Rodolfo joined HERU in 2002 after completing an MSc in Health Economics (University of York). In addition, he has a first degree in economics (UNLP, Argentina). Between 2008 and 2013 Rodolfo was a RCUK Research Fellow holding a joint post between HERU and the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU). In 2016 he completed a part-time PhD looking at how to use discrete choice experiment-generated willingness-to-pay measures within decision analytic models using the monitoring of individuals with ocular hypertension at risk of developing glaucoma as a case study. Rodolfo has vast experience in economic evaluation alongside RCTs (e.g., HEALTH, PUrE, C-GALL), ophthalmology related projects (e.g., I-TRAC, GRIP), and Health Technology Assessments.
External Memberships
Member of the Scottish Health Technology Group (SHTG) Council.
Dupilumab for treating adults with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
Hernández, R. A., Cruickshank, M., Dimitrova, M. P., Cooper, D. J., Aucott, L. S., Fraser, C., Shimonovich, M., Ormerod, A., Scotland, G. S., Brazzelli, M. G.
Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Monitoring ocular hypertension, how much and how often?: A cost-effectiveness perspective
Hernandez, R., Burr, J. M., Vale, L., Azuara-Blanco, A., Cook, J. A., Banister, K., Tuulonen, A., Ryan, M., Surveillance of Ocular Hypertension Study Group
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 100, no. 9, pp. 1263-1268
A randomised controlled trial comparing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones. (C-Gall trial)
Malik, M., Murchie, P., Gillies, K., Brazzelli, M. G., Avenell, A., Hernandez, R., Norrie, J., Blazeby, J., Ramsay, C., Ahmed, I.
International Surgical Congress of the Association-of-Surgeons-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland, pp. 195-196
Automated imaging technologies for the diagnosis of glaucoma: a comparative diagnostic study for the evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy, performance as triage tests and cost-effectiveness (GATE study)
Azuara-Blanco, A., Banister, K., Boachie, C., McMeekin, P., Gray, J., Burr, J., Bourne, R., Garway-Heath, D., Batterbury, M., Hernandez, R., McPherson, G., Ramsay, C., Cook, J.
The clinical and cost-effectiveness of open mesh repairs in adults presenting with a clinically diagnosed unilateral, primary inguinal hernia who are operated in an elective setting: systematic review and economic evaluation
Sharma, P., Boyers, D., Scott, N. W., Hernandez, R. A., Fraser, C. M., Cruickshank, M., Ahmed, I., Ramsay, C. R., Brazzelli, M. G.
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 92, pp. i - 141
Optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis, monitoring and guiding of treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and economic evaluation
Mowatt, G., Hernández, R., Castillo, M., Lois, N., Elders, A., Fraser, C., Aremu, O., Amoaku, W., Burr, J., Lotery, A., Ramsay, C., Azuara-Blanco, A.
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 18, no. 69, pp. 1-254
