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.