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.

Monday 25 October 2021

ISPOR Awards for Professor Ben van Hout and Dr Samer Kharroubi

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Ben van Hout
We are pleased to announce that Professor Ben van Hout and Honorary Reader in ScHARR,
Dr Samer Kharroubi have both been selected for prestigious awards by ISPOR.


Professor van Hout has received The ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award which recognises an individual's outstanding, life-long achievement in the area of improving health outcomes. The ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award is international in scope and stature. The award was established in honour of the late Avedis Donabedian, MD, MPH who has been called the "father of outcomes research."




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Samer Kharroubi 
Dr Kharroubi has received the LMIC Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence Award. Dr Kharroubi said of the award: “I am honoured and humbled to have received the ISPOR Low and Middle-Income Countries Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence Award. I feel truly privileged being an Honorary Reader in ScHARR at the University of Sheffield. I am forever indebted to my colleagues and long-standing collaborators at ScHARR and CHEBS including Prof John Brazier, Prof Alan Brennan, Prof Mark Strong, Prof Tony O’Hagan, Prof Jeremy Oakley, Prof Chris McCabe, Dr Donna Rowen and many others. Their earnest support and continuous encouragement have been and will always be a significant factor in my development. Without their continual support, none of this would have happened. For this, I am extremely grateful and more success stories to come!”

The ISPOR LMIC (Low- and Middle-Income Countries) Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence Award recognises individuals with demonstrated outstanding research achievements in the area of health economics and outcomes research in LMICs (as defined by the World Bank).

Both will be recognised for their awards during the Virtual ISPOR Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, December 7th at 10-11am EST.