Candace
Gunnarsson

ABOUt

Dr. Candace Gunnarsson conducts educational seminars and conducts health economic and outcomes research for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. Prior to being an independent consultant, she was the Vice President of Health Economics and Outcomes Research for CTI Clinical Trials and Consulting, a global CRO. In 2013, CTI acquired her company S² Statistical Solutions, a boutique consulting firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a focus on data mining, statistical analyses and economic analysis services for pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device companies. Dr. Gunnarsson specializes in big data analytics and enjoys performing data analysis training seminars for universities, payers, healthcare industry employees, and non-profit agencies.

Dr. Gunnarsson received her Doctorate with Data Sciences Certification from the University of Cincinnati, her Master of Arts from Florida Atlantic University, and her Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University. She has trained at the SAS ® Institute and received her Certificate of Instruction in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences from the Institute for Professional Education.

Dr. Gunnarsson's teaching experience includes Professor of graduate and undergraduate statistics courses at Xavier University and University of Cincinnati. She is also an invited faculty member to the Amputation Prevention Symposium. Most recently, Dr. Gunnarsson played an essential role in developing, launching, and teaching the new Master of Science program in Health Economics and Clinical Outcomes Research at Xavier University.

Dr. Gunnarsson's research has appeared in leading health services and medical journals. She has authored a vast portfolio of publications and presentations and has received numerous industry and teaching awards throughout her career, including in 2015 winning the Health Services Research (HSR), John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award and in 2011 being named Business Person of the Year from the Sharonville Chamber of Commerce. In 2001, Dr. Gunnarsson received the Executive MBA Teacher of the Year Award from Xavier University.

select publications

journal of medical economics, 2018

The effect of major adverse renal cardiovascular event (MARCE) incidence, procedure volume, and unit cost on the hospital savings resulting from contrast media use in inpatient angioplasty (356-364)

Journal of comparative effectiveness research, 2018

Clinical and Economic Benefits of Advanced Microplegia Delivery System in Cardiac Surgery: Evidence from 250 Hospitals

current medical research and opinion, 2017

Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Claims Analysis of Resource Utilization and Expenditures for Newly Diagnosed Patients From First-Line Induction to Remission and Relapse

Journal of comparative effectiveness research, 2017

The economic value of rapid deployment aortic valve replacement via full sternotomy

Journal of Medical Economics, 2017

Risk of Major Amputation or Death among Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia Initially Treated with Endovascular Intervention, Surgical Bypass, Minor Amputation, or Conservative Management

Journal of the endocrine society, 2017

Health Care Burden in Patients With Adrenal Insufficiency

american heart association journals, 2016

Incidence, Treatment Intensity, and Incremental Annual Expenditures for Patients Experiencing a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection: Evidence from a Large US Payer Database 1-Year Post Implantation

journal of medical economics, 2016

The economic value of INTUITY in aortic valve replacement

j racial and ethnic health disparities, 2016

Explaining Racial Disparities in Amputation Rates for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) using Decomposition Method

Mentorship

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Education

university of cincinnati

Doctorate with Data Sciences Certification

florida atlantic university

Master of Arts in Political Science

san diego State university

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
 

Awards

2015 John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year

Sharonville chamber of commerce business person of the year (2011)

Robert B. Hung, MD Endowed Award for the “Best Scientific Paper Published in JMIG, 2010-2011

xavier university xmba program professor of the year (2001)

xavier university delta sigma pi teacher of the year (2001)

xavier university dean's award for teaching excellence (2000)
 

Contact

Email: candace@candacegunnarsson.com