Ben Urick

Ben Urick, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy Center for Medication Optimization in the United States. His academic interests lie at the intersection of pharmacy practice, healthcare and health policy.

Dr. Urick’s primary research focuses on the role of community pharmacists in the evolving healthcare system and the use of secondary data to measure healthcare quality and spending. His current research includes evaluation of pharmacy services interventions, scientific reliability of provider-level quality measures, and factors which influence medication-related healthcare quality.