Dr Dan Howdon

Profile

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Academic Unit of Health Economics within the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences. I joined AUHE in May 2018 after two years as a Postdoc in Health Economics at the University of Groningen. Prior to this, I held various teaching and research fellow positions at University College London and the University of York.

Responsibilities

• Lead, Applied Health Econometrics Group

Research interests

I am currently involved with several projects, including:

• ACTIVATE: evaluation of new aptamer-based diagnostics for various clinical purposes.
• ATLANTIS: evaluation of the use of low-dose amitriptyline for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
• BioPAsSPoRT: evaluation of a new renal diagnostic, aimed at allowing earlier and more accurate diagnosis of delayed graft function and improvement in clinical intervention, risk stratification and tailoring of individual follow-up.
• LP-MAESTRO: evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of particular configurations of liaison psychiatry service for specified target populations.

I am also undertaking research examining the prediction of prognosis in advanced incurable cancer using EQ-5D components, the impact of unmodelled heterogeneity in economic evaluation, and the relevance of the degree of budgetary impact in determining relevant decision rules in economic evaluation.

Qualifications

• PhD Economics -- University of York (2014)
• MSc Health Economics -- University of York (2010)
• BA Economics & Politics -- Durham University (2008)

Student education

I teach undergraduate sessions in health economics.

Research groups and institutes

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