Introduction to PE Research: Resources / Links

An excellent resource covering the most important aspects for persons new to the field of pharmacoepidemiology. A number of these publications have been authored by the UNC faculty:

Greenland S, Senn SJ, Rothman KJ, Carlin JB, Poole C, Goodman SN, Altman DG. Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;31(4):337-50. doi: 10.1007/s10654-016-0149-3

Stürmer T, Wang T, Golightly YM, Keil A, Lund JL, Jonsson FM. Methodological considerations when analysing and interpreting real-world data. Rheumatology. 2020; 59(1): 14–25. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez320

Funk MJ, Landi SN. Misclassification in administrative claims data: quantifying the impact on treatment effect estimates. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2014; 1(4): 175–185. doi: 10.1007/s40471-014-0027-z

Lund JL, Richardson DB, Stürmer T. The active comparator, new user study design in pharmacoepidemiology: historical foundations and contemporary application. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2015; 2(4): 221–228. doi:10.1007/s40471-015-0053-5

Schneeweiss S, Patrick AR, Stürmer T, et al. Increasing levels of restriction in pharmacoepidemiologic database studies of elderly and comparison with randomized trial results. Med Care. 2007; 45(10 Supl 2): S131–S142. doi:10.1097/MLR.0b013e318070c08e

Stürmer T, Rothman KJ, Glynn RJ. Insights into different results from different causal contrasts in the presence of effect-measure modification. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2006; 15(10): 698–709. doi:10.1002/pds.1231

Stürmer T, Wyss R, Glynn RJ, Brookhart MA. Propensity scores for confounder adjustment when assessing the effects of medical interventions using nonexperimental study designs. J Intern Med. 2014; 275(6): 570–580. doi:10.1111/joim.12197

Other Resources

Department of Epidemiology – Healthcare Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology Program area
UNC School of Pharmacy
International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) – The professional association that promotes pharmacoepidemiology and hosts an annual conference
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety – a journal focused on pharmacoepidemiology research
UNC Pharmacoepidemiology Program
Sheps Center
The Society of Epidemiologic Research, SER
American College of Epidemiology, ACE
PubMedCentral