Jayashri Sankaranarayanan , PHD

Dr. Jayashri Sankaranarayanan is an Adjunct Professor in the Pharmacy Health Outcomes graduate program at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. She holds advanced degrees in pharmacy (B.Pharm., M.Pharm., Ph.D.). She specializes in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), pharmacoepidemiology, and health policy. Her scholarship evaluates health outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes, associated with treatments, medication use, health information technology, and innovative healthcare and pharmacy services to inform patient-centered care, healthcare access, quality, costs, and healthcare decision-making across diverse health systems and therapeutic areas. Her 20-plus-year career spans multinational pharmaceutical medical affairs in India and academic and scientific research leadership across U.S. Pharm.D. and graduate education programs. Her teaching philosophy centers on mentoring students and helping them become evidence-based, independent thinkers in research and practice.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Purdue University West Lafayette, 2004 (Pharmacy Administration/Health Economics Outcomes Research)

Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm): University of Bombay (renamed Mumbai) Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA, 1992 (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm): University of Bombay (renamed Mumbai) Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA, 1989 (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Contribute to Medical and Health Policy Decision-making via -- Health Services Economics and Outcomes Research using Clinical and Real-World Evidence, and Literature Reviews, Medication Use and Process Outcomes, Innovative Pharmacy service models, and Health Information technology (e.g. telepharmacy/telehealth etc.) Evaluations across multiple therapy areas, health systems and the rural-urban continuum

2024 - Adjunct Professor , Capstone Research Advisor, University of Cincinnati, The James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, Remote

2013 -2023 Adjunct Professor , University of Nebraska Medical Center , College of Pharmacy, Remote

2013 -2016 Associate Professor , University of Connecticut, College of Pharmacy/Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

2004 -2013 Assistant Professor , University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy, Omaha, NE, USA

1997 -2000 Manager -- Medical Services, RPG Lifesciences (formerly Searle), Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA

1996 -1997 Senior Executive - Medical Services, Functional areas across Company products (marketed and new lunches) -- 1. Regulatory 2. Medico-Marketing 3. Medical Information and Scientific Communications, GlaxoSmithKline India Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA

1993 -1996 Executive - Medical Services , Functional areas across Company products (marketed and new lunches) -- 1. Regulatory 2. Medico-Marketing 3. Medical Information and Scientific Communications, Burroughs Well come India Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA

1992 -1993 Management Trainee -- Medical Services, Functional areas across Company products (marketed and new lunches) -- 1.. Medical Information and Scientific Communications 2. Regulatory, Burroughs Wellcome Medical Services, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hiligsmann, Mickaël; Gotay, Carolyn; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Lazzaro, Carlo; Agh, Tamas; Maas, Lieke; Yfantopoulos, John; McMinn, Rob (2025. ) Expert review of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research: high impact articles from 2024.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , 25 (6 ) ,833-835 More Information

Hiligsmann, Mickaël; DeKoven, Mitchell P; Doshi, Riddhi; Gotay, Carolyn; Lazzaro, Carlo; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Hajjar, Rayya (2024. ) Expert review of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research: high impact articles from 2023.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , 24 (5 ) ,577-579 More Information

Wakefield, Mary; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Conroy, Joanne Mather; McLafferty, Sara; Moser, Robert; Murry, Velma McBride; Slifkin, Rebecca (2024. ) National Institutes of Health pathways to prevention workshop: Improving rural health through telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication.Journal of telemedicine and telecare, , 30 (8 ) ,1320-1326 More Information

Mullings, Lauren; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri (2017. ) Quality of communication about medicines in United States hospitals: A national retrospective study.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP, , 13 (4 ) ,849-856 More Information

Thomas, Zachariah; Bandali, Farooq; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Reardon, Tom; Olsen, Keith M (2015. ) A Multicenter Evaluation of Prolonged Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Adult ICUs in the United States.Critical care medicine, , 43 (12 ) ,2527-34 More Information

Sallach-Ruma, Rory; Nieman, Jennifer; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Reardon, Tom (2015. ) Correlates and Economic and Clinical Outcomes of an Adult IV to PO Antimicrobial Conversion Program at an Academic Medical Center in Midwest United States.Journal of pharmacy practice, , 28 (3 ) ,238-48 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Reardon, Tom; Olsen, Keith M (2014. ) Correlates and economic outcomes of proton pump inhibitor use by routes in intensive care unit patients.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , 14 (5 ) ,741-9 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Murante, Lori J; Moffett, Lisa M (2014. ) A retrospective evaluation of remote pharmacist interventions in a telepharmacy service model using a conceptual framework.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, , 20 (10 ) ,893-901 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Qiu, Fang; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu (2014. ) A registry study of the association of patient's residence and age with colorectal cancer survival.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , 14 (2 ) ,301-13 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Sallach, Rory E (2014. ) Rural patients' access to mobile phones and willingness to receive mobile phone-based pharmacy and other health technology services: a pilot study.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, , 20 (2 ) ,182-5 More Information

