MIT'S PROGRAM ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY


Annual Report of Research and Educational Programs
1995

Appendix B. POPI Students

Student Name:  Afuah, Alan
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: The strategic management of pharmaceutical R&D

Student Name: Alon, Adi
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pioneering in the pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Araki, Tetsuya
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Japan's pharmaceutical industry: 
Transformation in response to recent environmental change

Student Name: Basa, Frank
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pharmaceutical industry project management

Student Name: Bittinger, Peter
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The effects of price and profit regulation 
on the international competitiveness of the pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Brackenridge, Gary
Department / Degree: Sloan School / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Public-private interaction in 
pharmaceutical research

Student Name: Bui, Linda
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Measuring health outcomes adjusted
pharmaceutical price changes

Student Name: Campbell, Sean
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking the manufacture of pharmaceuticals

Student Name: Clarysse, Bart
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pharmaceutical industry structure

Student Name: Currie, Gillian
Department / Degree: Economics (Yale) / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Economics of antidepressant medicines

Student Name: D'Amato, Rebecca
Department / Degree: Operations Research / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Outcomes research

Student Name: Dowd, Christopher
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Growth factor transport through 
basement membrane

Student Name: Engel, M. Aleks
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking the manufacture of pharmaceuticals

Student Name: Flanagan, Thomas
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Management of clinical research

Student Name: Franke, Roland
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The role of combinatorial chemistry 
in drug development

Student Name: George, Varghese
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Interfirm relationships in the 
pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Haukson, Arni
Department / Degree: Operations Research / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Outcomes research

Student Name: Howe, Christopher
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MBA
Thesis Topic/Interest: Financial modeling of drug R&D

Student Name: Hsu, Pai-Feng Paul
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: On the measurement of price-quality 
relationships in anti-hypertensive drugs using hedonic price analysis: 
A feasibility study

Student Name: Imran, Shehla
Department / Degree: Economics / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Economies of scale in the 
pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Kaps, Tim
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Managing and organizing for higher 
performance in drug development projects

Student Name: Kherani, Zhara
Department / Degree: Economics / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Intellectual property issues in biotechnology

Student Name: Kim, Jong
Department / Degree: Economics / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Generic entry and competition in 
the pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: King, Kip
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Information, marketing, and pricing 
in the U.S. anti-ulcer drug market

Student Name: Konz, John
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Effects of oxygen on recombinant 
protein expression

Student Name: Krajnyak, Kornelia
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pharmaceutical industry structure

Student Name: Laska, Michael
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking the manufacture of pharmaceuticals

Student Name: Latham, Peter
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking the manufacture of pharmaceuticals

Student Name: Lindell, Per
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Strategic issues in 
pharmaceutical manufacturing

Student Name: Lipari, Steven
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: A medical device as a new business opportunity

Student Name: Lombardi, Michele
Department / Degree: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Marketing issues for anti-ulcer therapy

Student Name: Lumer, Gerald
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Risk and return in pharmaceutical R&D


Student Name: Malaterre, Christophe
Department / Degree: Technology & Policy / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: An economic development strategy for 
the biotechnology industry in Massachusetts

Student Name: McCraith, Andrew
Department / Degree: Mechanical Engineering / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Economies of scale in the 
pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Meltzer, Eyal
Department / Degree: Management of Technology / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The order of entry of a drug and 
market share

Student Name: Miller, Michael
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Reexamining drug trials

Student Name: Moore, Christine
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Strategic issues in 
pharmaceutical manufacturing

Student Name: Moore, Mark
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Economics of industrial organization

Student Name: Morales, Albert
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking pharmaceutical manufacturing

Student Name: Munshi, Kaivan
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Investment behavior and financial structure

Student Name: Pacheco, Jose
Department / Degree: Economics / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Quality adjusted pharmaceutical price indexes

Student Name: Park, Helen
Department / Degree: Biology / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Intellectual property issues

Student Name: Pomponi, Andria
Department / Degree: Chemistry / BS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Barriers to entry, brand advertising, 
and generic entry in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Preuss, Gil
Department / Degree: Management / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Human resource incentives and physicians'
prescribing behavior

Student Name: Prosser, Lisa
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The effect of increased competition on 
human resource strategies in pharmaceutical R&D

Student Name: Radaelli, Paolo
Department / Degree: Management of Technology / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Strategic alliances among pharmaceutical firms

Student Name: Raju, G.K.
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Early involvement of FDA advisory 
committees to speed up the drug evaluation and development process

Student Name: Reiley, David
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: The economics of a new industry: 
The diffusion of modern anti-ulcer drugs

Student Name: Rodriguez, Daniel
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Economies of scale in the 
pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Rubenson, Jordan
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The emerging strategic role of 
manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Scott Morton, Fiona
Department / Degree: Economics / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Barriers to entry, brand advertising, 
and generic entry in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Scouler, Bonnie
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: A segmentation analysis of the 
ulcer drug market

Student Name: Swen, John
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Use of IT by start-up biotechnology firms

Student Name: Thomas, François
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Outsourcing research in the 
pharmaceutical industry

Student Name: Verlinden, Matt
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The effect on isolation technology on 
aseptic pharmaceutical processing technology

Student Name: Voisey, Christopher
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pharmaceutical R&D in the new environment

Student Name: Weissflog, Stefan
Department / Degree: Chemical Engineering / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking the manufacture of pharmaceuticals

Student Name: White, R. Steven
Department / Degree: Sloan School / PhD
Thesis Topic/Interest: Pharmaceutical R&D project management

Student Name: Williams, Jeffrey
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: Benchmarking manufacturing costs in 
the biotechnology industry

Student Name: Woo, Hyun-Sook
Department / Degree: Sloan School / MS
Thesis Topic/Interest: The effect of project management 
structure on new drug development


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