Han-I is a research fellow in the York Trial Unit (YTU). She completed her Doctorate in health economics at the University of York in 2011 and worked in the Epidemiology Cancer Statistics Group (ECSG) (2011-2019) and the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group (MHARG) (2019-2023) before joining YTU in 2023.
Han-I specialises in economic evaluation, health outcomes research, and, more recently, climate change and sustainability. Her work often involves large, complex patient-level datasets and the application of advanced simulation techniques, including both cohort and individual-level models. In addition to her background in health economics, she is a trained data scientist and is actively incorporating machine learning and deep learning methods into health economic evaluation and outcomes research. She collaborates with academic teams and government organisations both within and beyond the University of York, working across the UK and internationally to support interdisciplinary research in this field
Han-I is engaged in health outcome research, economic evaluation, and the integration of deep learning techniques, with a strong emphasis on maximising health benefits and promoting equity. Her work spans a range of public health and clinical areas, including cancer, mental health, tobacco use, chronic diseases such as diabetes, and the health impacts of climate change.
Her specific research interests include:
Han-I would be interested in supervising or co-supervising MSc and PhD students in the following areas: economic evaluation, cost analysis, health outcome research, decision modelling, big data analysis, and machine learning.
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