Gurdeep Sagoo

Gurdeep is a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at Newcastle University where he is co-lead of the health economics group. He is also the health economics lead for both the Newcastle NICE External Assessment Group and the NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative. He has a strong academic background in the fields of economic evaluation, evidence synthesis, and the evaluation of diagnostic tests with expertise built on over 15 years of experience across a range of Institutions. Gurdeep works nationally and internationally with collaborators from a range of different backgrounds including those with academic, non-academic, and clinical areas of expertise. He is also a Deputy Editor for the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, the official journal of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) which is the society championing the equitable and responsive use of cutting-edge methods in HTA worldwide.

Gurdeep’s research focuses on the robust and timely evaluation of health technologies across a range of settings and disease areas providing evidence on whether such technologies deliver value for money. His work involves the development and application of methods used in evidence generation as well as the appraisal of existing evidence through established health technology appraisal approaches. In particular, Gurdeep is interested in the development and application of early economic modelling within adaptive trial designs alongside the use of real-world evidence. This is a growing area of research given the push towards quicker decision making in the face of the existing limitations of lengthy evidence generation methodology.

As a member of the senior management team for the large Health Economics Group he has direct oversight of all teaching activities. Gurdeep is also involved in the strategic decision making required to run an academic unit including current and future workload planning alongside grant development. In addition, he currently manages a small team of five early career health economists which involves staff training, development, welfare, career progression, and oversight for project delivery.