The USC Mann graduate program in Health Economics offers a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. This MS program is offered jointly with the Department of Economics and the USC Price School of Public Policy. Master’s students are trained to use pharmacoeconomics and assessment techniques in practical decision-making environments such as managed-care pharmacies, third-party payers and government agencies.
A distinguishing characteristic of the USC Master’s Program in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy is the degree to which students are actively engaged in publishable research, either as the lead author or as a secondary author in collaboration with a faculty member.
High Demand, Real Impact
A collaboration of the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Price School of Public Policy, the Schaeffer Center serves as an intellectual hub for health policy and economics research.
Meet the Faculty
Ken S. Wong, PharmD, MPH
- Director, Division of Healthcare and Biopharmaceutical Business & Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Erin Trish, PhD
- Co-Director, Schaeffer Center; Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Seth Seabury, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
John A. Romley, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
William Padula, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD
- Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy; Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation
Geoffrey Joyce, PhD
- Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Dana P. Goldman, PhD
- Leonard D. Schaeffer Director of the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service and University Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics
Steven Fox, MD, MSc
- Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
