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SEC 2019 Highlights

Launch of ‘Scottish Health Economics (SHE)’

The aim of Scottish Health Economics (SHE), a new collaboration of health
economists from Scotland’s universities, NHS and government, is to bring together
researchers and users of health economics to explore the development and
application of health economics in Scotland. ‘SHE’ was officially launched with a
one-day conference which focused on ‘Showcasing health economics in Scotland: research of international
excellence that addresses policy priorities in Scotland and beyond’.

NEW HERU Blog…

In January, we launched our new HERU Blog. Our blog is aimed
at anyone interested in the research and activity of HERU.
The first post was a short video introduction to HERU from
our Director, Mandy Ryan. Other posts are summaries of our
research, with a focus on the policy implications of the findings
and we use a variety of different formats – including video,
images and text. To view our blog, please visit: www.abdn.ac.uk/
heru/blog/

Grant success
Researchers in HERU led several successful grant applicants including two grants funded by the Health
Improvement, Protection and Services Committee of the CSO: Should Scotland provide whole genomic sequencing
for diagnosis of rare disorders? A health economic analysis and Does minimum unit pricing for alcohol have unintended
consequences for diet and health? A natural experiment comparing Scotland and England. We were also the health
economics lead on a number of prestigious NIHR funded trials and other grants totalling around £6 million.

Duchess of Rothesay visits the University
Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Rothesay and Pro-
Chancellor Professor Iain Torrance, of the University of
Aberdeen, visited the University in January for the official
installation of Professor George Boyne as Vice-Chancellor and
Principal.
While at the university HRH took time to visit the Foresterhill
campus and met with the Directors of HERU and the Health
Services Research Unit (HSRU) (left). This was a chance to catch
up on the work of the units over the last year. In February
2018, the Duchess presented the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for
Higher and Further Education to the University in recognition of the research of HERU and HSRU.

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