Dr William Whittaker PhD
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
Biography
Employment:
2017-present: Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
2016-2017: Lecturer in Health Economics
2010-2016: Research Fellow in Health Economics
2008-2010: Research Associate in Health Economics
Funding/Grants awarded
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: October 2019-September 2024
Evaluation of the Tameside and Glossop Greater Manchester Transformation funded schemes
Funding Body: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Dates: December 2018-November 2020
Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP)
Funding Body: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
Dates: April 2017-March 2021
Collaboration for leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
Funding Body: NIHR
Dates: January 2014-September 2019
An evaluation of a new water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria
Funding Body: NIHR Public Health Research Programme
Dates: April 2013-March 2019
Developing an Evidence-Based Public Health Resource Allocation Formula
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: April 2014-April 2015
Developing the Mental Health Funding Formula for Allocations to General Practices
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: December 2010-December 2012
Developing the NHS Resource Allocation Formulae for Mental Health Services and Prescribing
Funding Body: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Dates: January2010-June 2010
Career development awards:
MRC/ESRC/NIHR Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics
Funding Body: MRC, ESRC, NIHR
Dates: September 2010-August 2012
ESRC 1+3 funding MSc and PhD
Funding Body: ESRC
Dates: September 2003-August 2007
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Professional bodies membership
Health Economics Study Group (HESG)
Royal Economics Society (RES)
International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
Committee membership
International Health Economics Association (iHEA) (scientific review panel)
NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme Regional Advisory Panel member
External positions
NIHR RfPB Regional Panel Member
1 Jan 2017 → …Areas of expertise
- H Social Sciences (General) - health services research
- HA Statistics - health services research
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - health services research
Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains
Keywords
- Health Care, Econometrics, Health inequalities, Health economics, Health Services Research
Education / academic qualifications
- 2004 - Master of Economics, Economics and Econometrics, The University of Manchester (2003 - 2004)
- 2003 - Bachelor of Economics, The University of Manchester (2000 - 2003)
- Doctor of Social Science, Internal Migration in Great Britain: Causes and Effects, The University of Manchester (2004 - 2008)
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article