Stuart Wright

Stuart Wright

@sjwright.bsky.social

Health Economist at The Manchester Centre for Health Economics. Interested in cancer screening, particularly considering uptake and implementation issues

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healtheconall
@healtheconall.bsky.social

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Diagnostics, Digital, Data and Devices (MEED) Research Forum 2026 #healtheconomics

dlvr.itMethods for the Economic Evaluation of Diagnostics, Digital, Data and Devices (MEED) Research Forum 2026Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Diagnostics, Digital, Data and Devices (MEED) Research Forum 2026 *** Registration open *** *** Abstract and organised session submissions open *** Thursday 26 November 2026 10:00 - 16:00 The Queens Hotel, Leeds, UK meed-hta.org Registration is open for the seventh Methods for the Economic Evaluation Diagnostics, Digital, Data and Devices (MEED) Research Forum! [...]

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Joe Hilton
@joebhilton.bsky.social

I'm on a podcast! A huge thanks to the teams at @plusmaths.bsky.social and @juniper-network.bsky.social for having me on to talk about working as a mathematician in health economics.

plus.maths.org@plusmaths.bsky.social

In the future, will the NHS use DNA tests to decide treatment plans? In the final episode of our latest podcast series we spoke to Joe Hilton, a health economist and @juniper-network.bsky.social Fellow, to understand how maths is used to define policies like these. plus.maths.org/joe-hilton-s...

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Joe Hilton
@joebhilton.bsky.social

I'm in Graz this week for #ECMTB26 and am presenting three (yes three!) things. I have a poster on Tuesday on mathematical biology in health economics, I'm talking on Wednesday about vaccine uptake patterns in the ONS Covid-19 Survey, and on Friday I'm speaking about spatial mapping of avian flu.

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Manchester Breast Centre
@mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Prof Gareth Evans for receiving an MBE for services to Cancer Genetics in the King’s Birthday Honours. Prof Evans pioneered & implemented innovative NHS services for patients with inherited cancer predisposition syndromes, most notably breast, ovarian cancer & neurofibromatosis.

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Dr Edward Hill
@edmhill.bsky.social

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4/ JUNIPER Fellow spotlight: Joe Hilton (@joebhilton.bsky.social) - University of Manchester 🧪 Research interests: Role of population heterogeneity in different aspects of public health 📋 Fellowship plans: Lead JUNIPER activities that bridge gap between health economics & mathematical epidemiology

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MCHE at UoM
@mche-uom.bsky.social

Earlier this month, our colleague Sainan Chang presented at the King’s Health Economics Workshop, sharing research on: Early Economic Modelling to Estimate Cost-effectiveness and Value-based Price of a Gene Therapy for Urofacial Syndrome.

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Sander van der Linden
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social

This is part of the reason why I have suspended all travel to the United States indefinitely. A Swiss teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York with friends but instead was detained, shackled, and sent off to a detention center in New Jersey. No thanks! www.nzz.ch/english/you-...

nzz.chSwiss woman is denied entry at the US border and detained«You have no right to be here.» A teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York. Instead, she was jailed in New Jersey before being deported. A lawyer warns that something similar could happen ...

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IHEA Econ-Omics SIG
@ihea-econ-omics.bsky.social

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(2/2) Join us for presentations from three talented ECRs (@mvhvu.bsky.social‬, Francisco Santos-Gonzalez, and Amber Salisbury) followed by discussions led by senior health economists (Son Nghiem, Martin Downes, ‪@rich-norman.bsky.social).‬ We hope to see you there! #ECRs #healtheconomics #genomics

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Looking forward to a day of early detection research today. Presenting a poster later on our DCE exploring younger women's preferences for a breast cancer risk prediction service.

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healtheconall
@healtheconall.bsky.social

Fully funded PhD studentship – Manchester, UK - Appraisal of the cost effectiveness of systemic therapies for psoriasis in the era of biosimilars #healtheconomics

dlvr.itFully funded PhD studentship – Manchester, UK - Appraisal of the cost effectiveness of systemic therapies for psoriasis in the era of biosimilarsFrom: Gabriel Rogers Fully funded PhD studentship – Manchester, UK Appraisal of the cost effectiveness of systemic therapies for psoriasis in the era of biosimilars Dr Zenas Yiu, Dr Duc Binh Phan, Mr Gabriel Rogers, Dr Richard Warren This is a funded studentship to commence in September 2025. It combines evidence synthesis, analysis of registry data, and health economic decision-modelling. It’s a brilliant opportunity for someone with strong quantitative skills and an interest in health economics. [...]

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Thomas Allen
@tommyallen87.bsky.social

Blog about homelessness written by Jenny, an excellent PhD student I am co-supervising with funding from @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social and NIHR Manchester BRC research-hive.com/2025/03/26/w...

research-hive.comWhy Does a Person’s Life Expectancy Drop by 30 Years if they don’t Have a Home?Author: Jenny Doak // Editors: Elan Shellard & Rashmi Danwaththa Liyanage What is Homelessness? For most people, the term ‘homeless’ conjures up images of a person sleeping on the streets. Howe…

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

chelsea g. summers@chelseagsummers.bsky.social

So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

lemonde.frEtats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...

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Georgia Walton
@drgeorgiawalton.bsky.social

I am beyond excited to share that you can now apply to observe a @wellcometrust.bsky.social #DiscoveryResearch shortlisting Committee! If you plan to apply to us in the next 2 years, apply to be an Observer now to better understand what happens once you click submit! wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

wellcome.orgApply to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee | Prepare to Apply | WellcomeFind out how to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee. Researchers who are considering applying for Wellcome funding in the next two years can apply to observe a shortlisting committee.

