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Trevor Sheldon
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>Trevor Sheldon studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, (including a one year fellowship in community medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York). He was awarded a <a href="/facts/Master_of_Science/5xKwvXjm">Master of Science</a> degree from the <a href="/facts/University_of_London/spIRAx9B">University of London</a> in Economics, an MSc in Medical Statistics<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> followed by a DSc from the Faculty of Medicine, <a href="/facts/University_of_Leicester/Q0vDtHV7">University of Leicester</a>. </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Trevor Sheldon joined Queen Mary University of London as Professor of Health Services Research in July 2020. <a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/people/profiles/sheldon-trevor-a--iphs-.html">www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/people/profiles/sheldon-trevor-a--iphs-.html</a> Between October 2007 and April 2012 he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the <a href="/facts/University_of_York/qXEdu8vD">University of York</a>. He was Professor of Health Services Research and Policy in the Department of Health Sciences <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> at the University of York and Research Mentor at the Bradford Institute of Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> He also chairs the board of the York Health Economics Consortium.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> He was the Dean of the Hull York Medical School from 2013-2017. </p> <h2 id="research">Research</h2> <p>His publications and research specialities include the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of <a href="/facts/Healthcare/LPS1WKbI">healthcare</a> and public health interventions, including health care quality and the measurement and management of health care performance; policy development and evaluation; resource allocation in health care and the public sector; research methods including evidence synthesis and experimental evaluation of complex interventions: <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-5913">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-5913</a> </p><p>He joined the University of York in 1992, first as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Economics; a Professor from 1996, he became founding Director of the <a href="/facts/National_Health_Service/lTzheqYw">National Health Service</a> (NHS) <a href="/facts/Centre_for_Reviews_and_Dissemination/pvJxaRnW">Centre for Reviews and Dissemination</a>. In 1999 he became Head of the University's Department of Health Sciences and deputy Chair of the Commissioning Board for Service Delivery and Organisation of the NHS research programme. He was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 2004 with the portfolio of Teaching, Learning and Information. </p> <h2 id="awards-and-honours">Awards and honours</h2> <p>Sheldon was elected Fellow (FMedSci) of the <a href="/facts/Academy_of_Medical_Sciences%2c_United_Kingdom/1Gp8XQl1">Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom</a>, a member of the Society for Social Medicine and the US Academy Health. </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sheldon, T. A.; Cullum, N.; Dawson, D.; Lankshear, A.; Lowson, K.; Watt, I.; West, P. (2004). "What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented? Results from a national evaluation using time series analysis, audit of patients' notes, and interviews". BMJ. 329 (7473): 999. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7473.999. PMC 524545. PMID 15514342. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Teale, E; Young, J; Dennis, M; Sheldon, T (2013). "Predicting patient-reported stroke outcomes: A validation of the six simple variable prognostic model". Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra. 3 (1): 97–102. doi:10.1159/000351142. PMC 3721138. PMID 23898344. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721138" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721138</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Buxton, M. J.; Drummond, M. F.; Van Hout, B. A.; Prince, R. L.; Sheldon, T. A.; Szucs, T.; Vray, M. (1997). "Modelling in Economic Evaluation: An Unavoidable Fact of Life". Health Economics. 6 (3): 217–27. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199705)6:3<217::AID-HEC267>3.0.CO;2-W. PMID 9226140. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Song, F; Freemantle, N; Sheldon, T. A.; House, A; Watson, P; Long, A; Mason, J (1993). "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: Meta-analysis of efficacy and acceptability". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 306 (6879): 683–7. doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6879.683. PMC 1677099. PMID 8471919. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1677099" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1677099</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Smith, G. D.; Song, F; Sheldon, T. A. (1993). "Cholesterol lowering and mortality: The importance of considering initial level of risk". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 306 (6889): 1367–73. doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1367. PMC 1677836. PMID 8518602. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1677836" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1677836</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Trevor Sheldon to be new Head of Health Studies at York" (Press release). University of York. 12 November 1999. Retrieved 6 December 2014. <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/sheldon.htm" target="_blank">http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/sheldon.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Our Staff: Trevor Sheldon". University of York. Retrieved 6 December 2014. <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/our-staff/trevor-sheldon" target="_blank">http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/our-staff/trevor-sheldon</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Home". bradfordresearch.nhs.uk. <a href="http://www.bradfordresearch.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.bradfordresearch.nhs.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Our experience: YHEC's board of directors". York Health Economics Consortium. Retrieved 29 January 2015. <a href="http://www.yhec.co.uk/our-experience/" target="_blank">http://www.yhec.co.uk/our-experience/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>