ScHARR Chain Reaction

When Molly Girvan met Anju Keetharuth


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In this latest episode of ScHARR Chain Reaction podcast Molly Girvan will be talking to Anju Keetharuth about their role and how they manage their work life balance among other topics.

Anju joined HEDS as a health economist in November 2010. After her doctorate in development economics, Anju worked as a trade policy adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in Fiji (Overseas Development Institute Fellow). She then worked as an Economic Affairs Officer researching foreign direct investment at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Anju has also been teaching economics at the University of Sheffield. Prior to joining HEDS, she was employed as an Economic Adviser at the Department of Health in the Choice Analysis and Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) team.

Anju's research interests include outcome measurement, psychometrics, economic evaluation and current health policy analysis including PROMs. She is also interested in economic evaluation of mental health policies and community services. Anju is also a yoga teacher in her spare time and interested in researching how yoga can improve the health of the population. 

Current projects

  • Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health and Care Interventions (EEPRU)
  •  Efficiency, cost and quality of mental healthcare provision (EMHeP)
  • Health economist on BRIGHT trial. Brushing reminder 4 oral health: the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a short messaging service behaviour change programme to improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas 
  • Health economist on EMBEDDING trial: Evaluating the impact of an intervention to increase uptake of self-management education programme for Type 2 diabetes in primary care: a wait-list cluster randomised controlled trial.  
  • The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) is fully committed to supporting an inclusive culture for all our staff and students.If you want to know more about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at ScHARR, please go to. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/equality-diversity

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