Friday 5 November 2010

HEDS Get Blogging!


Posted by Andy

For those unaware The ScHARR Library is nicely nestled in a much larger organism under the name of Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS). With the aid of my good self, Professor Simon Dixon has launched HEDS first venture in the realm of blogging with a site that has regular interesting posts about what we do - all of which don't extend beyond 200 words. So no long reams of text, it's all straight to the point, and considering how the average attention span has shrunk to a.........you've stopped reading this haven't you?

More about HEDS
Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) is part of the School for Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield.  It comprises of around 80 research staff with expertise in economics, mathematical modelling, systematic reviewing, Bayesian statistics and information sciences.  HEDS is built around reserach funding from several national sources and consultancy from a range of NHS and pharmaceutical organisations.  It runs one Masters degree and its staff teach modules on several others.  In the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise, ScHARR was ranked number 1 for research power.


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