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Welcome back to HERU to Ben Sakowksy
We're very pleased to welcome Dr Ruben Sakowsky back to HERU. Ben recently completed his PhD in HERU and has now started as a Research Fellow in the Unit for four months. Ben will work on the qualitative component of a project that aims to analyse data on individual and...
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HERU Blog post on obesity interventions
The latest HERU Blog post is entitled, 'Interventions for severe obesity: value for money?' and looks at the REBALANCE (REview of Behaviour And Lifestyle interventions for severe obesity: AN evidenCE synthesis) project. The study examined different treatments for severe obesity and identified bariatric surgery as the most cost-effective intervention. The...
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SHE launch event and survey results - HERU blog post
We've published a HERU Blog post looking back at the launch event of the Scottish Health Economics (SHE) group. SHE is a collaboration of health economists from Scotland’s universities, NHS and government. The aim of SHE is to support, promote and further develop health economics in Scotland. The launch event,...
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Welcome to Mesfin, and visiting students
Welcome to Dr Mesfin Genie who has joined HERU as a Research Fellow. Mesfin was previously a visiting PhD student in HERU for six months in 2017/18. Initially, Mesfin will be working on a project researching the impact of the cost attribute on choice behaviour using choice experiment and eye-tracking methods. Welcome also...
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HERU Blog post - reflections on HERU's 'Applying DCEs in Health Economics' course
The last HERU Blog post of 2019 reflects on the 'Applying Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics' course that we ran during the year in Canada and in Aberdeen. The Canada course was ran in collaboration with the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary in September,...
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HERU Newsletter - December 2019
The December 2019 HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we highlight the launch event of Scottish Health Economics (SHE) and report from recent events and activities where researchers from HERU reflected on valuation in health economics. We also provide an update on the courses we offer, including our...
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HERU Blog post on preferences for cancer follow-up care
The latest HERU Blog post highlights a study HERU researchers were involved in that examined cancer survivors preferences for the type of follow-up care they received. The post was instigated by recent research from Macmillan Cancer Support on the increasing number of people living with cancer and the resulting pressures...
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Welcome to Michael and Charlotte
Welcome to Michael Abbott and Charlotte Kennedy who have both recently started work in HERU as Research Assistants. Michael was a previous HERU summer intern and has recently completed an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York. He is interested in the measurement and valuation of health outcomes...
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Latest HERU Blog post - cost-benefit analysis in dentistry
The latest HERU Blog post looks at cost-benefit analysis in dentistry. Dwayne Boyers of HERU looks at how HERU's expertise in valuation can be combined with economic evaluation techniques to explore the value for money of dental treatments. The post discusses the particular difficulties in assessing the value for money...
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New online short course in health economics - starts January 2020.
Learn about the key concepts in health economics with our new online short course. The course is for health professionals and other interested students who would like an introduction to the core concepts in health economics. No prior knowledge of economics is required. Health economics applies economic thinking to the analysis of...