Sainan Chang

Sainan Chang is a Research Associate in Health Economics at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester. Her work focuses on early stage Health Technology Assessment for precision treatment involving decision-analytic modelling, disease burden evaluation, and micro-costing.

Education:

• MSc in Health Economics and Decision Modelling from The University of Sheffield
• BSc in Pharmacy from China Pharmaceutical University

Dr. Chang's research expertise spans cost-effectiveness modelling, statistical methods in health economic analysis, and early stage Health Technology Assessment. Her work particularly focuses on rheumatoid arthritis treatments, incorporating decision-analytic approaches to evaluate disease burden and healthcare costs. She applies advanced statistical techniques including mixture models to analyze patient-reported outcomes and healthcare utilization data.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on rheumatoid arthritis research, with particular attention to pain measurement techniques and cost analysis of medical procedures. The work combines clinical rheumatology with health economic evaluation, showing expertise in both statistical methodology and practical healthcare cost assessment.

Her research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and well-being, particularly through improving healthcare efficiency and precision medicine approaches.

Dr. Chang is part of the Manchester Centre for Health Economics research team, collaborating with leading rheumatology researchers on studies involving patient outcomes measurement and healthcare resource utilization.