Professor David Torgerson
Contact Details
Tel: 44 (0)1904 321340
Fax: 44 (0)1904 321388
Department of
Heslington
Qualifications
MSc Health Services Research (
Diploma in Health Economics (Tromso)
PhD Public Health Medicine (
Biography
2004 – Present, Professor & Director of
2002 - 2004, Reader & Director of
2000 – 2002 Reader, Department of Health Sciences and Centre for Health
Economics,
1997-1999 – Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health Studies and
Centre for Health Economics,
1995-1997 – Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics,
1990-1995 – Research Fellow, Health Economic and Health Services Research
Units,
1989-1990 – Research Associate,
·Research Interests
Design and conduct of randomised trials; health economics; osteoporosis;
menopause.
Methodological interests include: cluster randomised trials; patient preference
trials; pragmatic randomised trials.
Book
on randomised trials
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281073
Annual
Teaching
I am Experimental Evaluation module leader for the MSc in Health Sciences and
also give a lecture on trials for the MSc in Forensic Psychology. I am also joint module leader for What Works
for the BSc in Social Policy.
I also present 1 day courses on trial design
Medical students SSC on Randomised trials
Copies of power point slides for 1 day University of Ulster course are here.