Posted on 01/02/2013 PenTAG researchers gain two of four university awards for Early Career Researchers

In the most recent round of awards for the Researcher-led initiative grants, three PenTAG researchers scooped two of the awards. These grants support the development and cascade of personal, professional and career management skills by and for early career researchers across the University...

Posted on 23/01/2013 Visit marks start of international collaboration with Estonian HTA group

From the 22nd to 23rd January PenTAG hosted a visit by Prof Raul-Allan Kiivet, who leads the only health technology assessment group in Estonia, at the University of Tartu. The visit was to finalise plans for a two-year collaborative relationship between our two HTA research groups, including a programme...

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Posted on 15/01/2013 Information Specialist even more specialised

Just before Christmas, Morwenna Rogers who works as an Information Specialist in the PenCLAHRC Evidence Synthesis Team, completed the Society of Indexers distance learning course, which means that I have been awarded the status of Accredited Indexer and...

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About

PenTAG is a vibrant and multidisciplinary research group which specialises in the synthesis of research evidence for informing health policy and practice.

This work spans both ongoing contracts to support national policy-making agencies, and internationally recognised methodological research relevant to evidence synthesis and improving the influence of research on policy-making.

We currently have four major work streams, which fund most of our 30+ research staff:

health technology assessment (both for NICE, and the NIHR HTA programme)
public health evidence reviews & analyses
Cochrane Heart Group systematic reviews and meta-analyses
PenCHORD - health operations research and service delivery focused modelling
PenCLAHRC evidence synthesis team

Our methodological research includes

Applying and evaluating new methods of evidence synthesis
Developing and evaluating methods for professional elicitation
Assessing the use and validation of surrogate outcomes in HTA
Advancing methods for cost-effectiveness analysis

PenTAG is one of a number of research groups within the Institute for Health Services Research, which is part of the University of Exeter Medical School.