Teaching
I lead the Applied Health Economics module on Lancaster's online Health Economics and Policy programme, covering payment systems, incentives in health care, insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection; I previously led the programme's Data Analysis module, covering regression, panel data techniques and causal inference.
Before Lancaster, I taught the economics of health on the MSc Economics programme at Manchester (supply, regulation and financing; incentives), and econometrics to final-year BSc Economics students, for which I received a departmental teaching award with student ratings in the top 5% of tutors.
PhD supervision
I supervise part-time, distance-based PhD students at Lancaster across a range of topics in health economics and policy, and completed doctoral supervision at Manchester on the economic impact of psoriasis.
Prospective PhD students
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students, including those studying part-time and at a distance, in: applied econometrics and policy evaluation in health; the health and care workforce; the economics of addiction; the financing and organisation of care; and inequalities in health. Many of my students come to quantitative research from professional rather than academic backgrounds; that is not a barrier, and the blended-learning route at Lancaster is designed for it. If you are considering applying, email me a short outline (a page is plenty) of the question you want to answer and the data you think might answer it.