Hi, I’m Ray!
I am an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy at West Virginia University. My research interests focus on health outcomes, with an emphasis on health determinants and health policy.
I am passionate about leveraging emerging data science and AI models to analyze large health datasets and develop evidence-based interventions in both clinical and public health fields.
Additionally, I am also interested in the impact of health policy and the potential of integrative healthcare to enhance patient-centered care and improve quality of life.
Teaching
AI and Health Data Science Research
HSR with Secondary Data
Advanced Health Services Research Methods
Research in Pharmacy (Co-Instructor)
How to pronounce my last name?
Guo – can be pronounced as “g-w-oh” :
–“g” in “go”
-“w” in “won”
-“oh” as “oa” in “boat”.
Ph.D. Program in Health Services and Outcomes Research (HSOR)
School of Pharmacy | West Virginia University
The HSOR Ph.D. program invites driven candidates to help us redefine the intersection of healthcare delivery and real-world results.
The program emphasizes population-based, health services delivery and outcomes and policy research. Health services research examines how people get access to healthcare, how much care costs and what happens to patients as a result of this care. Outcomes research evaluates the effectiveness of health care interventions through changes in outcomes such as improvements in patient functional status, satisfaction with care, morbidity, and mortality. Data collected from outcomes research provide patients, health care providers, and payers of health services information about what does and does not work in real life settings.
Areas of specialization include pharmacoeconomics, machine learning, data science, health services research, pharmacoepidemiology, health behavior and risk, etc.
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