HEDS researchers collaborate on new SIPHER consortium to drive policy reform and tackle health inequalities

https://sipher.ac.uk/

A new national public health research consortium, co-led by Professor Petra Meier from ScHARR's Public Health section, is set to drive policy reform in order to tackle inequalities and improve the population’s health. HEDS colleagues, Professor Alan Brennan, Professor Aki Tsuchiya, Professor John Brazier and Dr Suzy Paisley are all involved in the research. 

The innovative SIPHER consortium – a new centre for Systems science In Public Health Economic Research – will provide evidence to support cost-effective action across different policy sectors, including economic growth, education and housing at different scales of government.

The consortium was launched as part of a £25 million funding programme from the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) into understanding and influencing the social economic and environmental factors that affect our health.

Professor Meier, SIPHER Director and Professor of Public Health at the University of Sheffield, said: “We know that the conditions in which we are born and live are the key drivers of health and health inequalities. We also know that tackling these social determinants of health requires actions across many policy sectors, such as housing, education or employment.

Professor Meier said about the project: "SIPHER’s vision is a shift from public health policy to healthy public policy. This means all policy sectors working together to tackle health inequalities and improve the population’s health." 

The UKPRP is a partnership between four charities (British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome Trust and The Health Foundation), four UK Research and Innovation research councils (Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, National Environmental Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and four health and social care departments (Chief Scientist Office, Health and Care Research Wales, Health and Social Care Research and Development Northern Ireland and National Institute for Health Research).

For further details, see the University press release

HEDS Short Course: Identification and Review of Evidence to Inform Cost Effectiveness Models

Short Course: Identification and Review of Evidence to Inform Cost Effectiveness Models

1 Day Course - Tuesday 19th March 2019 - venue TBC

Course overview: the course will enable participants to develop an understanding of the methods available for the identification and review of evidence to inform cost effectiveness models. The course will consist of three sessions:

1. Practical conceptual modelling methods

2. Identification of evidence to inform models

3. Reviewing of evidence to inform models

During the sessions there will be presentations to illustrate the main issues, structured small group discussions working through a set of related questions and practical exercises. The course will be delivered by researchers experienced in health technology assessment in the UK including a cost-effectiveness modeller, information specialist and systematic reviewer.

The course will meet the needs of those involved in health technology assessments and is particularly suited to:

• Health economic modellers wishing to extend their knowledge of how to identify and review evidence

• Information specialists who wish to advance their skills in identifying evidence for cost effectiveness models

• Systematic reviewers who wish to extend their reviewing skills related to cost effectiveness models

Early bird booking for this course will close 19th January 2019.

Standard booking will close 5th March 2019.

Link to further course information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/cost_effectiveness_models

Link to our online store, for all ScHARR short course bookings:

https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-medicine-dentistry-and-health/school-of-health-and-related-research-scharr