Andrew Rawdin BSc (Sheffield Hallam), MRes (York)

HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
UK

Office:

Tel: (+44) (0)114 2220823
Fax: (+44) (0)114 2724095

E-mail: a.rawdin@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the HEDS Operational Research team in 2006 after gaining a BSc in Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University and an MRes in Mathematics and Ecology at the University of York.

Research interests

My research interests are:

• Health economic modelling and appraisal of pharmaceutical interventions
• Health economic modelling and appraisal of health screening programmes
• Population dynamics modelling in epidemic disease transmission

Teaching interests

My teaching interests are:

• Supervising statistics tutorial sessions to medical student
• Supervising dissertation students

Professional activities

I have worked on the following projects:

• Developing a formal framework for the validation of computer simulation models in health economics
• Health economic modelling and appraisal of weight management programmes in women following pregnancy

Current projects

I am currently working on the following projects:

• Health economic modelling of home based nursing as an alternative to institutional care in the elderly and infirm
• Health economic modelling of routine echocardiography in the management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack

Key publications

• Simpson EL, Stevenson MD, Rawdin AC, Papaioannou DE. Thrombophilia testing in people with venous thromboembolism; systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(2).
• Chilcott J, Tappenden P, Rawdin A, Johnson M, Kaltenthaler E, Paisley S, Papaioannou D, Shippam A. Avoiding and identifying errors in health technology assessment models: qualitative study and methodological review. Health Technol Assess 2010;14(25).
• Madan J, Rawdin A, Stevenson M, Tappenden P. A rapid-response economic evaluation of the UK NHS Cancer Reform Strategy Breast Cancer Screening Program Extension via a plausible bounds approach. Value in Health 2010;13(2).
• Stevenson MD, Simpson EL, Rawdin AC, Papaioannou DE. A review of discrete event simulation in National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment funded work and a case study exploring the cost-effectiveness of testing for thrombophilia in patients presenting with an initial idiopathic venous thromboembolism. Journal of Simulation 2010;4(1).