BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

I usually don’t comment on Pakistani politics. I disagree with IK on many political issues. But this is not about politics- it’s about my children’s father, his human rights & international law. For the past few years, I’ve been bullied & harassed into silence by PML-N goons,

A recent BMC Proceedings blog introduces a risk-based breast cancer screening approach to improve early detection and optimize resource use @ Stuart Wright Katherine Payne Gabriel Rogers Full read 👉bmcproc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Launching soon! The Uni of Birmingham MSc in Health Economics & Health Policy is coming to Dubai campus Nov 18-20, 2024! Prof Hareth Al-Janabi and Prof Louise J Jackson will be there for the launch. Interested in the course or collaboration? Connect with us on Linkedin: linkedin.com/posts/heubirmi…

💡 Just published! Our latest research explores how OOP healthcare payments in Pakistan disproportionately burden low-income households. 📊 We highlight the severe impact of CHEs on larger, poorer families. Read full paper: ssph-journal.org/journals/inter…

A nice discussion is going on at Method for the Economic Evaluation of Diagnostic (MEED) Research Forum 2024 on Early economic evaluation models around different areas Alex Thompson Sean Gavan

This afternoon, Saima Arif Saima Arif will be presenting at the MEED Research Forum 2024, "Decentralized vs. Hub-and-Spoke TB Diagnostics: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis" #MEED2024

Saima Arif The study found that bringing diagnostic services closer to patients can significantly reduce the economic burden on TB-affected households in Mozambique & Tanzania. This work was produced by the TB-CAPT consortium, part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union.

My latest paper: Employees living with arthritis have higher rates of sickness absence and greater rates of transitions to long-term sick and early retirement. Future work could look at quantifying the implications for individuals, employers and the state rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/4/e…

📢Come and work with us! We have a job vacancy for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Health Economics. Closing date: 10th Jan For more information visit: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

❄️The wait is finally over, HESG begins tomorrow!❄️ Here's the schedule- what an incredible week: hesg.org.uk/meetings/winte… Safe travels everyone, we look forward to welcoming you to Bristol! HESG #BristolHESG #HESG #healtheconomics #healthpolicy

Today is a busy day for HOPE members! Saima Arif and Akbar Ullah are presenting their work at the Economic Evaluations Alongside Trials Conference UCL Health Economics Policy Lab.

Today was the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care PGR student showcase with several PhD students from HOPE presenting. Congratulations to James Coughlan & TZhao who won prizes for their presentations! 🎉

Funding cuts impact access to TB services endangering millions of lives createsend.com/t/d-EF042A42CB…

Delighted to join this amazing group of researchers. Huge thanks to all my colleagues at HOPE at UoM and UoM Primary Care whose expertise and support underpins everything I do. Also colleagues NIHR School for Primary Care Research with whom it's a pleasure to work

Finally from the HOPE contingent at #BJGPRC we have Dr Anna Wilding presenting her work looking at whether social prescribing referrals have reduced appointment pressures in primary care.

📢Job vacancy - Research Associate in Health Economics! Come and work with us on an NIHR-funded grant looking at the impact of different models of integrating new or extended roles into primary care! Managed by anna wilding Find out more here 👇 jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

The NIHR Economics Group will be launched at a one-day in-person event taking place in Manchester, UK, on Monday 13 October 2025. dlvr.it/TKxfsm #healtheconomics

Big congratulations to Eliana Chavarria Pino and Yuqi Zhang who graduated yesterday with their doctorates - an outstanding achievement! It was lovely to see you in your gowns 🥳🥂

Our HOPE contingent have a busy few days coming up at #IHEA2025 with several presentations and special interest group meetings. We wish everyone attending a great conference!