The Health Data in Practice DTP MRes+PhD programme Queen Mary University of London is open for applications. Funding available. Includes possibility of MRes thesis or PhD project on #healtheconomics and #genomics with me. Deadline 5 Jan. qmul.ac.uk/wiph/study-wit…

My PhD thesis is now available online 'The burden of financial costs of healthcare for people with multimorbidity' covers A systematic review on financial burden A study on out-of-pocket health expenses A choice experiment on healthcare prioritisation repository.rcsi.com/articles/thesi…

I'm recruiting a PhD candidate in health economics at University College Dublin. Those interested in CEA of cancer screening, modelling and cost-effectiveness thresholds are encouraged to apply. Stipend of €22k. Retweets and enquiries welcome. sites.google.com/a/tcd.ie/james…

Delighted to learn that Dr Jonathan Briody and Ronan Mahon have been appointed to NSAC as two health economists. I feel glad I can step off the committee knowing that it will be very well served by them. gov.ie/en/news/e5b7b-…

Tom Bromilow of YHEC presented his Utility Elicitation Shiny tool at an r-hta event last summer. I was impressed and shall be using it in my teaching for the first time tomorrow. shiny.york.ac.uk/YHEC_Utility_E…

Really disappointing to see a patient advocate perpetuating falsehoods regarding the CervicalCheck controversy. This is either a very fundamental failure to understand the facts, or worse, bad faith. This amplifies us-and-them thinking between the public and health professionals.

New paper led by Duco Mülder of Erasmus MC Public Health on the ethics of using race and ethnicity in cancer screening programmes. There's plenty more to write on this topic but this was an interesting project and I learnt a lot. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

🚨Job Opportunity🚨 We're hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Lung Cancer Screening RCSI! Ideal for candidates with expertise in Health Economics or Modelling. 📊 Join us in shaping Ireland's health policy. Apply by 9th Sept! 🌐bit.ly/3YR5phW Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre

Exciting postdoc on lung cancer screening at the RCSI. Great opportunity to work with the energetic Prof Patrick Redmond (& me). A chance to work on research likely to meaningfully impact screening screvices. bit.ly/3YR5phW HealthResearchBoard SPHeRE PRiCAN (Primary Care Research into Cancer)

University College Dublin School of Economics has recently tweaked its part-time MSc courses in order to better suit those seeking to earn a graduate degree while working. Details available here: ucd.ie/economics/stud…

I've just learnt that there's a key position regarding the HSE's drugs pricing that's been vacant for months and months. This follows the departure of a very able individual. It's essential that good people can be recruited and retained.

This is an excellent opportunity and the Research Fellow level. If you're interested in improving Irish healthcare and have the relevant skills, then I don't think you could do better than applying to this.

Delighted that Rajani Pokharel of Centre For Health Policy and Management passed her viva yesterday with only minor corrections. It's been brilliant working with Rajani and I think there are very useful contributions to improving colorectal screening in her thesis. More publications to follow. Well done!!!

PhD studentship in Public Health: Exploring co-occurring excess weight and severe mental illness in community settings Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne Closes 30/06 findaphd.com/phds/project/p…

Great PhD opportunity with the up and coming Dr Dr Jonathan Briody at RCSI. Structured training and broad supervisory team make this a great opportunity for someone interested in HRQoL & health economics more generally. sphereprogramme.ie/research-irela… Applications close end of June.

I just spotted that Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) will hold a European meeting in Oslo next summer hosted by Torbjørn Wisløff Emily Burger. Really glad to see the European momentum of this conference being maintained. smdm.org/meeting/48th-a…

Come do a (paid) PhD with me! 🔬

Journal articles with supplementary appendices should be offered to download in two versions, one including all the supplementary files within the main PDF. It would also be nice if they had sensible file names by default: Author et al (2025) Article Title; Journal Name.pdf