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Computer
Each graduate student will be equipped with a  personal computer with internet access and standard Microsoft Office software.   For specific research purposes, additional software will be made available.  For those interested in large data base studies, a dedicated connection to networked servers containing longitudinal linked health care claims files will be provided. 

Travel
Disseminating research findings and networking with other peers and researchers are important activities for developing researchers and funds will be made available to support student travel to national conferences

Data
Data from four state (AR, CA, GA, NC) Medicaid programs will be made available to support graduate student research.   Collectively, these data represent over 20 million person years of observation with linked records to pharmacy, eligibility and medical claims.   These data can be utilized to conduct a wide arrange of PEP studies including pharmacy policy analyses, retrospective pharmacoeconomic studies, cost studies, and pharmacopepidemiologic studies.  Proprietary commercial claims data, can also be obtained to support graduate student research.