Emma Mcmanus

Emma Mcmanus is a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester's Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care. She holds a part-time PhD in Health Economics from the University of East Anglia (awarded April 2024) and maintains active roles including Early Career Researcher Subcommittee Member for the Health Economists' Study Group.

Education:

• PhD in Health Economics (Part-time), University of East Anglia (2016-2024)
• MSc in Health Economics, University of East Anglia (2014-2015)
• BSc in Mathematics, University of East Anglia (2011-2014)

Her research focuses on health economics with emphasis on diabetes prevention, economic evaluation of public health programs, and reproducibility of decision-analytic models. She has led analyses for the DIPLOMA project evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, examining population-level effects, GP recruitment incentives, and long-term cost-effectiveness modeling. Her work demonstrates strong methodology in large routinely collected datasets and clinical trial economic evaluations.

Recent publications reveal a concentration in diabetes prevention economics (70% of visible output), with emerging work in pediatric cardiac rehabilitation. Key trends include methodological innovation in health economic modeling and analysis of socioeconomic disparities in healthcare access.

Scientific Recognition:

• CLAHRC East of England (now ARC) research funding for decision-model reproducibility study
• Multiple high-impact publications in journals including Value in Health and BMC Public Health
• Research featured in national media coverage (11 X posts, 30+ Mendeley readers)

She serves as Co-Investigator on the active £500k+ 'Cardiac Rehabilitation for Children' project (2022-2025) and previously held positions including Research Ethics Committee Member for the Health Research Authority (2016-2019). Her methodological expertise informs her role as Tuberous Sclerosis Association funding panel methodologist.

Current collaborative networks span 12+ institutions focused on diabetes prevention, with significant NHS engagement through the DIPLOMA project consortium involving Manchester, York, and other UK universities.