Mohamed A. Hussein, MScs, MSPH, Ph.D  |  Senior Director, Outcomes Research

Dr. Hussein works as an associate director of outcomes research and pharmacoeconomics at ValueMedics Research, LLC, a healthcare research and consulting firm in Falls Church, Virginia. His primary responsibilities are to provide leadership and support for the design and execution of research projects in a variety of disease states and serve as consultant to pharmaceutical clients to help them form and find the answer to their research questions. Dr. Hussein contributes strong skills in experimental design, analysis of large administrative databases, decision analyses, statistical modeling, and cost effectiveness analyses. Besides his strong leadership and analytical skills, he has a deep understanding of the dynamics of the healthcare system from a managed care perspective.

Prior to joining ValueMedics Research, Dr. Hussein worked for several years as a principal biostatistician in the Outcomes Research Center at Humana Inc., a large healthcare benefit company. There he developed, designed, conducted, and published numerous outcomes research studies in areas such as patient drug compliance, adherence to therapy guidelines, and burden of illness. His research encompassed a wide array of disease states including diabetes, cancer, dyslipidemia, schizophrenia, autism, obesity, and asthma.

Earlier in his career Dr. Hussein worked as project manager of technology in research and development at the Egyptian cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). There he was responsible for the design and implementation of state of the art interactive applications which utilized various technologies such as text to speech and speech recognition to facilitate critical information access for key cabinet decision makers.

Dr. Hussein also worked as a marketing research analyst at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. (Currently known as Aventis Pharma). During his employment he developed and implemented primary marketing research tools to assess specific questions related to product performance and its strategic direction/positioning.

Prior to his work in Rhon-Poulenc he worked as a system developer at the Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI). His responsibilities encompassed designing, coding, implementation, and documentation of various laboratory software systems that analyzed data produced by clinical devices such as ELISA readers and DNA synthesizers.

Dr. Hussein is an active member of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research (ISPOR) where he serves as a chair of the Retrospective Database Advocacy Group. Additionally, he is a member of the American Statistical Association, Society for Medical Decision Making, and Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. Dr. Hussein Received his bachelor degree in economics and finance from Ain Shames University School of Business, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Hussein received his MS in Computer Science from University of Louisville. Dr. Hussein also received his MS and PhD. in Biostatistics and Decision Science from University of Louisville School of Public Health.