Dr Paul Mitchell
B COM(Galway), MEcon SC(Galway), PhD(Birm.)
Expertise
Health economic analyst, with a particular interest in the inclusion of equity considerations within such analysis. I am part of the team developing and valuing ICECAP capability wellbeing measures for children and young people.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics and Health Policy Analysis
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Biography
Paul has worked at the University of Bristol since 2016, with a six-month Wellcome funded secondment to the Centre for Thriving Places in 2020/21. Paul was interim health economics team lead and integrated and optimal care theme lead for NIHR ARC West in 2025-26. His initial role in Bristol was a post jointly funded by NIHR CLARHC West and the UK Renal Registry. He has previously held research roles at King’s College London and the University of Birmingham. Paul studied for his PhD in health economics at the University of Birmingham (2010-13), having previously studied Economics at undergraduate and postgraduate level at the University of Galway, Ireland.
Research interests
Paul's research interests broadly focuses on the inclusion of equity considerations within health economic analysis, so that public policy decision-making is more fully informed. He is a co-lead of the Capability, Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Research Theme as part of the Health Economics and Health Policy group in the University of Bristol. He is playing a leading role in the development of new ICECAP measures for children and young people, having previously undertaken various health economic outcome analyses for adults. Paul is conducting valuation analysis for his research projects using Best Worst Scaling and Discrete Choice Experiements methods. Paul currently supervises three PhD students, as well as a NIHR predoctoral award recipient. Paul holds multiple co-applicant grants with colleagues within and outside the University and is open to further collaborations.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8071 - ES/V016016/1 - BMS - Paul Mitchell - Healthy Ageing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2021 to 29/02/2024
Publications
Selected publications
01/11/2024The development of a capability wellbeing measure in economic evaluation for children and young people aged 11-15
Social Science & Medicine
Challenges in developing capability measures for children and young people for use in the economic evaluation of health and care interventions
Health Economics
Assessing sufficient capability
Social Science and Medicine
Recent publications
28/04/2026Assessing the feasibility of use and content validity of ICECAP-CPM with bereaved family members of young people who died from serious illness
BMC Palliative Care
Factors associated with changes in capability-wellbeing for children and young people of secondary school age during the first Covid-19 lockdown.
Child Indicators Research
Patient perceptions of primary care rapid respiratory microbiological point-of-care-testing
BMJ Open
Preferences for health-related quality of life: do they vary by age? A systematic literature review on the EQ-5D measure
European Journal of Health Economics
Understanding what matters to young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions
Social Science & Medicine
Teaching
Paul also participates in a 2-hour interdisciplinary session to the University of Bristol 2nd year Medical undergraduate students. This session includes a health economics introduction to students in the context of pain management as part of the Bristol Medical School's innovative teaching offering to medical students.
Paul led the ARC West Health Economics short course on the Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation and ICECAP capability wellbeing measures in health and care settings in March 2026.
Paul has supervised six Health Economics and Health Policy Analysis MSc dissertations over the first four years of the MSc. One student published their dissertation in the European Journal of Health Economics in 2025. Paul has mentored four MSc students during this period.
Paul was awarded a Fellowship by the Higher Education Authority in 2021.
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