Serena Jingchuan Guo, MD, PhD

Serena Guo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy. She received her MD from Peking University in Beijing, China and her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing also at the University of Pittsburgh, in December 2020, Dr. Guo joined the faculty of UF.

Dr. Guo conducts research in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoinformatics, primarily focused on cardiometabolic diseases and neurodegenerative conditions (e.g., dementia) with the goals of promoting precision health and health equity. Her research draws on large real-world data (e.g., electronic health records and insurance claims data) and advanced analytics (e.g., AI/machine learning, causal-principled modeling, and geospatial analyses) to: 1) assess comparative effectiveness/safety and heterogeneous treatment effects (HTEs) of treatments and interventions, and 2) develop individualized and intelligent social risk management tools to be integrated into clinical care. Dr. Guo has published over 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Several articles have been published in top-tier journals, including Diabetes Care, Lancet and BMJ, and featured in media outlets, including Washington Post, NPR, and CNN. Her research programs and collaborations have been funded by the NIH, Veterans Affairs, CDC, FDA and the PhRMA Foundation.