Ivo Abraham, PhD
A nurse by profession and an outcomes, effectiveness and economics researcher by trade, Dr. Abraham’s research has been funded since 1984 by public funding agencies, foundations and corporations. He coordinates the Senza Nome (Italian, “without a name”) research group, which, on the outcomes and effectiveness side, studies how variability in treatment regimens is associated with variability in patient outcomes; and how practicing in accordance with evidence-based guidelines translates into better patient outcomes. On the economics side, and focusing mainly on pharmacotherapeutics but also onmodels of care, his group tries to reconcile four questions: what is the clinical effect? how much does it cost? is it worth it? and, can we afford it?
He has (co-)authored 520+ articles and 80+ chapters, and has (co-)edited 50+ books, monographs, and journal issues. Having been a member of several editorial boards, he currently serves as the quantitative methods editor of JAMA Dermatology and as editor in chief of the Journal of Medical Economics.
In the U.S., he has served as chartered or ad hoc study section member for the NIH, NIMH, AHRQ, VA and NSF since 1985. He has been an expert adviser to the Innovative Medicines and Innovative Health Initiatives, a joint 7.4 billion euro undertaking of the European Union and industry to stimulate research and innovation in human therapeutics, vaccines, as well as diagnostics and other technologies, from their inception in 2008. He has also served as expert to various public and private funding agencies in European, Asian and North American countries.
Dr. Abraham has also served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University, University of Virginia and KU Leuven in Belgium; and as visiting professor at Universiteit Maastricht in the Netherlands, University of Florida, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Chang Gung University in Taiwan and Hyogo University in Japan. He has lectured, consulted and conducted research throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australasia and Africa. His educational and scientific honors and awards include several named lectureships in the US and abroad; and an invitational research fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2007-2008).