Our cost-effectiveness analysis of prostate cancer screening strategies in the UK, published today. The third paper from my PhD and a really enjoyable piece of work 😀 link.springer.com/content/pdf/10… ICEP MRC IEU Richard Martin Bristol Mol-Gen PhD @UoBrisHEB

Recruiting a health economic modeler/programmer to develop software to convert models from Microsoft Excel/VBA into R and C+/C++. Very ambitious project but will be a lot of fun to work on! Use job code ACAD106491 on bristol.ac.uk/jobs Deadline 3rd Jan r-hta @UoBrisHEB

Morning Manchester! Thanks for hosting. The Bristol team are on their way! We're looking forward to a fab few days. Great to have our research being discussed this afternoon- Mary Ward at 2pm #hesg23 HESG Howard Thom Nicky Welton

Mary Ward’s presentation was on our use of value of information analysis to design adaptive clinical trials. Thank you to HESG for the platform!

The call for abstract for our next R-HTA workshop is now open! All details here: r-hta.org/events/worksho… The workshop will be organised by Pedro Saramago at The Centre for Health Economics and University of York and will be on the *8, 9, 12 June 2023* (9 in person, 8/12 online). Mark your calendars!

Very excited to announce that registration is now open for our R for HTA workshop that will be held on Thursday 8th, Friday 9th, and Monday 12th June 2023. Abstract submission is also open with a deadline of 23rd March. @UoBrisHEB R-HTA in LMICs r-hta r-hta.org/events/worksho…

We've very much enjoyed having our MSc students in Bristol this week for our Economic Modelling unit. We've been using R and Excel for our models and meta-analysis! Howard Thom Josephine Walker Nicky Welton #healtheconomics #healthpolicy

Excited to announce that Elsa Marques and I are recruiting a statistician or health economist to join @UoBrisHEB to conduct value of information analyses and work on software to convert Excel models into R. bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

Deadline 4th May for this economic modelling post. An excellent opportunity for health economists or statisticians to develop their careers in Bristol. Working with Howard Thom, Elsa Marques and Nicky Welton

Very proud of Elsa Marques and my PhD student YixinXu presenting at her first ISPOR. Markov model comparing implants for knee replacement surgery implemented in R and using value of information analysis. @UoBrisHEB

Check out the programme for our next R-HTA workshop 8, 9, 12 June! r-hta.org/events/worksho…

Very pleased to announce the timetable for the next R for HTA Workshop! Survival analysis, R packages, large language models and perspectives of Scandinavian and Irish HTA agencies on the use of R. Registration still open! @UoBrisHEB r-hta R-HTA in LMICs r-hta.org/events/worksho…

Had a blast talking about the benefits of #R (instead of Excel) for HTA at NICE Technical Forum today, with the brilliant Robert Smith. The response was quite positive, and the discussion was mainly about WHEN and HOW #R will become the new standard, not if! 🚀

Apply now! We are recruiting a Lecturer in Health Economics and Health Policy Analysis (Grade J or K), working with HEB and NHS Bristol, N Somerset & S Gloucestershire ICB on decision making in practice. Deadline 18th June. bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta… Health Sciences at the University of Bristol

We are holding our first ConVOI webinar tomorrow 6 June. Natalia Kunst will talk about ConVOI, Anna Heath will present her tutorial for simulating study data and Chris Jackson will present his voi R package. Still time to register: tinyurl.com/38hwp96h

It was a pleasure to welcome Mike Gulliver (Academic Staff Development) and Paul Roy (NHS Bristol, N Somerset & S Gloucestershire ICB) to @UoBrisHEB strategy day. Great to see how much HEB has grown and lots of exciting research planned. Thank you Maddy Cochrane Louise Proud Joanna Coast and Jo Thorn for organising

We had our first MSc dissertation presentation day, today, where students are presenting what they plan to do in their dissertations- well done everyone! #healtheconomics #healthpolicy #msc #masters