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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Sep 8

Later on in the day there will also be discussions from other HOPErs: @lukemunford.bsky.social, @igorfrancetic.fyi and Shaolin Wang.

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉Today is the first day of the 3rd Croatian Health Economics Workshop (CHEW). 🎉
To kick things off, @domignon.bsky.social discussed Pauline Mente's work on: "Health Shocks and Risk-Taking Behaviour: Evidence from Longitudinal Experimental Data".

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Sep 5

Doriane's work (together with @profbambra.bsky.social, @nickycullum.bsky.social, @mattxsutton.bsky.social and @lukemunford.bsky.social) explores the association between within-area inequalities in mental health and economic productivity in England.

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yesterday, @domignon.bsky.social presented at the Productivity Conference, organised by the Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social.

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Aug 26

New paper from Silas Amo-Agyei: "Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia"

Read it here 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia

The ongoing insecurity and environmental shocks in Somalia have led to a substantial refugee influx into Ethiopia since 2006, particularly affecting D…

www.sciencedirect.com

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Aug 21

GP Patient Survey Conference
📢 Registration is now open!
📍 Manchester | 1 October 2025
🎤 Keynote: Dan Wellings (The King’s Fund)
“20 Years of Understanding Patient Experience – What Have We Learnt?”
💡 Free to attend
👉 Register & find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gp-pat...

The GP Patient Survey | Data that drives change

This free one-day event focuses on the value The GP Patient Survey brings to primary care research in England

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yesterday Laura Anselmi & Jon Gibson presented at a Health Financing and Mental Health Equity seminar in Indonesia.

Jon talked about "Mental health and lost productivity in Indonesia" whilst Laura spoke on "Equity and efficiency in health resource allocation and provider payment".

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 29

Whilst Siyu presented her work looking at the impact of gambling venues on individual-level outcomes in England, supervised by Lachy Cameron.

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ted presented work looking at the community healthcare workforce across England, exploring variation by need and system-level determinants, supervised by Yao Wei.

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today we had the pleasure of hearing from our two #NIHR
@arc-gm.bsky.social summer interns, Ted Thomas and Siyu Chen.

They were both fantastic presentations, representing a huge amount of work!

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our HOPE contingent have a busy few days coming up at #IHEA2025 with several presentations and special interest group meetings.

We wish everyone attending a great conference!

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congratulations to Eliana Chavarria Pino and Yuqi Zhang who graduated yesterday with their doctorates - an outstanding achievement! It was lovely to see you in your gowns 🎉🥂

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Igor Francetic @igorfrancetic.fyi · Jul 3

📣 New paper alert 📣

Very happy to see this piece of work with The University of Manchester colleagues Joe Dodd, @lukemunford.bsky.social and @mattxsutton.bsky.social out in Labour Economics.

Full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@arc-gm.bsky.social @hope-uom.bsky.social

The effect of area-level waiting times for psychological therapies on individual-level labour market outcomes

The association between common mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression, and labour outcomes has been extensively documented. Howeve…

www.sciencedirect.com

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jun 26

The first post will look at the experience of individuals with mental health problems in healthcare services. The second post will involve examining the healthcare use of informal carers.

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Jun 26

📢Job vacancies!
We are looking to recruit 2 Research Associates in Health Economics.

Closing date: 14/07/25
👇
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Health Economics :Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · May 20

New in PharmacoEconomics - self-declaration misses 1 in 6 of unpaid carers compared to time diaries & may underestimate mental health impacts. Method matters when identifying informal carers!

Authored by: Sean Urwin, Charles Smith & @mattxsutton.bsky.social

👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Does the Informal Carer Identification Method Matter? Evidence from Self-Declaration and Time Diary Approaches - PharmacoEconomics

Objectives Impacts on informal carers are increasingly being incorporated into cost-of-illness and cost-effectiveness analyses. However, little is known about whether the method used to identify carer...

link.springer.com

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Matt Sutton @mattxsutton.bsky.social · May 15

Our report on the UK labour market for health economists is now out

hesg.org.uk/download/emp...

EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES OF THE LABOUR MARKET FOR HEALTH ECONOMISTS IN THE UK – Health Economists' Study Group

hesg.org.uk

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · May 16

📣Job vacancy (Research Associate in Health Economics)!

The post holder will contribute to work exploring the role of primary care organisations on cancer diagnosis and detection in the NHS, with the fantastic @igorfrancetic.fyi.

Closing date: 02/06/2025

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Health Economics :Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢Job vacancy - Research Associate in Health Economics!
Come and work with us on an NIHR-funded grant looking at the impact of different models of integrating new or extended roles into primary care! Managed by @annawilding.bsky.social

Find out more here:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Mar 24

Many thanks also to Eli's examiners: Prof David Fielding and Prof Marc Suhrcke!

HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Mar 24

🥳🍾Congratulations to Eli Chavarria Pino who passed her viva today with minor corrections!!🎉🙌

Eli's thesis was titled: "Evaluating the effect of public health spending in low-income settings." She was supervised by: Laura Anselmi and @mattxsutton.bsky.social and funded by @nwssdtp.bsky.social

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Mar 21

Finally from the HOPE contingent at #BJGPRC we have Dr Anna Wilding presenting her work looking at whether social prescribing referrals have reduced appointment pressures in primary care.
@annawilding.bsky.social

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Mar 21

Also presenting at #BJGPRC this afternoon was Dr Ben Walker, exploring the "Relationship between expected GP income and job satisfaction: a repeated cross-sectional study"

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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · Mar 21

As part of the 'Vulnerable Groups & Health Inequalities' session at #BJGPRC, Dr Efu Agboraw is presenting work exploring: "Inequality in the impact of the national social prescribing programme on population outcomes"

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BJGP @bjgp.bsky.social · Mar 21

We open with Keynote Speaker
Kath Checkland.

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