Dr Mark Deverill
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics

  • Email: mark.deverill@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 702 7
  • Address: Institute of Health & Society
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne
    21 Claremont Place
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE2 4AA

Introduction 

My role within the Health Economics group at IHS is to manage the wide range of research bids and funded  projects that focus on the economic evaluation of health care technologies. My primary obejective is to make a difference, specifically that we provide analyses that help the NHS in England and Wales to deploy its health care budget to maximum effect.

 Roles and Responsibilities

Lead for economic evaluation
Economic evaluation team management
Economist for RDS NE
Project management for NIHR funded projects

Qualifications

BSc Econ - University of Wales

MSc Health Econ - York University

PhD Health Econ - Newcastle University

"Economic issues in the provision of antenatal screening programmes for Down's Syndrome"

Research Interests

Health economics - the conduct of economic evlauation alongside clinical trials.

Delivering the economic components of bids to NIHR.

The economics of public health interventions - is it really feasible to use cost-benefit-analysis?

Current Work

Managing a number of NIHR funded projects, working as lead economist with RDS NE, managing a small team of health economists. 

Projects

  • MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research

 

  • MBBS Personal Tutor