Dr. Kathleen Boyd

Professor

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Biography

Professor of Health Economics at the University of Glasgow, Kathleen Boyd is the Director of Research in Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment. She leads economic evaluations alongside clinical trials in diverse healthcare areas, including smoking cessation and oncology. With extensive involvement in UK and international healthcare research projects, she specializes in decision analytic modeling and the economic analysis of public health interventions. Kathleen has served as a health economics reviewer for the Scottish Medicines Consortium and has contributed to significant funding bodies like the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council. She collaborates with various prestigious funding agencies and is an advisory member on numerous committees related to health economics and public health. Her academic qualifications include an Hons BA in Economics from the University of Strathclyde, an MSc in Health Economics, and a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Glasgow. Her methodological interests also extend to designing economic evaluations and value information analysis, making coordinated efforts to bridge economic aspects with clinical research toward improving health outcomes.

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Experience

Professor

2007-01-01 — Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow

Leading research in health economics and collaborating on international health care projects.