Jeff Round, PhD, MA, BA (Honours)

Professor of Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Dept
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health

Pronouns: he/him

Contact

Professor of Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Dept
Email
jround@ualberta.ca

Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Health Economics; Health Services Research; Pediatric Rare Diseases; Health Related Quality of Life


About

Dr. Jeff Round, PhD is a health economist with over 20 years of experience in health services and policy research in Canada and the UK. He is known for his interdisciplinary approach to evaluating health interventions, with a particular focus on real-world evidence and the economic implications of clinical and policy decisions. Dr. Round has held senior leadership roles, including Chief Scientific Officer and Director of Economics at the Institute of Health Economics, where he led complex research programs involving government, industry, and academic partners. His academic work spans economic evaluation, health technology assessment, and the use of observational data to inform healthcare decisions. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to national and international policy initiatives. Dr. Round is committed to mentoring emerging researchers and advancing research that improves the efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of health systems.


Teaching

I am open to inquiries for research students that align with my areas of research interest.

Announcements

Supervision

I am available to participate in supervision of graduate students at masters and PhD level.

Featured Publications

Jeff Round, Erin Kirwin, Sasha van Katwyk, Christopher McCabe

PharmacoEconomics. 2024 November; 10.1007/s40273-024-01401-y


Ilke Akpinar, Erin Kirwin, Lisa Tjosvold, Dagmara Chojecki, Jeff Round

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2023 January; 10.1017/S0266462323000120


Newton A.S., Prisnie K., Macdonald L.A., Eltorki M., Finkelstein Y., Fitzpatrick E., Gagnon I., Greenfield B., Joubert G.I., Katz L.Y., Lipman E.L., Mater A., Plotnick L.H., Porter R., Sawyer S., St John K.A., Sukhera J., Szatmari P., Rasiah J., Steele M., Hall P., Thull-Freedman J., Taljaard M., Cappelli M., Clark S.E., Cost K.T., Round J., Cherry J., Monga S., Sareen J., Klassen T.P., Freedman S.B.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022 July; 61 (7):946-948 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.04.001


Tandon P., Purdy G., Ismond K.P., Cruz C., Etruw E., Suderman K., Hyde A., Stickland M., Spence J.C., Lien D.C., Bhanji R., Prado C.M., Cruz A.M., Joy A.A., Yaskina M., Round J., Harback K., Padwal R., McNeely M.L.

Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022 July; 118 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106791


Kirwin E., Round J., Bond K., McCabe C.

VALUE IN HEALTH. 2022 July; 25 (7):1116-1123 10.1016/j.jval.2021.11.1373


Kirwin E., Meacock R., Round J., Sutton M.

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2022 May; 301 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114900


Erin Kirwin, Rachel Meacock, Jeff Round, Matt Sutton

Social Science & Medicine. 2022 May; 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114900


Keeney E., Memtsa M., Goodhart V., Jurkovic D., Ambler G., Khan N., Round J.

BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022 March; 22 (1) 10.1186/s12913-022-07709-9


Ali S., Hopkin G., Poonai N., Richer L., Yaskina M., Heath A., Klassen T.P., McCabe C., Drendel A., Round J., Offringa M., Pechlivanoglou P., Pullenayegum E., Rios D., Auclair M.C., Kim K., Bourrier L., Dawson L., DaSilva K.C., Marples P., Watts R., Thull-Freedman J., McGrath P., Graham T.A.D., Hartling L., Erickson T., Foot B., Schreiner K., Leung J., Offringa M., Pechlivanoglou P., Pullenayegum E., Rios J.D., Round J.

Trials. 2021 December; 22 (1) 10.1186/s13063-021-05164-1


Evans J., Ingram J., Law R., Taylor H., Johnson D., Glynn J., Hopley B., Kessler D., Round J., Ford J., Culpin I., O’Mahen H.

BMC Psychiatry. 2021 December; 21 (1) 10.1186/s12888-021-03482-x


Memtsa M, Goodhart V, Ambler G, Brocklehurst P, Keeney E, Silverio SA, Anastasiou Z, Round J, Khan N, Hall J, Barrett G, Bender-Atik R, Stephenson J, Jurkovic D

PloS one. 2021 November; 10.1371/journal.pone.0260534


Akpinar I, Kirwin E, Tjosvold L, Chojecki D, Round J

2021 November; 10.21203/rs.3.rs-958399/v1


Memtsa M., Goodhart V., Ambler G., Brocklehurst P., Keeney E., Silverio S.A., Anastasiou Z., Round J., Khan N., Hall J., Barrett G., Bender-Atik R., Stephenson J., Jurkovic D.

