Dr Jaime Peters

Jaime's background is in medical statistics and evidence synthesis. Her interests have expanded to decision modelling and health economics, especially in the area of test evaluation. Jaime is a member of the Exeter Test Group http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/testgroup/. She has developed and critiqued economic analyses to inform decision-making nationally (for the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, and the National Screening Committee), and previously for the South West Peninsula Health Technology Commissioning Group.

Broad research specialisms:

• Health economic modelling, particularly for the evaluation of tests
• Systematic review and meta-analysis methods for the evaluation of tests
• Methods for expert elicitation and its incorporation in health economic models
• Issues of bias in the publication and reporting of studies in health
• General methods for evidence synthesis