Susan Griffin
Professor

Profile

Biography

Susan is a Professor of Health Economics in the fields of economic evaluation and health technology assessment. She joined the Centre for Health Economics in 2002 and holds a PhD on ‘Dealing with uncertainty in the economic evaluation of health care technologies’. Susan has contributed to technology appraisals for NICE, as a member of one of the independent academic groups undertaking evidence reviews, as a member of the Technology Appraisal Committee, and in the development of methods used at NICE. Her research interests include decision-analytic models, value of information analysis and the incorporation of inequality concerns into cost effectiveness analysis.

Research

Overview

• the use of decision-analytic models in cost-effectiveness analysis
• the use of evidence synthesis techniques and value of information analysis
• economic evaluations in the fields of cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer and mental health
• the application of methods for economic evaluation in the field of public health

Research group(s)

• Economic evaluation of health technologies

Teaching

Other teaching

Centre for Health Economics 

• Regression Methods for Health Economic Evaluation - Course tutor
• Advanced Modelling Methods for Health Economic Evaluation - Course tutor
• York Expert Workshops in the Socio Economic Evaluation of Medicines - Course tutor 

Distance learning 

• The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics for Health Care Professionals  - Module leader for Advanced topics in Economic Evaluation

External activities

Memberships

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - member of the Technology Appraisal Committee
• Health Economists’ Study Group - member
• Society for Medical Decision Making - member
• International Health Economics Association  - member