1. Role: Director. Scope: Department. Date: 2019.
Grant H. Skrepnek, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Professor
Pharmacy Clinical & Admin Sci
Phone (405) 271-6878 x47105
Fax (4050 271-6430
Office CPB 214
Email grant-skrepnek@ouhsc.edu
Summary
Grant H. Skrepnek, Ph.D., M.Sc., R.Ph. is President’s Associates Presidential Professor at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences and serves as Director of Academic Research within Pharmacy Management Consultants, a unit of OU’s College of Pharmacy that serves Oklahoma’s State Medicaid program. He has published over 100 scientific articles and has received over $30 million in funding as Principal Investigator from numerous federal, industry, and foundation sponsors including PCORI, CMS, AHRQ, NIH/OSCTR, and the CDC to conduct service and research across in the areas of health economics and finance, treatment outcomes, patient safety and error reduction, and healthcare policy. His research has appeared nationally and internationally, highlighted by The White House, AHRQ, Fox News, ABC News, U.S. News & World Report, the WHO, Business Wire, and the CBO.
Dr. Skrepnek teaches across OU’s Colleges of Business, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Public Health, chairs the Pharmacy Administration Ph.D. program within the Graduate College, co-chairs the Faculty Appeals Committee, and chairs both the Health Sciences’ Research and Information Technology Research Councils. He served on the National Steering Committee for the NCI’s Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), NRG Oncology Cancer Care and Delivery Research Committee (CCDR), is on the Editorial Board of Healthcare and the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, and served as an Editor for Current Medical Research and Opinion, which was a recipient of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. In his role at OU College of Pharmacy as the Director of Academic Research, Dr. Skrepnek provides oversight for analytic, operational, consultant, and educational services to Oklahoma’s Medicaid program in administering pharmacy benefits and prior authorizations with over 50 clinicians, students, and staff to achieve federal regulatory compliance for drug utilization reviews. Further, he conducts analytics for Oklahoma Medicaid’s value-based agreements via sponsorship and oversight from CMS. He frequently collaborates with numerous organizations and firms relating to pharmacoeconomics, research and development, asset valuation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic management, and executive training.
Dr. Skrepnek received his Pharmacy, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Texas at Austin with an emphasis in healthcare finance, economics, advanced statistics and econometrics, and strategic management. Prior to arriving at OU, he was faculty at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, with research appointments in the Arizona Cancer Center and within institutes in Arizona’s departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society, Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, and Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity.
Research
Dr. Skrepnek concentrates on health economics, policy, and outcomes research involving large-scale database investigations, decision analyses, clinical trials, and survey research. From a clinical stance, Dr. Skrepnek focuses on studying cost, quality, and access to care across various healthcare settings concerning oncology, cardiopulmonary disease, rare conditions, and comorbidities. He is engaged in advancing the methodological approaches used within assessments of health technology, including the development of novel statistical procedures to evaluate health and economic data.
Publications & Presentations
- 106. Ventura D, Armstrong E P, Skrepnek G H, Haim Erder M. Escitalopram versus sertraline in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a randomized clinical trial. Current medical research and opinion. 2007; 23 : 245-50
107. Elliott W J, Plauschinat C A, Skrepnek G H, Gause D. Persistence, adherence, and risk of discontinuation associated with commonly prescribed antihypertensive drug monotherapies. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. 2007; 20 : 72-80
108. Skrepnek G H. The contrast and convergence of Bayesian and frequentist statistical approaches in pharmacoeconomic analysis. PharmacoEconomics. 2007; 25 : 649-64
109. Abarca J, Malone D C, Skrepnek G H, Rehfeld R A, Murphy J E, Grizzle A J, Armstrong E P, Woosley R L. Community pharmacy managers' perception of computerized drug-drug interaction alerts. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. 2006; 46 : 148-53
110. Skrepnek G H, Armstrong E P, Malone D C, Abarca J, Murphy J E, Grizzle A J, Rehfeld R A, Woosley R L. Workload and availability of technology in metropolitan community pharmacies. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. 2006; 46 : 154-60
Grants
- 6. C1097002 - Improving evidence-based antibiotic use for treatment of infections commonly seen in long term . Federal Non-NIH. Start Date: 2019. End Date: 2020.
7. C2010628 - Drug Utilization Review 2020 [Service Award]. State Agency. Start Date: 2019. End Date: 2020.
8. C2015602 - 1815 Medication Therapy Management, Tele-MTM. Non-federal. Start Date: 2019. End Date: 2020.
9. C7069901 - MTM Drug Utilization Review. Non-federal. Start Date: 2019. End Date: 2020.
10. C7070101 - Study of Oklahoma Medicaid Assessing Outcomes Associated with Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics. Non-federal. Start Date: 2019. End Date: 2020.
Awards and Honors
- 1. Presidents Associates. Presidential Professor. Date: 2024.
2. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2022, National Harbor, MD, Oct. 11-14, 2022. Top Conference Poster (Student, Matthew C. Dickson). Date: 2022.
3. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Bronze Recognition. Date: 2015.
4. International Symposium of the Diabetic Foot. Top Conference Podium. Date: 2015.
Education
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Administrative Assignments
2. Role: Director. Scope: Department. Description: Interim Director & Director of Academic Research. Date: 2019.