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photo Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Associate Director, Center for Research Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Email: KSUDA@pitt.edu
Contact
Office: 3609 Forbes Avenue
2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
E-mail: KSUDA@pitt.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Ta'Sey Harmon
Email: tmh103@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
PharmD, Drake University, 1999
MS, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2010
Training
Pharmacy Practice Resident (ASHP Accredited), Baptist Memorial Health Care, 2000
Research Fellow, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, Suburban Division Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, 2000
Research Fellow, Infectious Disease and Outcomes Research, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy Cardinal Health Provider Pharmacy Services, 2002
Research Interest
Dr. Suda’s area of research is pharmacoepidemiology, especially in the area of antimicrobials, and dual use of VA and non-VA health care. Currently, she is researching antibiotics and opioids in dental prescribing, drug shortages, and equitable distribution of medicines globally.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Suda's clinical interests are in clinical pharmacy, infectious diseases, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Educational Interest
Dr. Suda has taught courses in the ethics and privacy issues of comparative effectiveness research, grant writing, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, social and behavioral aspects of pharmacy, and special topics in pharmacy administration. She has mentored more than 30 doctoral students.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Suda, K. J., Calip, G.S., Rowan, S., Gross, A.E., Hershow, R., Perez, R., McGregor, J., Evans, C.T. Assessment of appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions for infection prophylaxis before dental procedures, 2011-2015. JAMA Network Open. 2019; 2(5): e193909.
Suda, K. J., Durkin, M., Calip, G. S., Gellad, W. F., Kim, H., Lockhart, P.B., Rowan, S., Thornhill, M. Comparison of opioid prescribing by dentists in the United States and England, 2016. JAMA Network Open. 2019; 2(5): e194303.
Suda, K. J., Livorsi, D. J., Goto, M., Forrest, G. N., Jones, M. M., Neuhauser, M. M., Hoff, B., Ince, D., Carrel, M., Nair, R., Knoblock, M. J., Goetz, M. B. Research agenda for antimicrobial stewardship in the Veterans Health Administration. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2018; 39(2): 196-201.
Suda, K. J., Hicks, L. A., Roberts, R. M., Hunkler, R. J., Matusiak, L., Schumock, G. T. Antibiotic expenditures by medication, class, and health care setting in the United States, 2010-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018; 66(2): 185-190.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Acute Dental Pain: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Grant Number: U01 FD007151
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2023
Title: CDC PDMP OD2A Predictive Analytics Project
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: PA Department of Health / Center for Disease Control
Grant Number: RES
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2022
Notable Achievements
Charles C. Shepard Award, Assessment Category, CDC, 2017
Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Paper Award, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, 2018
Social and Administrative Sciences Paper of the Year Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 2018
Antimicrobial Stewardship Scholar Award, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of American, 2020

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