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Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Keith Cooper

Senior Research Fellow-Health Economics

Email: k.cooper@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS

Miss Lois Woods

Senior Research Assistant

Research interests

  • Lois collaborates on projects across the university to provide information specialist support or as part of SHTAC’s review team.
  • Evidence synthesis contributions to a rapid review of the effectiveness of digital tools to improve recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials (project led by Southampton Clinical Trials Unit).
  • Information science support for a realist review of strategies to prevent urinary tract infections in older people in care homes https://www.southampton.ac.uk/stoputi/ (StOP UTI project)

Email: l.e.woods@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS

Dr Marcia Takahashi

Research Fellow

Email: m.t.takahashi@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS

Ms Maria (Mary) Chorozoglou Bsc (Hons), MSc

Senior Research Fellow In Health Eco

Research interests

  • Research interests
  • Analysis of individual patient data from Randomised Controlled Trials and Electronic Routinely Collected data. Methodological aspects of health technology assessment in paediatric and early life interventions, incorporating long term economic implications,The use of Patient Level Information and Costing System (PLICS) data collection alongside RCTs. Methodologies of improving health outcomes in relation to health care using routinely collected NHS electronic records data to facilitate greater integration between NHS records and applied research processes.Health policy research and healthcare systems, providing data and observations about how policy changes could contribute to better outcomes through economies of scale.  

Email: m.chorozoglou@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS

Mrs Neelam Kalita

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Economic evaluations
  • Non Communicable Diseases
  • Adolescent health and wellbeing

Email: n.kalita@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS