About us
Head of BMJ Technology Assessment Group (BMJ-TAG)
Dr Steve Edwards DPhil MSc BSc (Hons)
Over the past 12 years, Steve has conducted over 40 systematic reviews and health economic evaluations in a range of therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, CNS, gastroenterology, infection, oncology, and respiratory medicine. His interests are in the use of the best available evidence for decision making with an emphasis on the design and conduct of clinical trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, adjusted indirect comparisons and their subsequent use in economic evaluations. His postgraduate research in this area at the University of Oxford resulted in him being awarded the first doctorate of evidence based health care. In addition, Steve is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a member of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group, the Campbell & Cochrane Economics Methods Group, and an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Health Technology Assessment Analysts
Dr Samantha Barton PhD BSc (Hons)
Sam has extensive experience in the critical appraisal of studies. During the past 4 years, she has contributed to the publication of over 50 systematic reviews on prevention and treatment of various clinical conditions. She has worked on reviews in the areas of mental health, sexual health, infectious diseases, cardiovascular disorders, respiratory disorders, and oncology.
Dr Victoria Hamilton MBChB
Vicky has a clinical background with relevant experience in the fields of general surgery, general medicine, general practice, paediatrics and orthopaedic surgery. Vicky also has experience in the critical appraisal of clinical studies and over the last year has contributed to the publication of systematic reviews in a variety of clinical areas. She also has experience in the process and use of clinical audit to review current clinical practice within both primary and secondary care settings.
Health Economists
Leo Nherera MSc BSc (Hons)
Over the past 6 years, Leo has been working for the NICE clinical guideline programme and has successfully worked in eight published clinical guidelines and one Public Health guideline. His work involved appraising economic evaluations as well as doing original economic analysis for various guideline questions to assist in guideline recommendations. Leo was involved in organising and teaching the Health Economics module at Queen Mary University of London. He has also peer reviewed papers for the International Journal of Clinical Practice. His interests are in the use of the best available evidence for decision making with an emphasis on systematic reviews and meta-analyses and their subsequent use in economic evaluations.
Nicola Trevor MSc BSc (Hons)
Nicola has a strong mathematical background, with a Masters in analytical, numerical and statistical modelling techniques, which over the past 2 years she has applied in the field of health economics, conducting economic evaluations and statistical analysis for systematic review in disease areas such as multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular disease, Gaucher's disease and oncology. Her interests are in the use of the best available techniques for decision making with an emphasis on survival analysis, meta-analysis, modelling approaches and the use of Bayesian methods in economic evaluations.
