My major interest is efficient research design, specifically using Value of Information analysis to predict the return on investment in alternative clinical trial designs.  I also have expertise in decision analytic modelling and economic evaluation alongside clinical trials.

I lead the Health Economics module on the UEA MSc in Health Economics and year 1 SSS in Health Economics on the UEA MBBS course.  I also provide additional lectures for other modules.

Professional Qualifications and professional memberships

• PhD Health Economics (UEA, 2014)
• MSc Health Economics (York, 2001)
• BSc Economics & Finance (York, 1999) 
• Member, International Health Economics Association
• Member, Health Economists’ Study Group

Research interests

• Value of information analysis
• Decision analytic modelling
• Economic evaluation

Career summary

After training in economics and then health economics at the University of York, I worked for the York Health Economics Consortium, providing advice and health economic analyses to the NHS and pharmaceutical companies. In 2003, after a period working for the pharmaceutical industry, I joined UEA as a research associate, then lecturer in the Health Economics Group during which time I undertook a PhD focusing on efficient research design.  In 2013 I joined the University of Cambridge as a Senior Research Associate, leading a group of researchers conducting economic evaluations, studies on efficient research design and other economic analyses.

In November 2018 I rejoined UEA as Senior Lecturer in Health Economics and am a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge.  I currently lead the health economics group at UEA.