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Ximena Oyarzún-González

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Outcomes and Translational Sciences, The Ohio State University

Dr. Oyarzun is a pharmacist from Chile, with a Master’s in Epidemiology from the University of Louisville, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Kentucky. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at The Ohio State University in Dr. Donneyong’s Laboratory. Her research has focused on medication use and cognitive decline in the geriatric population. Currently, she is studying drug-drug interactions, medication adherence, and deprescribing interventions among the elderly.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Postdoctoral Researcher in Outcomes and Translational Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • 2019–2022
    Research assistant, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky
  • 2018–2019
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Kentucky, PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • 2014 
    University of Louisville, MSc in Epidemiology
  • 2008 
    Universidad de Chile, Pharmacist /BPharm

Publications

  • 2020
    International journal of epidemiology, Polypharmacy in a semirural community in Chile: Results from Maule Cohort
  • 2020
    International journal of epidemiology, Cohort profile: the maule cohort (MAUCO)
  • 2015
    Journal of the American Geriatric Society, Cognitive Decline and Polypharmacy in an Elderly Population