Newcastle University

Health Economics

The Health Economics Group is based within the Institute of Health & Society. The group is led by Professor Luke Vale, Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics. It aims to conduct world leading research in health economics by:

* improving the allocation of scarce health and social care resources;
* tackling inequalities in access to care and health;
* applying and developing research to better measure the benefits of health and social care

These aims will be met by conducting research in the following areas:

1. valuing benefits/quantifying preferences in for health and health care;
2. development and application of economic evaluation
3. priority setting in health care
4. econometric applications in studies of health, (with a focus on income and health inequalities)

The Health Economics Group also collaborates with the Economics of Safety, Health, Environment and Risk (ESHER) group within Newcastle University Business School. ESHER focuses on applied microeconomics and the development of methods of preference elicitation and is led by Professor Sue Chilton.

The Health Economics Group currently collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders. If your research team is interested in pursuing collaboration with the group, please see our criteria for collaborative research.


Current Vacancies

Two PhD studentships in Health Economics funded by the Health Foundation.

Capacity Building

The demand for health economics skills far outstrips the supply. The Health Economics Group actively encourages and supports individuals wishing to develop their skills in health economics by offering and supporting PhDs and/or fellowships.

We also seek to help improve the knowledge of health economics amongst future collaborators and those that use health economic information as part of their work. Drawing upon our wealth of teaching and research experience we can develop and deliver short courses and workshops catering to a range of levels of experience and topics.

Individuals interested in studying health economics in Newcastle in a topic that fits under one of the four areas of work should contact Jan Legge, the administrator of the Health Economics Group.

Current PhD and Training Opportunities

Please see here for more information.

Staff List

Health Economics

Dr Angela Bate Senior Research Associate	Email: angela.bate@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3813
Dr Heather Brown Lecturer (Health Economics)	Email: heather.brown@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6281
Professor Susan Chilton Professor of Economics	Email: susan.chilton@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1641
Dr Mark Deverill Senior Lecturer in Health Economics	Email: mark.deverill@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 702 7
Erin Graybill Research Assistant (Health Economics)	Email: erin.graybill@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3817
Jenni Hislop Research Associate	Email: jenni.hislop@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7040
Emeritus Professor Michael Jones-Lee Emeritus Professor	Email: michael.jones-lee@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1671
Dr Helen Mason Visiting Lecturer
Sara McCafferty Research Assistant	Email: sara.mccafferty@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3824
Dr Peter McMeekin Senior Research Associate (Health Economics)	Email: peter.mcmeekin@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Hugh Metcalf Senior Lecturer	Email: hugh.metcalf@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1702
Dr Jing Shen Research Associate (Health Economics)	Email: jing.shen@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7905
Dr Laura Ternent Lecturer in Health Economics	Email: laura.ternent@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 2227083
Professor Luke Vale Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics, Deputy Director	Email: luke.vale@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 0191 2225590
Professor John Wildman Professor of Health Economics	Email: john.wildman@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1640