Research Fellow (Health Economics) - Department of Applied Health Sciences - 103130 - Grade 8

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Research Fellow to lead health economics and value proposition work within a national centre of excellence. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of industry and academia, focusing on health economic modeling and research. The successful candidate will manage high-quality economic analyses, supervise PhD students, and contribute to impactful research that translates healthcare technologies into routine care. Join a vibrant multidisciplinary team and make a significant contribution to advancing healthcare solutions while pursuing your own research interests.

Qualifications

• PhD required, preferably in Health Economics or Statistics.
• Extensive experience in quantitative research and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead economic analysis and value proposition work for health technologies.
• Supervise PhD students and contribute to knowledge transfer activities.

Skills

Health Economics

Quantitative Research

Project Management

Analytical Capability

Communication Skills

Education

PhD in Health Economics or Statistics

Job description

Position Details

Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £46,485 to £55,295 with potential progression once in post to £62,098

Grade: 8

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2029. The hiring team are open to considering individuals who wish to apply on a part-time basis.

Closing date: 12th January 2025

UK travel may be required for this role

Please note: We are advertising for both a Grade 7 Research Fellow (103131) and a Grade 8 Research Fellow (103130), however there is only 1 post available.

Background

The post holder will hold a Senior Research Fellow position, leading health economics and value proposition work within the recently awarded NIHR University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) HealthTech Research Centre (NIHR UHB HRC). The NIHR UHB HRC will deliver a national centre of excellence to support the translation of new healthcare technologies safely, effectively and efficiently into routine care for NHS patients and follow-on social care.

Companies approach us to help develop ideas for technology that they hope to take to market. One type of support we provide is health economic modelling – value of investment analysis. This analysis is particularly required when we seek to raise more money – at this point we need to explain the ‘value proposition’. This post will therefore create an outstanding opportunity for an economist to work at the interface of industry and academia. Thirty percent of the appointee’s time will be reserved to pursue a project of their choice in collaboration with the substantial health economic capacity in the College of Medicine and Health.

The post holder will be joining a vibrant and multidisciplinary research team based within the Department of Applied Health Research and work with the Department’s established team of health economists in the Health Economics Unit (HEU): https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/applied-health/research/healtheconomics/index.aspx.

Role Summary

• To be responsible and project manage high quality economic analysis and value proposition work that fall within the remit of the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre, including being the main point of contact for this workstream for external stakeholders and research collaborators.
• To pursue novel methodological questions and make a substantial methodological contribution to the field of supply-side health economics and technology-based health economic evaluations.
• Pursue own research ideas that fall within the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre and support protocol development for further grant applications.
• To write reports for the stakeholders; disseminating research results at academic and policy-relevant meetings and contributing to academic publications, effective media, research seminars and meetings.
• Supervise PhD students.
• Contribute to the Department/School through management/leadership.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement activities.

Main Duties

To plan and carry out research, using appropriate health economics methodology and techniques:

• Work with the HealthTech Research Centre and industry partners.
• Pursue personal research including developing research ideas and winning support, including financial support.
• Plan, publish and/or execute high quality research.
• Project manage research activities, and/or supervise other research staff.
• Present findings in high quality publications and conference proceedings.
• Develop novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued.
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within and out with the University.
• Provide expert advice to colleagues and students within discipline.
• Contribute to the administration/management of research across the Department/School.
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University.
• Contribute to some administrative activities within the University, typically relating to research.
• Actively manage equality, diversity and inclusion through monitoring and evaluation and actively challenging unacceptable behaviour.

Person Specification

• PhD, preferably in Health Economics or Statistics.
• Extensive research experience and scholarship in quantitative research.
• Experience of project managing research to deliver high quality and impactful results.
• Experience of developing new research ideas.
• High level analytical capability.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Ability to work to fixed deadlines.
• Ability to work as a member of a team and to be able to liaise with non-academic stakeholders.

Further particulars can be found here.

Informal enquiries to Sopna Choudhury, email: [e-mail].

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