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Personal Statement
Alec Morton has degrees from the University of Manchester and the University of Strathclyde. He has worked for Singapore Airlines, the National University of Singapore, and the London School of Economics, has held visiting positions at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Aalto University in Helsinki, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, and the National Audit Office and is a member of the International Decision Support Initiative. His main interests are in decision analysis and health economics. His research is funded by the European Commission, the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Chief Scientist's Office of the Scottish NHS.
Alec has been active in the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society, EURO and ISPOR. He is on the Editorial Board of Decision Analysis and is an Associate Editor for the EURO Journal on Decision Processes, the Transactions of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and OR Spectrum. Past consulting clients include the National Audit Office, the Department of Health, the Environment Agency, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria. His papers have won awards from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and the Society for Risk Analysis. His book Portfolio Decision Analysis with Jeff Keisler and Ahti Salo won the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society publication award in 2013 and his paper "CUT: A Multicriteria Approach for Concavifiable Preferences" (with Nikos Argyris and Jose Figueira) was a finalist for the same prize in 2016 .
Expertise & Capabilities
- Decision analysis
- Health economics
- Health policy
- Health systems financing
Teaching Interests
My teaching experience has been in the area of decision analysis, statistics, problem structuring methods and consulting skills. I have also taught courses on healthcare management and policy.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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DRIVE-AB: Driving Re-investment in R&D and Responsible Antibiotic Use (FP7 IMI)
Morton, A., Bedford, T. & Cooke, R.
1/10/14 → 30/09/17
Project: Research
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NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
Morse, T., Beattie, T., Davidson, J., Henderson, M., Morton, A., Quinn, N. & Sosu, E.
NHS National Institute for Health Research NIHR
1/08/22 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Policy analysis and policy analytics
Daniell, K. A., Morton, A. & Rios Insua, D., 2016, In: Annals of Operations Research. 236, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inequity averse optimisation in operational research
Karsu, Ö. & Morton, A., 1 Sept 2015, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 245, 2, p. 343-359 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile111 Citations (Scopus)233 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data for "Implementation barriers and remedial strategies for community-based health insurance in Bangladesh: insights from national stakeholders"
Sheikh, M. N. (Creator), Tagoe, E. T. (Creator), Akram, R. (Creator), Ali, N. (Creator), Howick, S. (Creator) & Morton, A. (Creator), figshare, 23 May 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6215382.v1
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Data for: "Reference Case Methods for Expert Elicitation in Health Care Decision Making"
Bojke, L. (Creator), Soares, M. O. (Creator), Claxton, K. (Creator), Colson, A. (Creator), Fox, A. (Creator), Jackson, C. (Creator), Jankovic, D. (Creator), Morton, A. (Creator), Sharples, L. D. (Creator) & Taylor, A. (Creator), figshare, 21 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5517353.v1
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Prizes
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Award For Excellence in Methodology in Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research
Morton, Alec (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best paper award for a paper in Risk Analysis
Morton, Alec (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Interventions for preventing Covid-19 outbreaks and controlling transmission in care homes
Itamar Megiddo (Speaker), Le Khanh Ngan Nguyen (Speaker) & Alec Morton (Speaker)
Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Management Science (Organisational unit)
Ioanna Fragkandrea Nixon (Chair), Alec Morton (Member), Roma Maguire (Member), Jens Sutter (Member), Marie Boyd (Member) & Stuart Forsyth (Member)
2020Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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Improved patient outcomes through evidence-based decisions by Scottish and global health organisations
Alec Morton (Main contact), Robert van der Meer (Participant), Itamar Megiddo (Participant) & Susan Howick (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Health and welfare - new products, guidelines and services
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