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I am a pharmacist-epidemiologist with expertise in clinical and diabetes epidemiology, health economics and outcomes research, and computational simulation modeling. I am an Associate Research Scientist in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, and a member of the diabetes modeling group in the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research. My research focus is to identify innovative and scalable approaches to help healthcare professionals and policymakers make sound decisions about enhancing patient-centered clinical care, health policies, and public health strategies for diabetes management, primarily by leveraging insights from pharmacoepidemiology, comparative effectiveness research, economic evaluation, computational simulation modeling, and decision-analytic sciences from the payer, healthcare sector, and societal perspectives. I have been working and collaborating with many multidisciplinary researchers in the United States and around the world to lead, co-lead, or conduct health economics and outcomes research in diabetes using data from large electronic health records, claims databases, and landmark multicenter randomized controlled trials.
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Senior Research SpecialistUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
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Research FellowUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor
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BSPharmKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City
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MSNational Cheng Kung University, Tainan City
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PhDUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
Health economics and outcomes research
Clinical and diabetes epidemiology
Computational simulation modeling and decision-analytical sciences
Health services research
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Kuo S, Ye W, Wang D, McEwen LN, Villatoro Santos C, Herman WH. Diabetes Care, 2024 Nov 20;Journal ArticleCost-Effectiveness of the National Diabetes Prevention Program: A Real-World, 2-Year Prospective Study.
DOI:10.2337/dc24-1110 PMID: 39565893 -
Gonzalez JS, Bebu I, Krause-Steinrauf H, Hoogendoorn CJ, Crespo-Ramos G, Presley C, Naik AD, Kuo S, Johnson ML, Wexler D, Crandall JP, Bantle AE, Arends V, Cherrington AL, GRADE Research Group . Diabetes Care, 2024 Apr 1; 47 (4): 610 - 619.Journal ArticleDifferential Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Regimens on Diabetes Distress and Depressive Symptoms in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).
DOI:10.2337/dc23-2459 PMID: 38416773 -
Cherrington AL, Tripputi MT, Younes N, Herman WH, Katona A, Groessl EJ, Craig J, Gonzalez JS, Garg R, Casula S, Kuo S, Florez HJ, GRADE Research Group . Diabetes Care, 2024 Apr 1; 47 (4): 603 - 609.Journal ArticleImpact of Glucose-Lowering Medications on Health-Related Quality of Life in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).
DOI:10.2337/dc23-1648 PMID: 38190625 -
Green JB, Everett BM, Ghosh A, Younes N, Krause-Steinrauf H, Barzilay J, Desouza C, Inzucchi SE, Pokharel Y, Schade D, Scrymgeour A, Tan MH, Utzschneider KM, Mudaliar S, GRADE Study Research Group . Circulation, 2024 Mar 26; 149 (13): 993 - 1003.Journal ArticleCardiovascular Outcomes in GRADE (Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study).
DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066604 PMID: 38344820 -
Yang C-T, Yao W-Y, Yang C-Y, Peng Z-Y, Ou H-T, Kuo S. J Intern Med, 2024 Mar; 295 (3): 357 - 368.Journal ArticleLower risks of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma with GLP-1RAs in type 2 diabetes: A nationwide cohort study using target trial emulation framework.
DOI:10.1111/joim.13751 PMID: 37994187 -
Peng Z-Y, Yang C-T, Lin W-H, Yao W-Y, Ou H-T, Kuo S. Cardiovasc Diabetol, 2023 Oct 4; 22 (1): 272Journal ArticleChronic kidney outcomes associated with GLP-1 receptor agonists versus long-acting insulins among type 2 diabetes patients requiring intensive glycemic control: a nationwide cohort study.
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Sun H, Saeedi P, Karuranga S, Pinkepank M, Ogurtsova K, Duncan BB, Stein C, Basit A, Chan JCN, Claude Mbanya J, Pavkov ME, Ramachandaran A, Wild SH, James S, Herman WH, Zhang P, Bommer C, Kuo S, Boyko EJ, Magliano DJ. Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 2023 Oct; 204: 110945Journal ArticleErratum to "IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045" [Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 183 (2022) 109119].
DOI:10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110945 PMID: 37863776 -
Pihoker C, Braffett BH, Songer TJ, Herman WH, Tung M, Kuo S, Bellatorre A, Isganaitis E, Jensen ET, Divers J, Zhang P, Nathan DM, Drews K, Dabelea D, Zeitler PS, Writing Committee for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group and the TODAY Study Group . JAMA Netw Open, 2023 May 1; 6 (5): e2312147Journal ArticleDiabetes Care Barriers, Use, and Health Outcomes in Younger Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12147 PMID: 37145592