Research Interests
My main research interest is the application of health economic and decision theoretic ideas to the conception, design and analysis of clinical trials. The key idea underpinning this analysis is the concept of the Value of Information whereby we can quantify the economic value of obtaining information through research. The advantage of this type of analysis is that trials collect information to aid decision making about the optimal treatment in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

Value of Information methods require a broad range of research interests including Bayesian decision analysis, health economic modelling, Bayesian expert elicitation, utility theory, meta analysis, Bayesian computation methods and clinical trial design.