The UK-China Health and Economy Partnership

This is a novel knowledge transfer partnership between both countries and the partner institutions. The University of Leeds who are partnered with Zhejiang University, Hangzou are working in collaboration with Bournemouth University, University of York, University of Sheffield in the UK and Fudan University and Shandong University in China.

Health Economics of Diagnostic Tests and Screening Programmes Masterclass

23rd & 24th March 2021

In March, the University of Leeds and Zhejiang University masterclass took place in person at Zhejiang University and online throughout China and the UK.

Read more about the masterclass event.

UK-CHEP short summary

The UK-China Health and Economy Partnership is a novel knowledge transfer partnership that will promote long-term collaboration between University of Leeds, Bournemouth University, University of York and University of Sheffield in the UK and Zhejiang University, Fudan University and Shandong University in China.

The partnership aims to create long-term, sustainable collaboration in health economics, which will give UK and Chinese academics the means to work together on world-class educational and research outcomes that would otherwise not be possible working in isolation.

This partnership was originally launched in Jinan, Shandong province in November 2017 by Bournemouth University. GlaxoSmithKline and the British Council have extended the partnership for a further two years, from January 2019.

Read more about the partnership.

Masterclass Summary

The masterclass will explore the key health economic arguments surrounding the implementation of diagnostic tools and screening programmes, demonstrating how concepts of sensitivity and specificity and prevalence fit within the internationally recognised economic evaluation framework used for more traditional treatments.

Presentations will be given by leading experts in health economics and diagnostic and screening evaluation methodologies and the sessions will be chaired by Partnership Leads, Professors Hengjin Dong (Zhejiang University) and Chris Bojke (University of Leeds).

The presenters are:

• Gill Caldicott, British Council
• Jenny Wu, GlaxoSmithKline (China)
• Min Li，Zhejiang university
• Professor Chris Bojke, University of Leeds
• Professor Hengjin Dong, Zhejiang University
• Professor Shuyan Gu, Nanjing University
• Dr. Xuemei Zhen, Shandong University
• Dr Alison Smith, University of Leeds
• Dr Weijia Wu, Zhejiang University
• Dr Zixuan Zhao, Zhejiang University
• Dr Bethany Shinkins, University of Leeds
• Dr Xueshan Sun Zhejiang University
• Professor Darrin Baines, Bournemouth University

Speaker Biographies

Professor Bojke is the University of Leeds UK lead for the UK-CHEP.  He is a professor in economic evaluation and health technology assessment methods with a speciality using Real World Data.  Chris currently leads the Academic Unit of Health Economics at Leeds and is interim deputy chair of the NICE Public Health Advisory Committee B.

assessment and leads the Test Evaluation Group (TEG) at the University of Leeds. Bethany is also the Deputy Director of the NIHR Leeds In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative, leading the methodology platform and working closely with industry and academic partners to improve the quality of evidence generation for in vitro diagnostic tests.

of Leeds. Alison recently finished her PhD, in which she explored the role of test measurement uncertainty (bias and imprecision) on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of testing strategies. She sits on the NIHR Leeds In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative, and is an expert member of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Test Evaluation Working Group.

evaluation of health systems. He has published widely in international journal and is currently the coordinating lead of the UK-China Health and Economy Partnership. Professor Baines is also the academic lead of a British Council funded Newton project currently transferring health economics expertise to pharmacists in Egypt. Visit his website.

Download the full event programme document

Masterclass Timetable

23 March 2021 - Day 1

24 March 2021 - Day 2