Research Associate in Health Economics

You will be primarily based in the Manchester Centre for Health Economics http://research.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/healtheconomics. The successful applicant will join a growing team of leading health economists undertaking research on the supply, organisation, valuation and evaluation of healthcare. They will be expected to make a full contribution to the development of this team.

You will take a core role in the delivery of a project evaluating the economic impact of interventions for rheumatoid arthritis working with clinicians, laboratory scientists and with patients and members of the public funded by NIHR.

The key purpose of this post is to deliver the health economic components for a programme of work funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) called R4-RA-Econ which focusses on the economics of interventions for rheumatoid arthritis. Informed by a systematic review of relevant published models, we will construct a new economic model that will form the basis for understanding the costs, health consequences and barriers to using a new test to determine which people with rheumatoid arthritis will respond to rituximab. The new test is a tissue biopsy with RNA molecular profiling. The successful candidate is expected to work with a large research team including health economists, clinicians, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, implementation scientists, service users and commissioners.

You will be actively involved with three core elements of the project:

1. Estimating the cost of using the new test in a routine NHS setting;
2. Building and populating a decision-analytic model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the new test;
3. Interviewing key stakeholders to identify any potential barriers to implementing the new test in the NHS.

You will be primarily based in the Manchester Centre for Health Economics (http://research.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/healtheconomics). The successful applicant will join a growing team of leading health economists undertaking research on the supply, organisation, valuation and evaluation of healthcare. They will be expected to make a full contribution to the development of this team.

The position will offer the postholder opportunities to develop their decision-analytic modelling skills, apply these skills to the high-profile research projects and work with leading clinicians and researchers. The successful applicant will develop key skills in:

• building and populating decision-analytic models
• gathering, reviewing and synthesising clinical and economic research literature using appropriate systematic search methods
• collecting and cleaning resource use data and attaching unit costs
• collating and analysing data from national databases
• analysing cost and outcome data
• analysing data from large observational datasets
• working collaboratively with research team members

The interviews will be scheduled to take place on 4th September 2023.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here.

Blended working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Sean Gavan
Email: sean.gavan@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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