Dr Katie Breheny

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Biography

Katie joined the University of Bristol in October 2018. She is working on trial based economic evaluations in the areas of loneliness and breast cancer and an evaluation of preference-based measures in cataract surgery. She is also a Research Adviser for the Research Design Service.    

Katie has a BSc in Psychology (University of Kent), MSc in Research Methods in Psychology (University of Reading) and an MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy (University of Birmingham). She is currently finishing her PhD in Health Economics at the University of Birmingham.

Following her Psychology training, Katie worked for a consultancy ...

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Recent publications

• Frew, E & Breheny, K, 2019, ‘Methods for public health economic evaluation: A Delphi survey of decision makers in English and Welsh local government’. Health Economics, vol 28., pp. 1052-1063
• Band, R, Ewings, S, Cheetham-Blake, T, Ellis, J, Breheny, K, Vassilev, I, Portillo, MC, Yardley, L, Blickem, C, Kandiyali, R, Culliford, D & Rogers, A, 2019, ‘Study protocol for 'The Project About Loneliness and Social networks (PALS)': a pragmatic, randomised trial comparing a facilitated social network intervention (Genie) with a wait-list control for lonely and socially isolated people’. BMJ Open, vol 9.

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