Rate My Professor Jason Madan

Professor Jason Madan is a Professor in Health Economics within the Medicine faculty at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School. He holds key leadership positions as Director of the Centre for Health Economics at Warwick (CHEW), established in 2018, and Director of Graduate Research Studies for the School. A health economist with over 12 years of experience in applied and methodological research across diverse clinical and geographical settings, Madan focuses on the application of economic methods to health technology assessment. His expertise encompasses decision modelling and Bayesian methods to evaluate interventions in areas such as tuberculosis, mental health, global health, and infectious diseases. Under his direction, CHEW investigates the socioeconomic value of health and healthcare to inform policy, supporting NIHR-funded clinical trials, NICE appraisals, health technology assessments, and contributions to the NIHR Research Support Service. The centre emphasizes professional development through training, mentoring, and hosting events like the Health Economics Study Group in 2024.

Madan delivers undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses on health economics and has successfully supervised ten PhD students, with four ongoing supervisions at Warwick and other UK and global higher education institutions. His research output includes over 225 publications and more than 6,500 citations on Google Scholar. Notable contributions feature economic analyses such as 'Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation' (2025), 'Resuscitation' involving methodology contributions (2025), 'Perceived quality of care and choice of healthcare provider in informal settlements' (2023), 'Estimating the economic and societal burden of suicide and self-harm' (2025), and 'Synthesis of Evidence On Heterogeneous Interventions with Unknown Effect Heterogeneity' (2014). Madan has presented public lectures, including 'Financial Burden of Diseases' at Medical University Varna and 'I wish I were the money man: The challenges and joys of a career in health economics'. His work influences health policy through collaborations on projects like the LYNC study, MEMVIE, and TB-MAC initiatives.