Professor Emma McIntosh has been appointed as co-Director of Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) at the School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow.

Looking to build on almost 15 years of work with the group, Professor McIntosh will now share directorship of HEHTA with incumbent director Professor Olivia Wu.

Professor McIntosh joined HEHTA in May 2011 as Reader in Health Economics and Programme lead on the Economics of Population Health theme. Most recently, she served as deputy director of HEHTA, where her notable impact includes her work as Principal Investigator and Director of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on estimating the Prevalence, Quality of life, Economic and Societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania. Prior to joining HEHTA, Professor McIntosh was based at the University of Oxford's Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) following her time at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) at Aberdeen University.

Professor McIntosh said: "I am delighted to be named co-Director of HEHTA alongside Olivia. Together, we look forward to continuing to innovate and collaborate with our exceptional team at HEHTA towards our ambition of becoming the world-leading centre for research and education in working to improve health and wellbeing through better decision making.”  

Professor Olivia Wu, co-Director of HEHTA, said: “I am extremely pleased that Emma has agreed to taking on the role of co-Director.  This truly reflects our existing collaborative approach to leadership, and in ensuring the continued success of HEHTA."

First published: 1 March 2024

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