Message from the Director
A short welcome to the website message from our Director, Professor Mandy Ryan
Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)
Welcome to the HERU website
With around 30 economists, the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) is a world-renowned research unit delivering both applied research to inform policy and innovative methodological work to advance the discipline of health economics.
REF2021
The REF2021 exercise rated 95% of our research activity as internationally-excellent or world-leading. Our joint submission to UoA2 was rated 8th out of 32 institutions in the UK, and top in Scotland.
Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
In February 2018, the Queen's Anniversary Prize was awarded to the University of Aberdeen in recognition of the health economics and health services undertaken at HERU and HSRU.
Scottish Health Economics (SHE)
HERU are part of the Scottish Health Economics (SHE) group. SHE aims to support, promote and further develop health economics in Scotland.
News and Events
Contact details
Health Economics Research Unit
University of Aberdeen
Polwarth Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Scotland
Email: heru@abdn.ac.uk
HERU is in the first floor of the Polwarth Building on the Foresterhill campus of the University of Aberdeen.
HERU is supported by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) and the University of Aberdeen and is part of the Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS).