Newcastle University

I am a health economist based in the Health Economics Group within the IHS. My work is currently on economic evaluation alongside clinical trials.

Qualifications

2011 PhD in Health Economics, Newcastle University, UK

Title of PhD thesis: Inequalities in Health and Happiness in Great Britain

2005 MSc in Health Economics, University of York, UK

2004 BSc in Economics, East China Jiaotong University, China

Award

2005 – 2009 Health Foundation Scholarship

Professional Body Membership

International Health Economics Association (iHEA)

Health Economists' Study Group (HESG)

Associate practitioner of the Higher Education Academy

My key research interest is in the understanding of socioeconomic inequalities in health and wellbeing/happiness through the application of advanced statistical and econometric techniques. Using longitudinal data, my research aims to reveal the social determinants of health and wellbeing/happiness from a life-course perspective.

I also have research interest in economic evaluations alongside clinical trials, especially in understanding the different health outcomes among heterogeneous individuals.

• Martin N, Newbury-Birch D, Duckett J, Mason H, Shen J, Shevills C, Kaner E. A retrospective analysis of the nature, extent and cost of alcohol-related emergency calls to the ambulance service in an English region. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2012, 47(2), 191-197.
• Murdoch M, McColl EM, Howel D, Deverill M, Buckley B, Lucas M, Chapple CR, Tincello DG, Armstrong N, Brennand C, Shen J, Vale L, Hilton P. INVESTIGATE-I (INVasive Evaluation before Surgical Treatment of Incontinence Gives Added Therapeutic Effect?): study protocol for a mixed methods study to assess the feasibility of a future randomised controlled trial of the clinical utility of invasive urodynamic testing. Trials 2011, 12(1), 169.
• Trapero-Bertran M, Mistry H, Shen J, Fox-Rushby J. A systematic review and meta-analysis of WTP values: the case of malaria control interventions. Health Economics 2011. Submitted.
• Vale L, Adamson A, Critchley J, Rushton S, Kelly S, Shen J, Shirley M, Mason H, Donaldson C, Armstrong N. Economic evaluation: evaluating the short-term impacts of the school food policy and experimental modelling of longer term impacts. London: Newcastle University and the University of Stirling as part of the Public Health Research Consortium, 2011. B5-07A.
• Marson AG, Al-Kharusi AM, Alwaidh M, Appleton R, Baker GA, Chadwick DW, Cramp C, Cockerell OC, Cooper PN, Doughty J, Eaton B, Gamble C, Goulding PJ, Howell SJ, Hughes A, Jackson M, Jacoby A, Kellett M, Lawson GR, Leach JP, Nicolaides P, Roberts R, Shackley P, Shen J, Smith DF, Smith PE, Smith CT, Vanoli A, Williamson PR. The SANAD study of effectiveness of carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, or topiramate for treatment of partial epilepsy: an unblinded randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007, 369(9566), 1000-1015.
• Marson AG, Al-Kharusi AM, Alwaidh M, Appleton R, Baker GA, Chadwick DW, Cramp C, Cockerell OC, Cooper PN, Doughty J, Eaton B, Gamble C, Goulding PJ, Howell SJ, Hughes A, Jackson M, Jacoby A, Kellett M, Lawson GR, Leach JP, Nicolaides P, Roberts R, Shackley P, Shen J, Smith DF, Smith PE, Smith CT, Vanoli A, Williamson PR. The SANAD study of effectiveness of valproate, lamotrigine, or topiramate for generalised and unclassifiable epilepsy: an unblinded randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007, 369(9566), 1016-1026.