Alan Maynard Explained

Alan Keith Maynard (15 December 1944 – 2 February 2018)[1] was a British health economist.

Biography

Born in Bebington, Maynard studied at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and York. After a stint at the University of Exeter, he was appointed to the University of York in 1971. There, he became a professor in 1983,[2] founded the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) the same year and created the York Health Policy Group in 1996.[3] In 1995, he briefly served as the Chief Executive of the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust. From 1997 to 2010, Maynard was Chairman of the York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[4] He was founding editor of the journal Health Economics[5] and commentator for Pulse.[6]

In 2000, Maynard was made Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[7] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009[8] for his involvement in the National Health Service and also received honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen in 2003 and the University of Northumbria in 2006.[9] Along with his long-time colleague Anthony J. Culyer, he was the recipient of the 2015 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Professor Alan Maynard OBE. University of York, Centre for Health Economics. 2018-02-08. en.
  2. News: Laycock. Mike. Tributes after death of former hospital trust chairman Alan Maynard. The Press. 2018-02-08.
  3. Encyclopedia: Cookson . Richard . Goddard . Maria . Sheldon . Trevor . Cookson . Richard . Goddard . Maria . Sheldon . Trevor . Maynard Matters: Critical Thinking on Health Policy . Introduction . 2018-02-08 . 2016 . University of York, Centre for Health Economics. xix–xxv .
  4. for the trust's history, see fonds NHS/YHT - York Hospitals NHS Trust, Borthwick Institute for Archives
  5. Briggs . Andrew . Hutton . John . Jones . Andrew M. . Mullahy . John . Sharp . Frances . Stearns . Sally . 2017 . Twenty-Five Years of Health Economics: A Tribute to Alan Maynard and Acknowledgement of the Work of the Editorial Board . Health Economics . 26 . 1 . 3–5 . 10.1002/hec.3456 . 27943517 . free .
  6. News: Tributes paid to leading health economist Professor Alan Maynard. Pulse Today. 2018-02-08.
  7. https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Professor-Alan-Maynard-0005934 Professor Alan Maynard OBE FMedSci
  8. News: New Year Honours: Yorkshire's great and good receive recognition. The Yorkshire Post. 2018-02-08.
  9. Web site: Alan Maynard Emeritus Professor. The University of York. 16 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401093110/http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/our-staff/emeritus/alan-maynard/. 1 April 2016.
  10. http://www.baxter.com/press_room/press_releases/2015/05_13_15_graham_prize.html Economists Anthony Culyer and Alan Maynard Named Co-Recipients of the 2015 William B. Graham Prize For Health Services Research

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