William A. Blumentals, PhD

Roche Laboratories Inc
Nutley, NJ
USA 07110
Email: william.blumentals@roche.com

Biographical Sketch:
Research Interests -- Pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes research, drug/product safety, and risk management. 2006 -- Program Director Medical Data Analytics, Roche Laboratories Inc. Providing drug safety and commercial support. 2005 -- Senior Epidemiologist, Pharmacovigilance, Epidemiology, and Pharmacoeconomics, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. Providing drug safety and commercial support and analyzing epidemiological data. 2003-2005 -- Epidemiologist, Pharmacovigilance, Epidemiology, and Pharmacoeconomics, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2002-2003 -- Assistant Director, Worldwide Epidemiology, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Inc. Lead epidemiologist in urology; designing, implementing, and analyzing epidemiological studies relating to post-marketing drug safety and commercial support. 1998-1999 -- Contract biostatistician/epidemiologist, Merck Research Laboratories. 1995-1996 -- Research Assistant Department of Pediatrics, All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL. 2005-present -- Voluntary Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public health, University of Miami Leonard L Miller School of Medicine. 2004-present -- International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) -- Committee member. Co-chair of sessions at the 20th (2004) and 21st (2005) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management. Author or coauthor of over 20 abstracts presented at scientific meetings. Author or coauthor on a range of publications in clinical and epidemiological research.