Leads Health Economics for:
Department of Population Health Sciences
Biomedical Research Centre
Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration
Over the past 30 years, her policy-driven research in economic evaluation has sought to provide high quality evidence on the efficiency of investing in improvements to health and wellbeing. It includes:
Applied research, alongside clinical trials, quasi-experimental and observational studies, including:
A wide range of public health interventions (e.g. physical activity, breastfeeding, childhood vaccines, malaria control)
Cardio-thoracic surgery (e.g. MESOVATS, Ministern, AMAZE & TOMADO Trials)
Methodological research:
Development of quality of life measures and translation methodology (EuroQol, KenQol)
Development, testing and use of willingness to pay measures
Optimising screening/treatment decisions e.g. in a geographical space using cost-effectiveness modelling, introducing genomic-guided therapies
Her teaching includes supervision of doctoral students, short-course introductions to economic evaluation and more in-depth introductions to health economics and economic evaluation within MSc courses. Her reprinted textbook with Professor Cairns, “Economic Evaluation (Understanding Public Health)”, supports teaching in several countries.