Dr Miaoqing Yang

Profile

I joined the Academic Unit of Health Economics as a Senior Research Fellow in June 2023. Prior to this, I worked as a health economist in the Centre for Guidelines at NICE. Earlier, I held research roles at RAND Europe and the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford.

Research interests

My research interests include:

• Use of econometric techniques to identify causal inference from observational data
• Economic evaluations alongside clinical trials and decision-analytic modelling
• Early economic evaluation modelling on diagnostic tests
• Economic determinants of health outcomes and health behaviour

My recent research projects:

• Various projects under Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
• Diagnostics:
  • Early economic evaluation of diagnostic tests for giant cell arteritis (NIHR BRC)
  • Multi-stakeholder consultation and development of a Target Product Profile for novel proteomic diagnostics in giant cell arteritis (IAA)
• Frailty & Care for Older People
  • CHART: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to sustain independence for older people living with heart failure and frailty (NIHR HTA)
  • PROSPER: Personalised care planning to improve quality of life for older people with frailty (NIHR PGfAR)
• Mental health
  • StaffedWard: Establishing the relationship between staff and ward characteristics and patient safety incidents on mental health wards (NIHR HSDR)

Research groups and institutes

• Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
• Academic Unit of Health Economics
• Applied Health Econometrics Group
• Health economics
• Decision Modelling Group

Qualifications

• PhD Health Economics -- University of Lancaster (2016)
• MSc Health Economics -- University of York (2012)

Professional memberships

• UK Health Economics Study Group

Student education

I teach international health policy for an undergraduate module in health economics at Leeds University Business School (LUBS).

My current PhD students are:

• Xiaoxiang Dai (Obesity and labour market outcomes using CFPS/China Family Panel Studies data)

• Abeer Almalki (Glucocorticoid toxicity and multimorbidity in people with Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases)

Research groups and institutes

• Health economics
• Academic Unit of Health Economics
• Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
• Decision Modelling Group
• Applied Health Econometrics Group
• Test Evaluation Group