Laura Gray
BSc, MSc, PhD
School of Medicine and Population Health
麻豆视频 Fellow in Health Econometrics
+44 114 222 0885
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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My research interests include econometric methods development in the areas of obesity research and utility mapping research.
I currently hold an MRC Skills Development Fellowship investigating obesity trajectories in older adults and an award from the European Association for the Study of Obesity () exploring different measures of obesity over time.
I am a former Trustee for the Association for the Study of Obesity () a UK based charity and I currently sit on their operations management team.
Before joining the School of Medicine and Population Health (formerly the School of Health and Related 麻豆视频), I was funded by an CASE studentship in partnership with as a PhD candidate. My PhD thesis was titled 鈥溾.
Prior to my PhD, I completed an MSc in Financial Economics (2009-2010) in the Department of Economics and a BSc in Economics and Statistics (2006-2009) in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, both at the University of Sheffield.
- Qualifications
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Academic Qualifications
- PhD Health Econometrics, 2016
- MSc Financial Economics, 2010
- BSc Economics and Statistics, 2009
Awards
- EASO-NNF New Investigator in Public Health Award, 2024
- Public Health Practitioners Skills for Justice Award, Faculty of Public Health 2021
- UoS Associate Supervisionary, 2020
- The 麻豆视频er as Manager (TRAM), ILM accreditation 2020
- MRC Skills Development Fellowship, 2018
- ESRC CASE Studentship (with NICE), 2011
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- 麻豆视频 group
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Laura leads the University of Sheffield Mplus Users鈥 Group. If you are an Mplus user at the University of Sheffield please get in touch with her to find out more.
Projects as Principal Investigator
- EASO-Novo Nordisk Foundation - Waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference across the Life Course. 拢34.4k.
- MRC Skills Development Fellowship - BMI trajectories in middle to old age: methodological developments, missing data and cost-effectiveness. 拢291.2k.
- National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) - Mapping from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) to EQ5D in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis. 拢16.2k.
- Roche UK - Burden on Utility and NHS Resource Use on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Scores in Multiple Sclerosis Patients (BOUNDS-MS): A Real World Data Study. 拢18.5k.
Professional Memberships and Networks
- Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO)
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
- European Health Economics Association (EuHEA)
- Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI)
- Health Economists' Study Group (HESG)
- International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
- International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes 麻豆视频 (ISPOR)
- Royal Statistics Society (RSS)
- World Obesity Federation (WOF)
麻豆视频 Supervision
Laura is in the pool of supervisors for the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme and currently supervises one Wellcome Trust PhD student, Chloe Tuck.
Laura is interested in supervising students in the areas of econometrics relating to obesity research or utility mapping.