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IHEA Econ-Omics SIG
@ihea-econ-omics.bsky.social

NEXT WEEK: Join Professor Katherine Payne’s talk on generating economic evidence to understand the potential impact of pharmacogenetic testing #IHEA #healtheconomics #pharmacogenetics healtheconomics.org/event/econ-o...

healtheconomics.orgEcon-Omics Talks: Evaluating and Valuing Pharmacogenetic Testing – International Health Economics Association
IHEA Econ-Omics SIG@ihea-econ-omics.bsky.social

(1/2) Reminder: Next month Professor Katherine Payne from the University of Manchester will present on generating economic evidence to understand the potential impact of pharmacogenetic testing #IHEA #healtheconomics #pharmacogenetics healtheconomics.org/event/econ-o...

healtheconomics.orgEcon-Omics Talks: Evaluating and Valuing Pharmacogenetic Testing – International Health Economics Association
Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Not sure if its a feature, a bug, or just because I don't follow enough people yet but my favourite thing about this site is that occasionally you reach the end of it. Like you have the discover tab to find out everything that's going on in the world, get annoyed and then it just runs out

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

As part of PhDs and fellowships it's seen as a good thing to go on research visits. When I was writing my fellowship application I wanted to work this in but as a parent with young kids it's difficult to spend a big chunk of time abroad. So I'm trying to do more frequent short visits instead 1/n

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Stuart Wright
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This is particularly true now we are all much more connected online. We have arranged monthly meetings to progress the work in the meantime and have well laid out plans which will help keep momentum 5/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

I think for some people that experience of living in another country would still be really valuable. But I guess I just wanted to let people who can't do that kind of working know that there is another way of doing it. Anyway, now I'm off to do bedtime duty for the next week!

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

As part of PhDs and fellowships it's seen as a good thing to go on research visits. When I was writing my fellowship application I wanted to work this in but as a parent with young kids it's difficult to spend a big chunk of time abroad. So I'm trying to do more frequent short visits instead 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

It obviously helps being based in Europe in that it's easy to travel quickly between countries and do these short visits. But I wanted to kind of let people know that there is this alternative way of doing visits that does feel like it will work 4/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

As part of PhDs and fellowships it's seen as a good thing to go on research visits. When I was writing my fellowship application I wanted to work this in but as a parent with young kids it's difficult to spend a big chunk of time abroad. So I'm trying to do more frequent short visits instead 1/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

I'm just finishing my first visit of 3 days to the health economics group at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and feel like this is going to work really well. We have had quite an intense few days of presentations and meetings but we've set things up well for working in the future 2/n

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Danish Centre for Health Economics (DaCHE)
@dache-sdu.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to launch DaCHE - Danish Centre for Health Economics on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us for updates from the DaCHE team: ✅ Our newest publications and reports ✅ Highlights from conferences, workshops, and research visits ✅ Collaboration opportunities and job postings ✅ ...And much more!

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

We are also involved in ongoing work evaluating the cost-effectiveness of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the UK. The principle of risk-stratified screening is that you can adapt an individual's screening intervals depending on their predicted cancer risk 10/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

We have an open source model (sensing a pattern here?) of risk-stratified cancer screening called MANC-RISK-SCREEN. The code is freely available here: github.com/stuwrighthea... We're currently working on version 1.3 adding in error in risk prediction and "chemoprevention" 11/n

github.comGitHub - stuwrighthealthecon/MANC-RISK-SCREEN: This repository contains the files required to run a discrete event simulation based economic evaluation of a number of different screening strategies to...This repository contains the files required to run a discrete event simulation based economic evaluation of a number of different screening strategies to detect breast cancer in women in the UK - s...
Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

I'll also be using methods from imp sci to identify barriers to the health system providing self-sampling before condensing these barriers into implementation scenarios using a scenario drafting approach. I'll then model the cost-effectiveness of the intervention in each scenario 8/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Evidence suggests that now cervical screening is HPV-based, women could potentially take the sample themselves at home rather than having the sample taken by a clinician. This could improve access to screening but the test might not be as sensitive 6/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

In my project I'm building an open-source model of cervical cancer screening for the UK. I'll then build in the predicted uptake for different sampling approaches based on the results of a DCE fielded in a representative sample but also groups poorly served by current screening approaches 7/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

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Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

I'm particularly interested in looking at how we can incorporate imperfect uptake (predicted using DCEs) and implementation (imp sci) into models. Currently many of our models, while mathematically technical, assume that stuff works perfectly in practice. But real health systems are complex 4/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

To the end, I currently hold a 5-year Wellcome Trust Early Career Award titled "Providing Economic Evidence to Inform and Improve the Implementation of Screening Programmes". The main focus of this fellowship is the potential implementation of cervical self-sampling 5/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Good to see that we're getting more people on here now. Feel like the next step is generating more content so I'm going to post a thread about my research for new followers and people I haven't spoken too in a while! So hi bluesky, I'm Stu and I'm a health economist 1/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

I've worked (and studied) at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics for 11 years now. As a centre we do a wide variety of work in areas such as: cancer, mental health, medicine safety, diagnostic tests, health policy, health preferences, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease and more 2/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

My work focuses on the economic evaluation of cancer screening and early detection, with a small side hustle in pharmacogenetics. Methods wise I'm a jack of all trades using decision-modelling, DCEs, systematic reviews, and a bit of implementation science 3/n

Stuart Wright
@sjwright.bsky.social

Gave a talk at a PPI day yesterday. We did an icebreaker where everyone had to draw what "cancer research meant to them". All the researchers drew test tubes/computers/stethoscopes and the PPI group all drew things about hope, happiness and making people's lives better.

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