University of Colorado Denver

Mailing address:

University of Colorado
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mail Stop C238
12850 E Montview Blvd. V20-1208
Aurora, CO 80045

Office Locations:

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building (V20)
First Floor
Room 1208

Contact:

Voice: 303-724-5988
Fax: 303-724-2627
Email: Vahram.Ghushchyan@ucdenver.edu

Education:

• PhD (Economics, 2006), University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Economics, Boulder, CO
  Dissertation: "Econometric Methods for Estimating Health Utility and a Catalogue of Preference-Based Scores for Chronic Disease”
• MA (Economics, 2001), University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Economics, Boulder, CO
• BA (Economics, 1997), Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan, Armenia

Academic Appointments:

• Assistant Research Professor, University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy (Jan 2011 – present)
• Research Associate, University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy (Jan 2007 – Jan 2011)
• Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy (Jan 2004 – Jan 2007)

Teaching Experience:

• Fall 2011, University of Colorado Denver, School of Pharmacy, Course Director for POR Graduate Student Seminar
• Fall 2011, University of Colorado Denver, Department of Economics, Course Lecturer ECON 4811, Intermediate Econometrics

Publications:

Peer-reviewed Journals

• Sullivan PW, Slejko JF, Sculpher MJ, Ghushchyan V. “Catalogue of EQ-5D Scores for the United Kingdom”. Med Decis Making. 2011 Nov;31(6):800-4. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan VH, Slejko JF, Belozeroff V, Globe DR, Lin SL. “The burden of adult asthma in the United States: evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey”. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Feb;127(2):363-369.e1-3.
• Libby AM, Ghushchyan V, McQueen RB, Campbell JD. “Economic grand rounds: psychological distress and depression associated with job loss and gain: the social costs of job instability”.
  Psychiatr Serv. 2010 Dec;61(12):1178-80.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V, Huang XY, Globe DR. “Influence of rheumatoid arthritis on employment, function, and productivity in a nationally representative sample in the United States”. J Rheumatol. 2010 Mar;37(3):544-9. Epub 2010 Jan 15.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V, Ben-Joseph RH. “The effect of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors on expenditures and productivity in the United States”. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan VH, Ben-Joseph R. “The impact of obesity on diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension in the United States”. Qual Life Res. 2008 Oct;17(8):1063-71. Epub 2008 Sep 8.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V, Wyatt HR, Hill JO. “The medical cost of cardiometabolic risk factor clusters in the United States”. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Dec;15(12):3150-8.
• McCollum M, Hansen LB, Ghushchyan V, Sullivan PW. “Inconsistent health perceptions for US women and men with diabetes”. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Dec;16(10):1421-8.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V, Wyatt HR, Wu EQ, Hill JO. “Productivity costs associated with cardiometabolic risk factor clusters in the United States”. Value Health. 2007 Nov-Dec;10(6):443-50.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V, Wyatt HR, Wu EQ, Hill JO. “Impact of cardiometabolic risk factor clusters on health-related quality of life in the U.S. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Feb;15(2):511-21.
• Morrato EH, Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Ghushchyan V, Sullivan PW. “Physical activity in U.S. adults with diabetes and at risk for developing diabetes, 2003”. Diabetes Care. 2007 Feb;30(2):203-9.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V. “Preference-Based EQ-5D index scores for chronic conditions in the United States”. Med Decis Making. 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):410-20.
• Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan V. “Mapping the EQ-5D index from the SF-12: US general population preferences in a nationally representative sample”. Med Decis Making. 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):401-9.
• Morrato EH, Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Ghushchyan V, Sullivan PW. “Are health care professionals advising patients with diabetes or at risk for developing diabetes to exercise more?” Diabetes Care. 2006 Mar;29(3):543-8.
• Sullivan PW, Morrato EH, Ghushchyan V, Wyatt HR, Hill JO. “Obesity, inactivity, and the prevalence of diabetes and diabetes-related cardiovascular comorbidities in the U.S., 2000-2002”. Diabetes Care. 2005 Jul;28(7):1599-603.
• Sullivan PW, Lawrence WF, Ghushchyan V. “A national catalog of preference-based scores for chronic conditions in the United States”. Med Care. 2005 Jul;43(7):736-49.