Dr Ge Yu joined King's College London as a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics in 2023, while also serving as an NIHR Senior Fellow. His research interests span the fields of statistical modelling of routinely collected health data and applied econometrics in health economics, with a focus on health technology assessment (HTA). His primary goal is to advance patient data-driven research and foster close collaboration between clinicians and academic researchers.

Ge received his education in economics at the Universities of Bristol and Bath, UK. Following this, he embarked on an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Sheffield. Subsequently, he contributed his expertise as a statistician at the University of East London, a health economist at the University of Leeds, a lead health economist and statistician at the University of York, and a senior health economist at Newcastle University. Throughout his career, he has consistently demonstrated a commitment to advancing the field of health economics and facilitating impactful research.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-2501

Research interests

• Health econometrics
• Economic evaluation
• Real-world data access, linkage and analysis
• Social determinants of health (PhD supervision)
• Mental health service recovery and reconfiguration (PhD supervision)
• Causal inference in economic evaluation (PhD supervision)

Expertise and Public Engagement 

• NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Funding Committee member
• Advisor group member for Trial Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) Health Economics Working Group (HEWG)
• Advisor group member for TMRP Statistical Analysis Working Group (SAWG)
• Advisor group member for National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Prevention and Early Diagnosis Group
• Core member of NIHR Statistics Group Routine Data Working Group
• Core member of NIHR Methodology Incubator Health Data Science workstream
• Core member of NIHR SPHR Network for Health Economics
• Core member of NIHR Multiple Long-Term Conditions Cross NIHR Collaboration (MLTC CNC) Methodologies Workstream

Teaching

Lead of the MSc Global Mental Health Summer Projects Module (7PALGRES)