
معرفی
Dr Alison F. Smith is a Lecturer in Health Economics at the University of Leeds, affiliated with the Academic Unit of Health Economics (AUHE), the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Accelerated Surgical Care, and the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). She leads the Test Evaluation Group, focusing on economic evaluations of medical tests and technologies.
Research Interests:
- Health-economic evaluation of diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive tests
- Model-based assessments and Discrete Event Simulation (DES)
- Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine
- Decision modelling using Excel, R, and Simul8 software
Key Affiliations:
- NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC)
- Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
- Academic Unit of Health Economics (AUHE)
- Founding member of the Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Diagnostics (MEED) Research Forum
Scientific Awards & Fellowships:
- NIHR Doctoral Fellowship (2017–2019)
Teaching & Leadership:
- Module leader for postgraduate course 'Introduction to Health Economics' (MEDR5260M) since 2024
- Co-leader of the AUHE Modelling Methodology Group
Professional Roles:
- Expert member of the European Federation of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Test Evaluation Working Group
- Advisor to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP)
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