Professor Graham Scotland

Biography

Graham is a Professor and leads the Assessment of Technologies theme in HERU. He joined HERU in 2004 and held a joint appointment between HERU and the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) from 2012 to 2022. His current research interests span both model- and trial-based economic evaluation, with particular emphasis on the use decision analytic modelling alongside randomised controlled trials to maximise their value for informing health care decision making. Graham graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 with BSc (Hons) in pharmacology, and following this undertook an MSc in Health Services and Public Health Research at the University of Aberdeen. After completing his MSc he worked at the Dugald Baird Centre for Research in Women's Health, University of Aberdeen, where he undertook research into economic aspects of maternal healthcare delivery in developing countries. Since his appointment in HERU he has gained over 19 years’ experience working in the area of health technology assessment. Graham also has an in interest in how the broader measures of value can incorporated in health technology assessment, and in 2012 completed a part-time PhD on methods for incorporating broader measures of value into economic evaluation in the area of reproductive healthcare.