Dr Dan Howdon

Profile

I am a health economist in the Academic Unit of Health Economics within Leeds Institute of Health Sciences. I joined AUHE in May 2018 as senior research fellow after two years as a postdoc at the University of Groningen. In September 2025 I became associate professor in health economics.

I have previously held various teaching and research fellow positions at University College London and the University of York. I am also an honorary researcher with both Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust.

Responsibilities

• Lead, Applied Health Econometrics Group
• Joint (with Adam Martin) lead, Learning & Teaching
• Co-lead for ENQUIRE-3 Integrated Core Unit, MBChB Year 3.

Research interests

I am currently involved with several funded projects, including:

• ATLANTIS – investigating the cost-effectiveness of amitriptyline at Low-Dose and Titrated for Irritable Bowel Syndrome as Second-Line Treatment in primary care.
• CHART – assessing the health economic impact of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to sustain independence for older people living with heart failure and frailty.
• POPPY – investigating the budgetary impact of new pain management service configurations.
• RETURN – assessing the cost-effectiveness of a psychological intervention delivered to adults attending dental services for emergency care.

I am also involved in a number of other research themes, including the relevance of the degree of budgetary impact in determining relevant decision rules in economic evaluation.

• BE SPeCiaL: Brain tumours: Enhancing Supportive and Palliative Care in patients And Loved ones

Qualifications

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

Student education

I teach health economics and research study skills as part of various undergraduate and postgraduate modules & am available for PhD supervision.

Research groups and institutes

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

Current postgraduate researchers

• Amwaj Abugamza
• Huahan Yang