PLoS One. 2021 November; 16 (11) 10.1371/journal.pone.0260534


CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2021 October; 10.1017/cjn.2021.238


Evans J, Ingram J, Law R, Taylor H, Johnson D, Glynn J, Hopley B, Kessler D, Round J, Ford J, Culpin I, O'Mahen H

BMC psychiatry. 2021 October; 10.1186/s12888-021-03482-x


Kirwin E., Rafferty E., Harback K., Round J., McCabe C.

PHARMACOECONOMICS. 2021 September; 39 (9):1059-1073 10.1007/s40273-021-01037-2


Lovell-Badge R., Anthony E., Barker R.A., Bubela T., Brivanlou A.H., Carpenter M., Charo R.A., Clark A., Clayton E., Cong Y., Daley G.Q., Fu J., Fujita M., Greenfield A., Goldman S.A., Hill L., Hyun I., Isasi R., Kahn J., Kato K., Kim J.S., Kimmelman J., Knoblich J.A., Mathews D., Montserrat N., Mosher J., Munsie M., Nakauchi H., Naldini L., Naughton G., Niakan K., Ogbogu U., Pedersen R., Rivron N., Rooke H., Rossant J., Round J., Saitou M., Sipp D., Steffann J., Sugarman J., Surani A., Takahashi J., Tang F., Turner L., Zettler P.J., Zhai X.

Stem Cell Reports. 2021 June; 16 (6):1398-1408 10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.05.012


Kirwin E, Rafferty E, Harback K, Round J, McCabe C

PharmacoEconomics. 2021 June; 10.1007/s40273-021-01037-2


Ali S, Hopkin G, Poonai N, Richer L, Yaskina M, Heath A, Klassen TP, McCabe C, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Group, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials Methods Core

Trials. 2021 March; 10.1186/s13063-021-05164-1


Evans J, Ingram J, Law R, Taylor H, Johnson D, Glynn J, Hopley B, Kessler D, Round J, Ford J, Culpin I, O'Mahen H

2021 January; 10.21203/rs.3.rs-121261/v1


Memtsa M, Goodhart V, Ambler G, Brocklehurst P, Keeney E, Silverio S, Anastasiou Z, Round J, Khan N, Hall J, Barrett G, Bender-Atik R, Stephenson J, Jurkovic D

2020 December;


Heath A, Yaskina M, Hopkin G, Klassen TP, McCabe C, Offringa M, Pechlivanoglou P, Rios JD, Poonai N, Ali S, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Group

Trials. 2020 September; 10.1186/s13063-020-04503-y


Jordan S, Banner T, Gabe-Walters M, Mikhail JM, Panes G, Round J, Snelgrove S, Storey M, Hughes D, Medicines’ Management Group, Swansea University

PloS one. 2019 September; 10.1371/journal.pone.0220885


Dixon P, Round J

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2019 May; 10.1016/j.jval.2018.10.010


Thom H, Visan AC, Keeney E, Dorobantu DM, Fudulu D, T A Sharabiani M, Round J, Stoica SC

Open heart. 2019 May; 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001047


Kessler D, Burns A, Tallon D, Lewis G, MacNeill S, Round J, Hollingworth W, Chew-Graham C, Anderson I, Campbell J, Dickens C, Macleod U, Gilbody S, Wiles N

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 2018 November; 10.3310/hta22630


Jordan S, Banner T, Gabe-Walters M, Mikhail JM, Round J, Snelgrove S, Storey M, Wilson D, Hughes D, Medicines Management Group

BMJ open. 2018 September; 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023377


Round J

PharmacoEconomics. 2018 June; 10.1007/s40273-018-0636-3


Round J, Hawton A

PharmacoEconomics - open. 2017 December; 10.1007/s41669-017-0027-2


Hudson B, Round J, Georgeson B, Pring A, Forbes K, McCune CA, Verne J

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 2017 November; 10.1016/s2468-1253(17)30362-x


European Journal of Health Economics. 2017 January; 10.1007/s10198-017-0897-3


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