Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

The Academic Unit of Health Economics


The Academic Unit of Health Economics (AUHE) undertakes high quality health economics research and education to promote the provision of equitable and efficient health services in the UK and abroad.

The Charles Thackrah Building by night

AUHE was established in 2007 to create a health economics research and education centre with a portfolio of applied and methodological research. The research includes: economic evaluations alongside clinical trials; value of information studies; valuation of health, health care and wellbeing; priority setting in health care; health care policy; early stage efficiency in research and development; and health econometrics. Our research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Board, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the National Institute for Health Research and the Canadian Institute for Health Research, as well as the UK Department of Health. Our learning and teaching portfolio includes undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD courses attracting students from across the University, industry and the NHS.

Contact Information

Head of Unit: Professor Claire Hulme
Academic Unit Support Secretary: Denise Womersley

Academic Unit of Health Economics
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds, LS2 9LJ

Telephone: 0113 343 6966
Fax: 0113 343 8496
Email: auhe@leeds.ac.uk

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