Steve Parrott

Steve Parrott is a Reader in Health Economics at the University of York, affiliated with the Department of Health Sciences. Since 1995, he has led research in the economic evaluation of addiction and mental health interventions, particularly focusing on tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use. His work includes extensive collaboration on trials like COSTED, SCeTCH, and ADVANCE, addressing public health challenges through rigorous economic analysis.

• Research Interests: Health economics, addiction, mental health, tobacco control, and economic evaluation of clinical interventions.
• Teaching: Postgraduate module in Health Economics.
• Projects: Smoking cessation in emergency departments, e-cigarette interventions for homeless populations, ADVANCE program for substance misuse and IPV reduction, and integrated TB-diabetes care in LMICs.

Recent Publications highlight cost-effectiveness analyses in orthopedics, mental health, and global health initiatives. His methodological expertise spans randomized controlled trials, process evaluations, and cross-sectoral health economics.