Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA)
Doctoral Students
CURRENT
Name SULTAN AL-SUHAIM
Degree PhD
Title The use of evidence based pharmacotherapy for cardiovascular disease in Scotland
Supervisor 1 Professor John McMurray (Institute of Cardiovascular and Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Jim Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Start year 2009
Intended finish year November 2013
Name CAMILLA BABA
Degree PhD
Title Valuing the health and wellbeing aspects of community empowerment using economic evaluation techniques
Supervisor 1 Dr Emma McIntosh (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Carol Tannahill (Glasgow Centre for Population Health)
Funding Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name WILLINGS BOTHA
Degree PhD
Title Economics of forestry based health interventions
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Forestry Commission
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2016
Name JIM CRABB
Degree PhD
Title Mental health issues and primary health care worker training in Malawi
Supervisor 1 Dr Bekki Shaw (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Jacqueline Atkinson (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name LOUISE CRAIG
Degree PhD
Title The impact of implementing a complex intervention in stroke
Supervisor 1 Dr Olivia Wu (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Peter Langhorne (Institute of Cardiovascular and Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Professor Julie Bernhardt (University of Melbourne)
Funding HEHTA
Start year 2009
Intended finish year 2013
Name TADESSE GEBRYE
Degree PhD
Title Cost-effectiveness analysis and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health behaviour interventions on Diabetes (Type 2)
Supervisor 1 Dr Emma McIntosh (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 20113
Intended finish year 2016
Name EFE EGHAREVBA
Degree PhD
Title t Opportunity or exploitation: clinical research in developing countries
Supervisor 1 Professor Jacqueline Atkinson (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Rebecca Shaw (Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name SARAH HOLIDAY
Degree PhD
Title Interaction between people and services in the Fifth Wave of public health
Supervisor 1 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name KENNY LAWSON
Degree PhD
Title Economic evaluations of public health interventions
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding HEHTA
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name AILEEN MURPHY
Degree PhD
Title An investigation of uncertainty in economic evaluations in Ireland
Supervisor 1 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name NORAH PALMATEER
Degree PhD
Title Epidemiological methods to assess and monitor the effectiveness of Hepatitis C prevention initiatives in Scotland
Supervisor 1 Dr Bekki Shaw (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor David Goldberg (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3'Dr Sharon Hutchinson (University of Strathclyde)
Funding Health Protection Scotland
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name ANA CRISTINA PEREZ
Degree PhD
Title Cardiovascular research
Supervisor 1 Professor John McMurray (Institute of Cardiovascular and Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 1 Dr Jim Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología), Mexico
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name NOPPCHA SINGWERATHAM
Degree PhD
Title Cost-effectiveness analysis of a disease management programme for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Thailand
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding The Royal Thai Embassy
Start year 2009
Intended finish year 2013
Name ZIA-UL-HAQ
Degree PhD
Title Trends in Body Mass Index and its health implications
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr. Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name CLAIRE WILLIAMS
Degree PhD
Title Demonstrating the potential of multi-state survival models for enhancing epidemiological and health economic modelling
Supervisor 1 Dr Jim Lewsey (Public HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding MRC
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Name of student CAROLE ANDERSON
Degree PhD
Title of Project Negotiating infant feeding in private and public spaces: a study of women’s experiences
Supervisor 1 Dr Mhairi Mackenzie (Urban Studies, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding ESRC
Start year 2006
Fnish year 2011
Name of student KATHLEEN BOYD
Degree PhD
Title of Project Employing early decision analytic modelling to inform economic evaluation in health care: theory & practice
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding HEHTA
Start year 2008
Fnish year 2012
Name of student CLAUDIA GEUE
Degree PhD
Title of Project Population ageing in Scotland - implications for healthcare expenditure
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Jim Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Faculty of Medicine Studentship
Start year 2008
Finish year 2012
Name of student KOFI MENSAH
Degree PhD
Title of Project An exploration of evaluation approaches for community based interventions for people living with HIV (PLHIV) with results applied to the ‘HOPE’ programme in Ghana
Supervisor 1 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Jim Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Ghana Education Trust Fund
Start year 2008
Finish year 2011
Name of student HELEN STARKIE
Degree PhD
Title of Project Health economic aspects in the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Feeds paid by MRC
Start date 2006
Finish date 2010