Sean Gavan

Overview

Sean Gavan is a Research Fellow in health economics at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics, The University of Manchester.

Contact Details

| Location |   | Email | | Manchester Centre for Health Economics
Room 4.312, Jean McFarlane Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester
M13 9PL

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| sean.gavan@manchester.ac.uk |

Biography

Sean joined the Manchester Centre for Health Economics in 2013 and has a research interest in the generation of evidence to estimate the relative cost-effectiveness of diagnostic health technologies. Sean is contributing to the economic analysis workstrand of the MASTERPLANSconsortium, funded by the Medical Research Council''s Stratified Medicine Initiative, to produce economic evidence supporting a stratified approach to the management of systemic lupus erythematosus. Sean''s previous research, funded by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit studentship, developed the economic evidence base for stratified medicine in rheumatoid arthritis and produced an early model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of a biomarker test to stratify biologic therapies. 

Research Interests

• Cost-effectiveness of health technologies in rheumatology
• Economics of precision medicine
• Early economic evaluation of health technologies
• Industrial organisation of biopharmaceutical and diagnostic markets
  

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies

• Member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
• Member of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
• Member of the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)
• Member of the UK Health Economists'' Study Group (HESG)
• Member of the Emerging European League Against Rheumatism Network (EMEUNET)
• Member of the NHS Health Education England Faculty of Genomic Medicine
• Member of the National Institute for Health Research Faculty
• President of the ISPOR Student Chapter at The University of Manchester, 2015-17
  

Teaching and Supervision

Doctoral Research Supervision

• PhD Co-supervisor - Leonie Brinkmann (2017-Present)
  Doctoral Thesis: What is the Economic Impact of Hazardous Prescribing of Anticoagulants and Does a Pharmacist-led Information Technology Intervention Reduce this Impact?
  With: Prof. Rachel Elliott, Prof. Niels Peek, Prof. Darren Ashcroft
  

Postgraduate Research Supervision

• Postgraduate Dissertation Supervisor - MSc Health Economics, The University of York (2017)
• Postgraduate Dissertation Supervisor - MRes Translational Medicine, The University of Manchester (2016-17)
• Postgraduate Academic Advisor - Masters of Research Programme in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (2016-17)
  

Taught Academic Modules

• Teaching Assistant - Economics of Genomics and Precision Medicine (MEDN67372), MSc Genomic Medicine & CPD Workshop (2016-17)
• Teaching Assistant - Health Economics (MEDN60092), MPH Public Health (2014-15)
• Teaching Assistant - An Introduction to Population Health - Coursera MOOC (2015)
  

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (Doctoral Thesis: An Economic Evaluation of a Biomarker Test to Stratify Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis)
• MSc Health Economics (Distinction)
• MSc Economics (Distinction)
• BA (Hons) Economics for Business (First Class)

Research Networks and Beacons

• Policy@Manchester
• Manchester Precision Medicine Institute

Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains

• Population Health & Ecosystems
• Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Repair