Conference of Spb Social Policy Committee 23-24 November 2017
We are glad to inform you that we had two reports from CHEMP on 23d of November at the Conference of Spb Social Policy Committee.
Open lecture of professor Paul Kind: "New wine in old bottles : Valuing EQ-5D health states using innovative methods "
In this lecture, Professor Kind examined the orthodox economist's approach to valuing EQ-5D. Having questioned that he then shows that (paradoxically) methods for valuation, based on a pseudo-EQ-5D collection in RLMS-HSE 2005 can work and has now been replicated using UK data. This discussion raises a clutch of important issues which merit further exploration, thinking and discussion in the Russian, and wider health economics, context.
Georgiy Poltavchenko visited the Higher School of Economics in Saint-Petersburg
On September 27 governor of Saint-Petersburg Georgiy Poltavchenko has paid his first visit to the Higher School of Economics. The meeting took place at the School of Economics and Management – the biggest campus of HSE Saint Petersburg, accommodating five research laboratories of the university.
Work In Progress Seminar Series
Anastasia Meylakhs will present the paper "Sexual partnerships of Russian drug users: reduction and increase in HIV-infection transmission risks within relationships' dynamics"
Seminar presentation will be based on a pilot study results of «Staying Safe in St. Petersburg: how long-term IDUs avoid HIV infection». We will describe how some aspects of being in a stable relationships may facilitate or block a viral transmission within a couple. Mainstream public health studies predominately show injecting drugs couples as a route of viruses transmission; contrary to that vision we recognise a protective effects of PWID couples as a factor for their health and well-being in the long run.
Centre for Health Economics, Management and Policy Marks Two Years
Centre for Health Economics, Management and Policy - or CHEMP, as it is known - was launched two years ago. Today CHEMP offers a unique opportunity to unite and internationalize the emerging body of education and research in the field of health studies. CHEMP’s Director Professor Christopher Gerry, Chair of Internationalisation Steering Group and Academic Adviser to Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at HSE St. Petersburg, provides an update on the Centre’s activities and achievements.
About the Aleksandrova E. visit's University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
At 15-17th of May Junior Research Fellow Aleksandrova E. visited University Medical Center Groningen, she was in the meeting with Head of Unit Patient-Centered HTA (Health Technology Assessment) Professor Paul Krabbe.
CHEMP staff team took part in the 3d International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference (RLMS-HSE)
CHEMP staff memebers took part in the 3d International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference that took place in Moscow on 19th-20th May 201.