Sarah Byford is a British

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

. She is the André professor of

health economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to Health care efficiency, efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in dete ...

and director of King's Health Economics (KHE) at the

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a centre for mental health and neuroscience research, education and training in Europe. It is dedicated to understanding, preventing and treating mental illness, neurological co ...

. She specialises in the economic evaluation of mental health services and clinical and economic evaluation of complex interventions, including services for children and adolescents. She is a senior economics advisor at the

Social Care Institute for Excellence The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE; pronounced 'sky') is a UK Charitable organization, charity and improvement agency. SCIE shares knowledge about what works in practice across social care, social work and beyond, covering adults’, ...

, a member of the

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care (United Kingdom), Department of Health and Social Care. As the national health technolog ...

Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), Associate Editor of the

British Journal of Psychiatry The ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all branches of psychiatry with a particular emphasis on the clinical aspects of each topic. The journal is owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and publish ...

and a Mental Health Review Journal editorial board member.

Academic career

Byford began her academic career by completing a BSc (Hons) in economics at

Brunel University Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. It became a university ...

. She continued her education by attaining an MSc, first in health economics (1993) and then health sciences (2004) at the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

. Byford was awarded her PhD in health economics at

King's College, London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

in 2009.

Editorial roles

Byford holds key editorial roles at a number of journals: * 2013–present ''Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology'' editorial board * 2011–present

Royal College of Psychiatrists The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental healt ...

Publication Management Board * 2007–present ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' associate editor * 2007–present ''Mental Health Review Journal'' editorial board member

Bibliography

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References

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