The University of Sheffield
Health Economics and Decision Science

Dr Sophie Whyte MMath (Warwick), PhD (Birmingham)

Sophie Whyte

HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
UK

Office:

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0859
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095

E-mail: sophie.whyte@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the HEDS section of ScHARR as a mathematical modeller in September 2007. Previous to this, I obtained a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Warwick and a PhD in Pure Mathematics (Group Theory) from Birmingham University.

Research interests

I currently work for the Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health and Care Intervention (EEPRU) www.eepru.co.uk/

I am particularly interested in the calibration of disease natural history models. In particular I have used the Metropolis Hastings algorithm to calibrate a natural history model for colorectal cancer within a Bayesian framework.

I have undertaken several research projects in the area of colorectal cancer including:

My work also involves technology appraisal for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Teaching interests

I undertake teaching on the MSc in Health Economics and Decision Modelling and on the MSc in Public Health.

Key publications