¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Health Economics Centre
The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Health Economics Centre (SHEC) conducts research in the field of Health Economics and related disciplines.
About us
The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Health Economics Centre (SHEC) undertakes collaborative interdisciplinary research in health economics and health service delivery. The team at SHEC supports applied research in the health, medicine and social care fields, and has strong relationships with a large number of academic, NHS and private sector partners across the UK and internationally. Much of SHEC’s research focuses on practical issues, and on advising and influencing public policy. The Centre has attracted multiple research grants for evaluative studies from NIHR, European, charity and industry funders. Papers are published in a range of leading journals.
Members of SHEC work closely with other researchers in the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and the wider University.
SHEC leads the Health and Social Care Economics theme for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - Kent, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ and Sussex (ARCKSS). For further details on the .
SHEC is also hosting and coordinating ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Global Health Research Network (SGHRN).
In SHEC, we actively encourage and support postgraduate research students in health economics or health services as part of an MPhil/PhD or MD programme.
Our research
Some of our recent or ongoing research projects include:
Research in a care home setting:
Innovative healthcare technologies in traumatic brain injury - Collaborations with CORTIRIO:
AI-Dental project:
The REDUCE2 study:
CHELSEA II: CHELsea II: Cluster randomised trial of clinically assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life
Non-medical practitioner workforce into the urgent and emergency care system:.
Meet the team
Centre lead
Professor Heather Gage
Professor of Health Economics
Research staff
Dr Matthew Glover
Principal Research Fellow in Health Economics
Dr Daniel Jackson
Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics (part time)
Dr Bridget Jones
Research Fellow and Health Psychologist
Xiaoxian Liang
Research Fellow in Health Economics
Dr Morro Touray
Research Fellow in Health Economics & Sustainability Fellow
¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ing researchers and PhD students
Walid Fahmy
¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ing Research Fellow