Helen Weatherly

Helen Weatherly is a Professor of Health and Care Economics at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. She leads the Social Care Economics NEtwork (SCENE) and co-directs the MSc in Health Economics by Distance Learning. Her research focuses on social care economics, public health, and economic evaluation methods, with significant contributions to unit cost analysis in health and social care.

Research Interests:

• Economic evaluation in social care and public health
• Methods for assessing health interventions
• End-of-life care economics
• Social care policy and resource allocation

Key Projects:

• SCENE: Promoting social care economics research
• Unit Costs of Health and Social Care Programme
• ENHANCE: End-of-Life Care for Children

Awards: NIHR SSCR DRLA Developing Research Leaders Award (2022).

Grants & Advising: Principal investigator on multiple NIHR-funded projects, including HDRCs and Thanzi la Onse. Supervised MSc summer placements and collaborates with global health consortia.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Centre for Health Economics' Impact initiatives and chairs the York Carers Centre Board.