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Professor Emma McIntosh is Director of Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) and Deputy Head of School at University of Glasgow. With a PhD in Economics (Aberdeen) and MSc in Health Economics (York), she leads economic evaluations of public health interventions globally.
Research encompasses: 1) Economic methods for natural experiments and RCTs, 2) Global health applications in Africa/Asia, and 3) Preference-based evaluation techniques. She co-authored Oxford textbooks on cost-benefit analysis in healthcare and health economics for public health.
Current projects include THRIVE trial (parenting interventions), ReDIRECT (long-COVID weight management), and arthritis burden studies in Tanzania. Her work informs health policy through NIHR committees and international partnerships.
Methodological innovations include discrete choice experiments and quality-adjusted life year (QALY) validation studies for economic evaluations.
