Joanne LaFleur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy within the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. She has a joint appointment as an Investigator in the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center and is Director of the Data-driven Collaborative of Informatics, Pharmacoepidemiology, and Health Economics Researchers (DeCIPHER).

She received her PharmD degree from the University of Utah in 2003 and went on to complete a Fellowship in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research as well as a Master’s degree in Public Health in 2005, both at the University of Utah. Dr. LaFleur’s research interests lie primarily in the area of pharmacoepidemiology, epidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and medical informatics. The focus of her K award from AHRQ, entitled “Knowledge Engineering for Decision Support in Osteoporosis,” is on the development of clinical decision support tools for osteoporotic fracture prevention.