Rate My Professor Tristan Snowsill

Dr Tristan Snowsill is a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics in the Health Economics Group at the University of Exeter Medical School. He earned his PhD in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Bristol in 2012, with a thesis titled 'Text stream data mining using suffix trees,' and an MEng in Engineering Mathematics with First Class Honours from the same university in 2008. Snowsill joined the University of Exeter in August 2011 as a Research Fellow in the Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), where he progressed to Senior Lecturer in the Health Economics Group in October 2017. His research specializes in health economic evaluation methods, particularly cost-effectiveness analysis for informing healthcare decisions on limited resources. Key areas include economic evaluations of diagnostic strategies and screening programs for conditions such as Lynch syndrome in colorectal and endometrial cancer, low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening in high-risk populations, and other health technologies including immunosuppressive therapies for kidney transplantation and physical activity interventions for older adults.

Snowsill has authored influential publications in leading journals. Notable works include 'The Manchester International Consensus Group recommendations for the management of gynecological cancers in Lynch syndrome' (Genetics in Medicine, 2019), 'A systematic review and economic evaluation of diagnostic strategies for Lynch syndrome' (Health Technology Assessment, 2014), 'Molecular testing for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer: systematic reviews and economic evaluation' (Health Technology Assessment, 2017), 'Low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening in high risk populations: a systematic review and economic evaluation' (Health Technology Assessment, 2018), and 'The proportion of endometrial tumours associated with Lynch syndrome (PETALS): A prospective cross-sectional study' (PLoS Medicine, 2020). His research has been supported by multiple National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grants, including awards NIHR129713, 14/151/07 for lung cancer screening, and 15/17/04 for diagnostic assessments, often serving as lead or co-investigator. In education, he supervises MSc dissertations and PhD studentships, such as on accelerating value of information analyses in health economic models, and convenes modules like Independent Research Project (HPDM148). Snowsill is also a member of the NIHR Funder Advisory Network.