Event Archive

2017

May

• HERU Seminar - Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards

  16 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00

  The second HERU seminar this month is given by Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines evaluation (CHEME), Bangor University, Wales. Title: Return on investment, prevention, Marmite and more. 1 in 3 children in Wales live in poverty. At birth, there is an 18.9 year difference...

• HERU Seminar - Dr Helen Mason

  02 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00

  The first of two HERU seminars in May will be given by Dr Helen Mason, Reader of Health Economics, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University. The title of the seminar is 'Back to basics? A role for cost-benefit analysis in the evaluation of public health interventions'. Abstract: Evaluation of complex...

April

• HERU Seminar - Professor Dorte Gyrd-Hansen

  04 April 2017, 12:00 - 13:00

  The second HERU seminar this session from a member of COHERE staff is from Professor Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Head of COHERE - Center for Health Economic Research, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. The seminar will take place from 12pm to 1pm in Room 1:029, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill. Title: A stated preference...

March

• 5th Annual Research Symposium

  16 March 2017, 10:00 - 16:00

  The 5th Annual Research Symposium took place on 16 March 2017 at the COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh. The theme of the event was 'Evidence for sustainability - exploring the current evidence underpinning ways to create sustainable health and care systems'. The event was organised by Healthcare Improvement for Scotland (HIS), Health Economics Research...

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  Can we tax our way out of obesity?

  15 March 2017, 19:30 - 21:00

  Organised by the Cromar Future Group in conjunction with the University, a series of talks through 2016/2017 held in the MacRobert Hall, Tarland

• HERU Seminar - Professor Morten Raun Mørkbak

  07 March 2017, 12:30 - 13:30

  The frist of three seminars by COHERE staff and students this session is from Professor Morten Raun Mørkbak, Associate Professor, Department of Business and Economics, COHERE, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Title/topic: Incentivized vs. stated intertemporal choices and real physical effort tasks - a cross domain study of individual time preferences. Abstract:Studies have...

February

• DCE Workshop - Banff, Canada

  06 - 08 February 2017

  Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: Theoretical and Practical Issues

• MUNROS Policy Conference

  05 - 06 February 2017

  New and Extended Roles for Health Care Professionals: Practice, Outcomes, and Costs

January

• HERU Seminar - Dr Florian Tomini

  10 January 2017, 13:00 - 14:00

  The first HERU seminar of 2017 will be given by Dr Florian Tomini, Health Economist, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Clinical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands. The seminar is in Rm 1:029 from 1pm to 2pm, with a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm. Title: Understanding the value of social networks in...

2016

December

• HERU Seminar - Dr Emmanouil Mentzakis

  13 December 2016, 14:30 - 15:30

  The second December HERU external seminar will be given by Dr Emmanouil Mentzakis, Associate Professor in Economics within Social Sciences, University of Southampton. Title: 'Non-market resource allocation and the public's interpretation of need: an empirical investigation in the context of health care'. Abstract: The concept of need is central to the non-market allocation of...