Mrs Nia Morrish

About me:

Nia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Health Economics. Her research considers the impact of loneliness on health and social care, with a particular focus on young adults. She also has interests in patient preferences and valuation of health and quality of life outcomes. Nia joined the Health Economics Group as a Graduate Trainee Assistant in 2018 assisting in a number of ongoing projects across the department. Prior to joining the team Nia completed degrees in economics alongside undertaking internships with both central and local government departments.

Interests:

Nia's research considers the impact of loneliness on health and social care, with a particular focus on young adults. She also has interests in patient preferences and valuation of health and quality of life outcomes. She has expeience in discrete choice experiments and economic evaluation for trials in sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent mental health, and dementia.

Research grants:

• 2024 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund. Research assesses the viability, acceptability, and benefits of 'The Great London Friendship Project', a community-based intervention for young adults who may be experiencing loneliness. The research also explores whether the programme reaches people who struggle to access formal services.
• 2019 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Research investigated the interactions between loneliness, health and the economy. Training included causal inference, qualitative research methods, questionnaire design.