HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Wednesday 1 June 2011

End of semester – dissertation placements start

Teaching is now over on our MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling and MSc Economics and Health Economics.  Students will shortly be starting work on dissertations.

Topics include value based pricing, diabetes modelling, smoking cessation, MCDA for benefit-risk assessment, valuing health state preferences including TTO data and mapping and econometric analyses of population health data.

Students will be undertaking their work in a variety of locations, including Novartis, Bangor University, NHS Sheffield, Sheffield PCT and HEDS.  Our part-time students will be undertaking their dissertations within their own organisations.