Sallach-Ruma, Rory; Phan, Charleen; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri (2013. ) Evaluation of outcomes of intravenous to oral antimicrobial conversion initiatives: a literature review.Expert review of clinical pharmacology, , 6 (6 ) ,703-29 More Information

Chopra, Ishveen; Kamal, Kahlid M; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Kanyongo, Gibbs (2013. ) Factors associated with primary hip arthroplasty after hip fracture. The American journal of managed care, , 19 (3 ) ,e74-84

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Collier, Dean; Furasek, Anne; Reardon, Tom; Smith, Lynette M; McCartan, Megan; Langnas, Alan N (2012. ) Rurality and other factors associated with adherence to immunosuppressant medications in community-dwelling solid-organ transplant recipients.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP, , 8 (3 ) ,228-39 More Information

McChargue, Dennis E; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Visovsky, Constance G; Matthews, Ellyn E; Highland, Krista B; Berger, Ann M (2012. ) Predictors of adherence to a behavioral therapy sleep intervention during breast cancer chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, , 20 (2 ) ,245-52 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri (2010. ) Patient-reported perceptions and safety behaviors in chemotherapy administration.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , 10 (5 ) ,509-12 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Sun, Junfeng; Qiu, Fang; Boilesen, Eugene C; Thorson, Alan G (2010. ) Age and rural residence effects on accessing colorectal cancer treatments: a registry study. The American journal of managed care, , 16 (4 ) ,265-73

Hermsen, Elizabeth D; Hanson, Monica; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Stoner, Julie A; Florescu, Marius C; Rupp, Mark E (2010. ) Clinical outcomes and nephrotoxicity associated with vancomycin trough concentrations during treatment of deep-seated infections.Expert opinion on drug safety, , 9 (1 ) ,9-14 More Information

Mullins, C Daniel; Seal, Brian; Seoane-Vazquez, Enrique; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Asche, Carl V; Jayadevappa, Ravishankar; Lee, Won Chan; Romanus, Dorothy K; Wang, Junling; Hay, Joel W; Smeeding, Jim (2010. ) Good research practices for measuring drug costs in cost-effectiveness analyses: Medicare, Medicaid and other US government payers perspectives: the ISPOR Drug Cost Task Force report--Part IV.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, , 13 (1 ) ,18-24 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu; Sun, Junfeng; Qiu, Fang; Boilesen, Eugene; Thorson, Alan G (2009. ) Rurality and other determinants of early colorectal cancer diagnosis in Nebraska: a 6-year cancer registry study, 1998-2003.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, , 25 (4 ) ,358-65 More Information

Freifeld, Alison; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Ullrich, Fred; Sun, Junfeng (2008. ) Clinical practice patterns of managing low-risk adult febrile neutropenia during cancer chemotherapy in the USA.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, , 16 (2 ) ,181-91 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Puumala, Susan E (2007. ) Epidemiology and characteristics of emergency departments visits by US adults with psychiatric disorder and antipsychotic mention from 2000 to 2004.Current medical research and opinion, , 23 (6 ) ,1375-85 More Information

Berger, Ann M; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu (2007. ) Current methodological approaches to the study of sleep disturbances and quality of life in adults with cancer: a systematic review.Psycho-oncology, , 16 (5 ) ,401-20 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Puumala, Susan E (2007. ) Antipsychotic use at adult ambulatory care visits by patients with mental health disorders in the United States, 1996-2003: national estimates and associated factors.Clinical therapeutics, , 29 (4 ) ,723-41 More Information

Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Puumala, Susan E; Kratochvil, Christopher J (2006. ) Diagnosis and treatment of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at US ambulatory care visits from 1996 to 2003.Current medical research and opinion, , 22 (8 ) ,1475-91 More Information

Agh, Tamas; Hiligsmann, Mickael; Gotay, Carolyn; Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri; Lazzaro, Carlo; Kolasa, Katarzyna; Simoens, Steven; Maas, Lieke; Gilroy, Ryan (2026. ) Expert review of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes Research: high impact articles from 2025.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, , More Information

Academic - sankarji@ucmail.uc.edu, jsankara@live.com