Huge congratulations to Mark Monahan Mark Monahan for passing PhD Viva today! Thank you to examiners Prof Laura Bojke and Subhash Pokhrel, and to Chair Prof Emma Frew. His supervisors Prof Sue Jowett, Prof Tracy Roberts and all team Health Economics Unit, Birmingham are very proud.

Thanks for the invite. Looking forward to presenting our work on healthy start vouchers (with Hamideh Mohtashami Borzadaran and Emma Frew). In our case an idea that policy makers love and economists find meh. To find out who is right attend the talk or read the paper here (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…)

CPEC researcher Juliette Malley chairing a session on #CareHomes at #SSCR2024 . 💬

The panel featured CPEC’s Magdalena Walbaum, Phil Kinghorn (@unibirmingham) and Kirsty Haunch (@LeedsNiche).

KEY TIP for working w/ care homes: understand the daily challenges of care home staff. 🔑

It was amazing hearing from Prof Anthony Costello Anthony Costello on climate change at the global health crisis at the #NSHPSN 2024. I had the pleasure of meeting him in a lecture at one of my modules during my MSc. Health Economics Unit, Birmingham and was amazed when he started talking to me in Nepali.

In a refresh of our external communications, we’re embracing the true spirit of a blog, allowing us to focus in-depth on important topics for HEU.  This month, Phil Kinghorn introduces HEU’s research on adult social care: blog.bham.ac.uk/health-economi…

Dissertation workshop today: staff and former students shared their experience, hints/tips for dissertation and their career pathways.
Wishing all our students the best of luck on their dissertation journey!

You can find our article exploring how people caring alongside/ as part of their job (such as care workers) experience guilt at work, and with what consequences.
Also, super interesting papers looking at work-family issues and platform work, ideal worker norm and home working 👉

HEU Team’s CNY Gathering and Celebration

A big thank you to our esteemed panel of experts: Prof Kara Hanson, Prof Andrew Stevens, Mr. David Buck, Prof Joanna Coast, along with our Chair Prof Tracy Roberts for their insightful contributions during annual Policy Module ‘Question Time’ session today.

Aspiring research #methodologists : apply for the NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship to kickstart your career in medical statistics, health economics and more. You may be about to finish your #undergraduate , or already hold a Masters.

Now open for applications: nihr.ac.uk/funding/pre-do…

Deadline coming up (Tuesday and Wednesday) to apply for these two health economist posts Health Economics Unit, Birmingham

Routine change of gloves and instruments before closing abdominal wall is effective and cost-effective - Our new study published by the Lancet Global Health has shown 👇 doi.org/10.1016/S2214-…

We’ve produced a blog for Health Services Research UK reflecting on our partnership with Changing Our Lives in investigating why people with learning disabilities and/or autism get stuck in hospital. A great opportunity to think over our process & different skills & how this helped our project.

Uni of Birmingham 🔗'The cost of primary care consultations associated with #LongCOVID in non-hospitalised adults: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data.'
Louise J Jackson Health Economics Unit, Birmingham Shamil Haroon et al Uni of Birmingham
bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

'These costs represent only a part of the overall increase in healthcare resources needed to support people with #LongCOVID and should be considered in future pandemic planning.' Louise J Jackson Health Economics Unit, Birmingham
You see folks, this airborne virus, isn't done with us.
birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/long…

'Covid-19 has led to a significant increase in the need for primary care services. Financial burden of people getting #LongCOVID estimated @£23m to £60m annually, in additional consultations from GPs, nurses, and other practitioners'. Louise J Jackson Health Economics Unit, Birmingham
birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/long…

Wellcome Health Economics Unit, Birmingham both posts also advertised at grade 7 level - see below - i.e. two posts each of which could be filled at G7 or G8 level.

WISE post
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEV538/res…

Adaptable post
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEV538/res…

WISE study: birmingham.ac.uk/research/appli…

We are advertising two Wellcome funded research posts Health Economics Unit, Birmingham

#1: working on WISE project
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEV488/res…

#2: with an adaptable focus
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEV529/res…

Both offer opportunities to develop skills in new research methods.

RTs & enquiries very welcome.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas

Intra-articular corticosteroid injection plus best current treatment for patients with hip osteoarthritis leads to lower costs & better outcomes, & is highly cost-effective: trial-based cost-utility analysis academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a… #KeeleMSK Zoe Paskins Raymond Oppong