Analyst
Department of Health and NHS England
Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months
National Urgent and Emergency Care Review
-Financial modelling
-Outcome modelling
-Evidence synthesis
-Cost benefit analysis
-Cost-effectiveness analysis
-Impact assessment
-Policy review
National Still Births Prevention Strategy
-Local care bundle
-Evidence Synthesis
-Guideline development
Senior Public Health Analyst for a Public Health Team transferred from the NHS into local government.
- Pioneered the use of infographics in the effective communication of evidence and data for the purposes of needs assessment, policy development and commissioning.
- Provided surveillance of policy change and demographic trends and assessment of their potential impact on services.
- Led on statistical analysis, health economics (return on investment and cost-benefit analysis), evaluation, performance monitoring and evidence review. Increased statistical literacy of the public health team and provided cross organisational training on statistics, research and intelligence.
- Published research at a number of national conferences (listed in Publications below).
- Developed an analyst internship programme and recruited and line managed a full intelligence team.
- General Practice Cancer Performance Profiles (analysis and publication)
- Acquired specialist knowledge of mental health and cancer on joint strategic needs assessment with both internal and external stakeholders.
-Created a Health Protection Framework for provide assurance to the Health Protection Forum (included in the emergency preparedness plan).
-Development of GP cancer profiles across London - a summary of cancer performance and outcomes based on National Cancer Registry Data by GP population.
-Produced over over 300 individual profiles for GP and practice improvement audience and London cancer network.
Cross cluster data analysis, interpretation and presentation, utilising Excel, R, SPSS and STATA and GIS mapping software across a wide range of data sets. Developed tools for statistical and epidemiological analysis and financial modelling. Specialist advisor on health intelligence issues including the development and analysis of health related data sets and information. Specialist and lead on health economics (budget impact modelling and burden of disease calculation) and systematic review. Promoted public health methodologies to support other health professionals locally and regionally in developing strategies and affecting change
Analyst for a global evidence consultancy. Conducted and published a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in HIV, osteoporosis, infectious disease and cancer survival. Developed a number of economic models to demonstrate the impact of specific health interventions in specific populations and health economies.
Imperial College London Masters Public Health (September 2009- 2010) • St Mary’s Hospital - Research design and evaluation, statistics, chronic disease epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, infectious disease modelling, Bayesian statistics • Imperial Business School – Health advocacy, needs assessment, health economics, health systems policy and financing. • Charing Cross Hospital – Health Improvement and health research, project management, healthcare evaluation, health improvement, impact assessment.) • Dissertation- Risk factors and predictors of post traumatic stress in children and young people in Israel and The Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Conduct pair-wise, indirect comparison and mixed treatment comparison (IC/MTC) evidence synthesis using WinBUGS Bayesian software, • Adjust for covariates, • Integrate statistical evidence synthesis with probabilistic cost effectiveness analysis, • Assess the degree of heterogeneity and inconsistency in RCT data, • Understand the assumptions and potential pitfalls in pair-wise and IC/MTC meta-analysis, • Understanding of Bayesian methods, hierarchical modelling, and be able to use WinBUGS software.
University of St Andrews BSc Physiology and Neuroscience (September 2005 - June 2009) • Honours modules: Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Neurodegeneration, Aging, Systems Physiology and Cell signalling. • Dissertation: Prion theory a unifying concept of neurodegeneration and universal drug targets.
