Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS),
College of Pharmacy,
North Chicago, Illinois
Email: yelena.sahakian@my.rfums.org;
Dr. Yelena Sahakian is a post-doctoral clinical resident at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Earlier, she obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois. Her research interests include the area of Clinical and Social and Administrative Sciences, involving the development of assessment tools, drug utilization review, quality of life, and educational assessments. Her expertise includes pharmacoeconomic and health outcomes studies assessing the cost and quality of life of various disease states such as Hypertension, Urinary Tract Infections, Alzheimer’s disease,and Dementia. Additional areas of research comprise the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), public health and safety, and health care policy.
She has published extensively in national and international peer-reviewed journals both as a primary author and a co-author. She has also presented her research findings at national and international conferences and received numerous awards for best papers and poster sessions. She is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and an active member of various pharmacy and health care organizations.