Contact Information

1080 Export Street
Lexington, KY 40504-2863

phone: 859-260-2910
fax: 859-323-0069

Contact by email

Positions

• Director
  Research & Data Management Center
• Coordinator
  Ph.D. program in Pharmaceutical Policy
• Associate Professor
  Pharmacy Practice and Science Department
• Associate Professor (Joint Appointment)
  Martin School of Public Policy

Education

• B.S.
  Texas A&M University, 1989
• M.A.
  Texas A&M University, 1991
• Ph.D.
  Texas A&M University, 1995

Scholarly/Research Interests

• Health Policy
• Pharmaceutical Policy
• Pharmaceutical decision analysis

Jeffery Talbert - Ph.D.

Jeffery Talbert Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the UK College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science and the Director of the Research & Data Management Center. Previously Professor Talbert was on the faculty of the UK Martin School of Public Policy from 1995-2005, and most recently the Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He received B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University. Professor Talbert has research interests in health policy, Medicaid modernization, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmaceutical decision analysis.

Teaching Activities

• Ph.D. Program in Pharmaceutical Policy, Public Policy Formulation Course

Selected Publications/Presentations

• "Trends in Controlled Release Oxycodone (OxyContin®) Prescribing among Medicaid Recipients in Kentucky, 1998 - 2002." With Havens JR, Walker R, Leedham C, and Leukefeld CG. Journal of Rural Health. 2006: 22(3).
• Comparing the Experiences of CHIP and Medicaid Children." With Kristine Lykens. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Meetings, June 2006. (Poster)
• "Cost Effectiveness of Atypical Antipsychotics." Presented at the Academy Health Annual Meetings, June 2006. (Poster)
• "Should State Medicaid Programs Prior-Authorize Atypical Antipsychotics?" Presentation to the North Texas Seminar on Health Policy Research, February 23, 2006. University of Texas at Dallas.
• "Health Care Interest Groups." In Research Guide to U.S. and International Interest Groups. Ed. Clive Thomas. With Frank Baumgartner. (2004, Praeger)
• "Report on Atypical Antipsychotic Use in the Kentucky Medicaid Program." Presentation to the Kentucky Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee, November 18, 2004.
• "Olanzapine Prescribing for On and Off-Label Purposes in Kentucky Medicaid." Presentation to the Kentucky Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee, March 18, 2004.
• "Uncertainty and Political Debate: How the dimensionality of political issues gets reduced in the legislative process." In Uncertainty and Politics. Ed. Barry C. Burden. With Bryan Jones and Matthew Potoski. (2003, Cambridge University Press)
• "The Changing Public Agenda over the Post-War Period." In Policy Dynamics. Ed. Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones. With Matthew Potoski. (2002, University of Chicago Press)
• "Setting the Legislative Agenda: The Dimensional Structure of Bill Cosponsoring and Floor Voting." Journal of Politics. 64:3 (2002) 864-891. With Matthew Potoski.
• "Asthma Prevalence, Cost and Adherence with Expert Guidelines on the Utilization of Healthcare Services and Costs in a State Medicaid Population." Health Services Research. 36:2 (2001) 357-371. With Lance Piecoro, Matthew Potoski, and Dennis Doherty.
• "The Dimensional Structure of Policy Outputs: Distributive Policy and Roll Call Voting." Political Research Quarterly. 53:4 (2000) 695-710. With Matthew Potoski.