Event Archive

HERU external seminar (via Teams) - Dr Dean Regier

Title: Resource allocation for genomics and rare disease diagnosis: where we were and next steps for evaluation Abstract: Genomic testing presents an opportunity to rapidly diagnose rare diseases, the majority of which are believed to be genetic in origin. Both the rare disease setting and the context of genomic technologies pose specific challenges...

Joint HERU/Business School seminar

A research seminar with Professor Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Title: Labour market shocks during the COVID-19 pandemic, inequalities and child outcomes Authors: Claudia Hupkau (CUNEF & CEP, LSE), Ingo Isphording (IZA), Stephen Machin (CEP, LSE), Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (CEP,...

Scottish Health Economics (SHE) virtual seminar

Using economic methods to elicit the UK general public's preferences for government responses during a pandemic

HERU External Seminar (online) - Associate Professor Richard Norman

Using DCEs to value health for economic evaluation: state of play and future challenges.  Abstract: Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) have become increasingly widely used to value health, with the potential of use in construction of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Relative to other leading methods, they are cheap, easy to implement, and generally...

HERU External Seminar - Dr Heather Brown (Online)

Title: Food standard hygiene rating data: a longitudinal data set to evaluate changes in the food environment over time. Abstract: This presentation will outline several ongoing projects related to evaluating the impact of the food environment on health and health inequalities. I will start by discussing the Food Standard Agency Hygiene Rating...

HERU External Seminar - Dr Cesar Revoredo Giha (Online)

Prices, marketing and food choices. Abstract: The presentation will briefly cover two topics: the nutritional impact of trading down in quality and the potential impact of restricting the advertising of discretionary food products. As regards the first topic, Defra in its publication ‘Family Food’ produces a calculation of trading up and down in...

HERU/SHE Workshop - Using Health Economics Evidence in Health Care Decision Making

This event was cancelled

Using Health Economics Evidence in Health Care Decision Making This free workshop from HERU and Scottish Health Economics (SHE) provides an introduction to the identification, appraisal and application of economic evaluation for policy-making in healthcare. The workshop is suitable for NHS staff who manage budgets or resources who wish to know more...

8th Annual Research Symposium: Evidence Innovation

This event was cancelled

8th Annual Research Symposium: Evidence Innovation. This annual symposium is hosted jointly by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) and the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) at the University of Aberdeen, and the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit. Dr Graham Scotland of HERU is presenting...

HERU Seminar - Dr Anju Keetharuth

This event was cancelled

Dr Anju Keetharuth, Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.  Title: The Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL): can it be the new instrument to generate QALYs in evaluating mental health interventions?  Abstract: This talk will cover the new patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for use...

HERU External Seminar - Jamie O'Halloran

 Jamie O’Halloran, PhD Student at the Danish Centre for Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, will present on his research. There is a sandwich lunch available at 1pm. Title: Time to retire? Changes in GP behaviour prior to retirement. Abstract: In many healthcare systems, a large proportion of general practitioners (GPs) are retiring. This study...