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Carla J. DeMuro-Mercon

Senior Research Psychometrician

Education

PhD candidate, Public Health, Walden University
MS, Community Health, Arcadia University
BS (summa cum laude), Applied Computer Science/Communications, Chestnut Hill College.


Carla DeMuro-Mercon has extensive experience in the rigorous development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for use in clinical trials as well as large-scale epidemiologic and population-based studies. Ms. DeMuro-Mercon has worked to developed measures across a wide span of therapeutic areas including respiratory illness (asthma, COPD, allergic rhinitis, influenza), oncology (non-small cell and small cell lung cancer), Alzheimer's disease, infectious disease (including sexually transmitted disease), sleep disorders, hair loss (male and female), menopausal symptoms, cognition, acne, benign prostatic hyperplasia, diabetes and migraine. Measures have included multiple types of patient-reported outcomes including quality of life, treatment satisfaction, symptom severity, daily event logs, patient diaries, utility measures and other patient-reported outcomes. She has specialized in both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of instrument design and has worked towards creating a clear path from measure development to interpretation.

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