Dr Sabina Sanghera
BMEDSC (Birm.), MSc(Birm.), PhD (Birm.)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Sabina Sanghera is a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics. Sabina holds an NIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2023) to determine how best to measure and value quality of life in economic evaluations of chronic conditions with fluctuating health.
Her research expertise is in (1) the measurement and valuation of health and broader outcomes and (2) economic evaluation of public health interventions with intersectoral costs and benefits. Other research interests include economic evaluation in women’s health and cancer.
Sabina's research has been used to inform national clinical and public health guidelines. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals such as Social Science and Medicine, PharmacoEconomics and Value in Health. She has presented her research at national and international conferences including the Public Health England Annual Conference, European Congress of Health Economics (ECHE), the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA, formerly ECHE), the UK Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) and the International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
HEaLth IMpact Of E-bikes And E-scooTers: Baseline Data Collection
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Physical activity is important for physical and mental health. Walking or cycling between places is one way to be physically active. E-bikes are pedal bikes which have a battery to…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/08/2023 to 31/10/2024
NIHR Evidence Synthesis Group
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) is one of nine, UK-based, research groups commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Evidence Synthesis Programme to identify, appraise, and combine…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
Accounting for the impact of fluctuating health states on quality of life measures included in economic evaluation
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2018 to 31/07/2023
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
02/05/2025Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Addiction
Helmet (Health impact of e-bikes and e-scooters) study
NIHR Open Research
The Influence of Recall and Timing of Assessment on the Estimation of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years When Health Fluctuates Recurrently
Value in Health
Cost-effectiveness analysis of prostate cancer screening in the UK
PharmacoEconomics
Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Models in Prostate Cancer
Value in Health
Related people
Professor Joanna Coast
Professor in the Economics of Health and Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Emma Turner
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Richard Martin
Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) & Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Jenny Donovan
Professor of Social Medicine
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Howard Thom
Associate Professor
Bristol Medical School (PHS)