Shubhayu Saha, PhD

National Center for Environmental Health
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
4770 Buford Hwy; MS F58
Atlanta, GA
USA 30341
Email: hsf5@cdc.gov

Biographical Sketch:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Prevention Effectiveness Fellow (2008-10) Authors and analysts in following scientific papers: Shubhayu Saha & Tursynbek Nurmagambetov. 2009 . “Tale of two plans: Preventive asthma care utilization among HMO and PPO enrollees”. In review. Shubhayu Saha, Joannie Shen & Tursynbek Nurmagambetov. 2009. “Do Influenza vaccines reduce risk of acute asthma episodes?” In review. Joannie Shen & Shubhayu Saha. 2009. “Improving Asthma Care Quality Measure – evaluating two medication-based quality measures in an employment-based national insurance database” Shahed Iqbal, Fuyuen Yip & Shubhayu Saha. 2009. “Impact of public health law on adoption of health prevention measures – Case study of CO detector adoption in North Carolina” Presentations at nationally recognized health conferences: Shubhayu Saha. 2009. “Who Has Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Mecklenburg County?”. National Environmental Public Health conference (NEPHC), Atlanta, Georgia. Shubhayu Saha and Tursynbek Nurmagambetov. 2009. "Medication use and Asthma control: Analyzing Economic Tradeoffs Using Insurance Claims Data". Poster presentation at International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Florida Shubhayu Saha and Tursynbek Nurmagambetov. 2008. "Spend Now to Save Later: Identifying Economic Tradeoffs in Use of Asthma Medications". Accepted for long presentation at International Health Economics Association Meeting (IHEA), Beijing Shubhayu Saha and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak. 2008. “Taps, toilets and nets: Impact of micro-finance and social interactions on prevention behaviors in rural India. American Public Health Association Meeting (APHA), San Diego.