Associate Professor Jose Leal
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José Leal
MSc DPhil
Associate Professor
José Leal joined the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) in January 2004, having completed his MSc in Health Economics at the University of York in 2003. In 2010, José completed a doctoral thesis at the University of Oxford on the use of multi-parameter evidence synthesis to inform economic evaluations.
During his time in HERC, José has been involved on projects evaluating the economic burden of chronic diseases as well as several economic evaluations across a range of diseases.
His main research interests concern cardiovascular disease, diabetes and musculoskeletal diseases.
José is also a health economics advisor for the NIHR RDS South Central and supervises MSc and DPhil students.
Recent publications
Determinants and associations of health-related quality of life with mortality in acute and chronic heart failure: findings from the ESC HF III Registry
Journal article
Walli-Attaei M. et al, (2026), European Journal of Heart Failure
Assessing the financial resources required to establish convalescent plasma collection programmes across Europe in response to a pandemic
Journal article
Stokes L. et al, (2026), Transfusion
The Lancet Commission on precision health: equitable, data-driven health outcomes for all.
Journal article
Franks PW. et al, (2026), Lancet
Assessing clinical and cost effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement (TOPKAT): 10-year follow-up of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Beard DJ. et al, (2026), Lancet Rheumatol, 8, e116 - e126