Trevor Sheldon to be new Head of Health Studies at York
Posted on 12 November 1999
Trevor Sheldon joined the University as senior research fellow in the Centre for Health Economics in 1993, where he was part of the team developing the national formula for allocating resources to health authorities for hospital and community health services. He was the founding director of the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, established in 1994, which he directed until April 1998. He currently co-directs the York Health Policy Group and is Director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at York.
The Department of Health Studies was formed in April 1996 when the North Yorkshire College of Health Studies joined the University of York. Its expertise in the teaching of nurses, midwives and other health professions complemented the University's strong existing research base in health services which it had established through a number of research centres.
The Department has recently expanded its own research activities with several senior staff appointments and the setting up of specialist centres, including the Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and the Centre for Dental Services Studies. "I am really looking forward to joining the Department for Health Studies, and meeting and working with colleagues." Says Trevor Sheldon. "One of my priorities is to promote the integration of input and activities across the department so that we can make better use of the excellent clinical, research management and leadership skills."
Notes to editors:
- The University of York has the largest team of health economists in the world, and the largest body of health care researchers outside a medical school. Health research, teaching and consultancy is undertaken by:
- The Department of Economics (Head: Professor Tony Culyer)
- The Department of Health Studies (Head: Professor Trevor Sheldon)
- The Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Evaluation (Head: Professor Ian Russell)
- The Centre for Health Economics (Director: Professor Michael Drummond)
- The NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (Director: Professor Jos Kleijen)
- The York Health Economics Consortium (Director: appointment pending)
- And by researchers in Social Policy, Philosophy, and Psychology.
- Trevor Sheldon trained in medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London and the Einstein College of Medicine, New York. After two years working in Central America, he obtained a Masters degree in Economics and subsequently a Masters in Medical Statistics. He has lectured in economics, medical statistics and epidemiology at several polytechnics and universities in the UK. He has authored over a hundred papers in refereed journals and several books and book chapters on a wide range of topics relevant to health and health care. He is a member of several research funding committees, including the Standing Group for Health Technology Assessment and the Health Advisory Committee of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, and chairs the Organisation and Management group of the London NHS Executive R&D programme. He is a member of the Advisory Group for the Commission for Health Improvement and is on the editorial board of the Journal for Health Services Research and Policy, Quality in Health Care and Health Expectations.
- The NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is funded by the NHS Research and Development Programme and is responsible for putting together and disseminating research intelligence for NHS decision makers and the public who use the National Health Service.
- Professor Trevor Sheldon and Professor Alan Maynard, co-directors of the York Health Policy Group at the University of York, will be taking up new positions within the Department of Health Studies, Trevor as Head of Department, Alan as Professor of Health Policy, and will be bringing with them the York Health Policy Group into the department.