Matthew Taylor is the Director of YHEC. Matthew has a PhD in health outcomes research and an M.Sc. in health economics from the University of York, and has worked for YHEC since 2003. Matthew has led over one hundred economic evaluations for NICE, SMC and AWMSG industry submissions as well as health technology submissions in various international settings.

Matthew teaches on the University’s Distance Learning course, and leads a number of health economics training courses at YHEC, including “Early Modelling: Using Models to Inform Drug and Device Development”, “Understanding and Critiquing Economic Models” and “Economic Evaluation for Oncology“.

Matthew is a former member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Public Health Advisory Committee, is an Expert Advisor to NICE and the Scientific Lead and Director of NICE’s Economic and Methodological Unit.