As one of the leading Universities for health economics,
with a consistently strong presence at ISPOR events, it is only natural that The University of Sheffield Should have an ISPOR student chapter. After obtaining the
necessary approvals, the launch event for this chapter was held on Monday 25th
March. This event had two parts; the first provided information on ISPOR, The University of Sheffield, and the potential benefits of a student chapter. Speakers
included Ben Kearns and Stuart Wright (Presidents of the Sheffield and
Manchester student chapters, respectively), Professor Allan Wailoo and Dr Phil
Shackley. The second part was a discussion between the students about how the
chapter should be organised, what we would like to get from the chapter, and
the types of events that we would like to see going forwards.
The event was well attended, with approximately a dozen
students in addition to interested members of staff. We identified options for
integrating the activities of our Health
Economics and Decision Modelling MSc students with the chapter, agreed to
start a journal club, and discussed the potential for organising training
events. We have also established an online group for this chapter. Many of the
students who attended are from the University’s Wellcome
Trust PhD programme. This combines public health and health economics, so
it will be interesting to see how future chapter activities reflect this
interdisciplinary interest.
The introductory slides from the meeting can be found here.
Membership of the ISPOR University of Sheffield Chapter is free, and is open to
any undergraduate or graduate student at any health-related academic
institution. If you are interested in joining, please email the current
president Ben Kearns.
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