Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment

About us

Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) research group
is part of the newly formed inter-college Institute of Health &
Wellbeing.

Professor Andrew Briggs, currently head of the group arrived at Glasgow
in June 2005 and following the appointment of Dr Elisabeth Fenwick, Dr
Paula Lorgelly, and the co-opting of Dr Olivia Wu, a fledgling health
economics research team was formed. That was 2006 and in 6 short years
the team has gone from strength to strength due to the commitment and
energy of everyone involved in the team. With the reorganisation of
the University into Colleges, Schools and Institutes, we took the
opportunity to reformulate the team, expanding the remit to include not
just Health Economics but Health Technology Assessment (HTA) more generally.

Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment covers a broad set of
activities relating to the appraisal of health service interventions
including policies, procedures, devices, drugs and diagnostics. Our
research team is divided into six programmatic themes, each led by a
senior member of the team. As well as 14 academic and research staff
the team also comprises six full time PhD students, three support staff
and six affiliate and honorary staff.


In addition to research projects, publications and presentations, HEHTA
staff are also involved in a number of teaching activities through our
series of successful CPD courses that attract over 100 research
practitioners to Glasgow each year to learn about state of the art
methods for HTA. A significant development for the team in this area
comes in September 2013 when a new MSc in Health Technology Assessment
is to be launched. Directed by Dr Elisabeth Fenwick and delivered by
members of the team, we hope will this new course will cement HEHTA
within the academic life of Glasgow University and help to train the
next generation of HTA practitioners."

Professor Andrew Briggs,
William R Lindsay Chair in Health Economics
Head of Group