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New Interim Director and senior staff moving on from HERU
We are delighted that Professor Graham Scotland has taken up the position of Interim Director at HERU. Graham has worked in HERU for 20 years, first joining as a research fellow in 2004. We are looking forward to continued success for the Unit under Graham’s leadership. Graham takes over from Professor...
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HERU Newsletter Summer 2024
Our Summer 2024 newsletter covers some important changes in the Unit, including an introduction to our new Interim Director, Professor Graham Scotland, some staffing updates, and news of a change to our funding model. We introduce some new research projects, including: An evaluation of a harm reduction intervention aimed at problem substance...
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Final report to the CSO: 1977-2024
We would like to thank the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the (now) Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates for recognising the potential and value of core funding a health economics research unit, and for their core funding and support between 1977 and 2024. HERU was the first research unit...
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PhD opportunity at HERU - CLOSED
THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED Expansions in early learning and childcare: economic analysis of parental outcomes and preferences Applications are sought for a 3.5 year full-time, self-funding PhD project to be based at HERU. The project is available to be undertaken on-campus or by distance learning and will start from October 2024. The...
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HERU Newsletter - December 2023
The December 2023 issue of the HERU newsletter is available. In the newsletter we highlight a new project we are involved to examine the use of the hormone progesterone to treat women at risk of a threatened miscarriage, and update on some studies previously featured in the newsletter: The Glaucoma Risk...
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MRC studentship available: 'Optimising the collection and use of health economic data within trials
Studentships are available for the Medical Research Council Trials Methodology Research Partnership Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC TMRP DTP). One of the projects available is on 'Optimising the collection and use of health economic data within trials' and is based at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) at the University of...
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August 2023 HERU Newsletter
The August issue of the HERU newsletter is available. In this issue, we highlight a new project on development work for a mixed-methods study to investigate public values around the health benefits of a universal basic income. A follow-up study on the HEALTH trial on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of...
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New Economic Evaluation short course available
The University of Aberdeen are now offering a short course in 'Economic Evaluation: Principles and Frameworks'. The 15-credit course is tutored by HERU staff and starts on 18th September 2023. This is a Masters-level course and is also part of our Postgraduate Programme in 'Health Economics for Health Professionals'. It...
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Registration open for Canada DCE short course.
Registration is now open for the 'Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics' short course in Banff, Canada. The course is a collaboration between HERU and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, and takes place from 20th to 22nd February 2024. There are more details at the registration...
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HERU newsletter - April 2023
The April issue of the HERU newsletter is available. In the newsletter we highlight our involvement in a group funded by the Health Foundation to establish a REAL Research Unit on the ‘supply’ side of healthcare, and in a new Aberdeen Belfast Evidence Collaboration to form an NIHR-funded Evidence Synthesis Group....