Leadership
In 2010 David was awarded the
Distinguished Science Alumni Award from
the Department of Statistics at Purdue
University.
Under David's
leadership, Health Outcomes Group has
always understood the necessity of having a global outlook on
problems and in providing innovation, practical solutions. We have worked in many
therapeutic areas in every continent of the world and in
more than 80 major languages. During the past 26 years
we have
cultivated numerous global relationships that have grown and
strengthened through participation in many projects. These
relationships are part of the benefits you receive by
working together with Health Outcomes Group.
Our current focus is on education
and providing information in a simple format that the
general public, as well as patients, can easily understand.
Simple measures of health outcomes should help guide
caregivers in treating patients. The same measures of
health outcomes also need to inform patients how well
treatment is achieving it's goals.
Our History
1987
David Himmelberger founds
Health Outcomes Group, focusing on the evaluation of health outcomes.
1990
Created a PRO questionnaire for
women struggling with the changes of life from menopause.
1992
Created the first PRO questionnaire
for erectile dysfunction for both men and their partner.
1994
Participated in the first clinical
trial using an e-PRO device to collect patient outcomes data from
diabetics in Argentina.
1996
Characterized patient outcomes
for people with herpes zoster to plan a clinical
trial with more than 35,000 patients.
1997
Developed the Merit Method, a statistical
methodology of how to select good questions.
2005
Member of the ISPOR Task Force
that created the Guidelines for the
Translation and Cultural Adaptation
Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Measures that is
the industry standard today.
2006
Developed method to evaluate reading speed
and accuracy for patients with macular degeneration,
and implemented it in 25 languages.
2011
Developed materials for good
nutrition and education to reduce the risk of obesity in
12 languages for India.
2013
Developed educational module in
print and video format to educate people about
depression.