Dr Samuel Owusu Achiaw

  • Research Assistant (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

email: Samuel.OwusuAchiaw@glasgow.ac.uk

Clarice Pears Building, School of Health & Wellbeing, 90 Byres Road, Scotland, United Kingdom, G12 8TB

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Biography

Samuel Owusu Achiaw is a researcher with a clinical background at the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment Unit at the University of Glasgow. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana and a Master of Public Health (Health Economics specialism) degree from the University of Glasgow.

Samuel is currently the chair of the SHW Athena Swan International Staff and Students working group and a member of the SHW Athena Swan UG/PGT group.

Research interests

Samuel’s research interests include (early) health technology assessment of digital and emerging health technologies and the economic evaluation of public health interventions. He is also interested in healthcare financing research in low- and middle-income countries.

His recent projects include:

Assessing the Value of Biosensor-Integrated Arteriovenous Grafts.

Assessing the value of artificial intelligence (AI) integrated diagnostic pathway for lung cancer detection in the RADICAL trial (ongoing project)

Publications

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2025

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Geue, C. and Grieve, E. (2025) The role of universal health coverage in secondary prevention: a case study of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme and early-onset hypertension. SSM - Health Systems, 4, 100053. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100053)

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Hawkins, N. , Wu, O. and Mercer, J. (2025) Assessing the value of further investment in R&D using mixed-methods health technology assessment and risk-adjusted net-present value analysis: a case study of biosensor-integrated arteriovenous grafts. Journal of Market Access and Health Policy, 13(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/jmahp13010001)

2024

Fenny, A. P., Otieku, E., Owusu Achiaw, S. , Okoe Boye, B., Asenso-Boadi, F., Addo-Cobbiah, V. and Musah, M. (2024) Impact of COVID-19 on the management of hypertension: a perspective on disease severity, service use patterns and expenditures from Ghana’s health insurance claims data. Journal of Human Hypertension, (doi: 10.1038/s41371-024-00924-3) (PMID:38902509) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Hawkins, N. , Wu, O. and Mercer, J. (2023) HTA178 Using Mixed-Methods Development-Focused HTA and Npv Calculations to Guide Further Investment and R&D: A Case Study on Establishing the Value Proposition for Biosensor-Integrated Self-Reporting Arteriovenous Grafts. ISPOR Europe 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-15 Nov 2023. (doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.09.1862)

Lowrie, R. et al. (2023) Home Intervention for Patients with Moderate-severe COPD and Co-morbidities by Pharmacists and Physicians: Methods and Baseline Characteristics from a Pilot RCT. ERS International Congress 2023, Milan, Italy, 9-13 Sept 2023. (doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.pa546)

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Geue, C. and Grieve, E. (2023) The Role of Universal Health Coverage in Secondary Prevention: A Case Study of Ghana’s National Health Insurance and Early-Onset Hypertension. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

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Number of items: 6.

Articles

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Geue, C. and Grieve, E. (2025) The role of universal health coverage in secondary prevention: a case study of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme and early-onset hypertension. SSM - Health Systems, 4, 100053. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100053)

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Hawkins, N. , Wu, O. and Mercer, J. (2025) Assessing the value of further investment in R&D using mixed-methods health technology assessment and risk-adjusted net-present value analysis: a case study of biosensor-integrated arteriovenous grafts. Journal of Market Access and Health Policy, 13(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/jmahp13010001)

Fenny, A. P., Otieku, E., Owusu Achiaw, S. , Okoe Boye, B., Asenso-Boadi, F., Addo-Cobbiah, V. and Musah, M. (2024) Impact of COVID-19 on the management of hypertension: a perspective on disease severity, service use patterns and expenditures from Ghana’s health insurance claims data. Journal of Human Hypertension, (doi: 10.1038/s41371-024-00924-3) (PMID:38902509) (Early Online Publication)

Conference or Workshop Item

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Hawkins, N. , Wu, O. and Mercer, J. (2023) HTA178 Using Mixed-Methods Development-Focused HTA and Npv Calculations to Guide Further Investment and R&D: A Case Study on Establishing the Value Proposition for Biosensor-Integrated Self-Reporting Arteriovenous Grafts. ISPOR Europe 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-15 Nov 2023. (doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.09.1862)

Lowrie, R. et al. (2023) Home Intervention for Patients with Moderate-severe COPD and Co-morbidities by Pharmacists and Physicians: Methods and Baseline Characteristics from a Pilot RCT. ERS International Congress 2023, Milan, Italy, 9-13 Sept 2023. (doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.pa546)

Owusu Achiaw, S. , Geue, C. and Grieve, E. (2023) The Role of Universal Health Coverage in Secondary Prevention: A Case Study of Ghana’s National Health Insurance and Early-Onset Hypertension. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

This list was generated on Tue Apr 15 21:58:07 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Cultivating Inclusive Peer Support for Post Graduate Taught (PGT) Dissertation Success 
    Learning and Teaching Development Fund
    2024 - 2025
     
  • Embedding Student-Led Action Towards the Sustainable Development Goals into the Curricula
    Learning and Teaching Development Fund
    2024 - 2025
     
  • Curriculum Review and Enhancement: Beginning the Process of Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Decolonising the Principles of Public Health (PoPH) Curriculum
    MVLS College Equality Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI) Fund
    2024 - 2025
     
  • Positionality Workshop for College of MVLS Teaching Staff
    MVLS College Equality Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI) Fund 
    2024 - 2025
     
  • Black History Month Student Led Event
    MVLS College Equality Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI) Fund
    2023 - 2024
     

Supervision

Samuel supervises master’s student dissertations.

MPH (Health Economics Specialism) 2022/2023: The Use of Research Evidence in Public Health and Health Care Policymaking in West Africa: A Systematic Review -Kuyet Danjuma-Karau.

MPH (Health Economics Specialism) 2023/2024: Effectiveness and economic implications of interventions to address nursing shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic -Yu-Chun Chen

MPH (Health Economics Specialism) 2023/2024: Assessing the Value for Money of Digital Health Interventions in Primary Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review -Alfiani Husna Amalia

Teaching

Samuel is engaged in several teaching activities including delivering lectures to students in the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) programme on health economics in health policy.