices: A Preliminary Study from People Living with Type 2 Diabetes. Poster presentation at ISPOR-The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Atlanta, GA, May 2024.

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