Prashanth Kandaswamy

- Provide strategic overview on all health economic issues including: Agreeing work plans, providing comments and critiques on economic modelling - Organise and provide a range of training programs for staff and patient/clinical representatives on our development group varying from half day to 5 day courses - Line manage a technical analyst who supported me in this role - Responsible for a 3 year contract with an academic unit

•Provide health economics guidance, support and training for the production of short clinical guidelines for specific sections of the treatment pathway and led on specific guidelines by carrying out cost effectiveness analyses and providing health economic input into final guideline •Constructed models in excel, TreeAGE and winBUGS •Line managed 3 members of staff and provided quality assurance across a range of projects

• Provide technical leadership for the production of advice and guidance for the use of specific technologies in the management of patients in the NHS in England and Wales • Worked across a large number of topics simultaneously and leading updates to methods and process guides • Supervise and facilitate communication between interested stakeholders in projects (academics, manufacturers and NICE)

• Lead on the production of advice and guidance on pharmaceuticals and devices • Worked on over 30 appraisals • The role involves critical evaluation of a range of evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies, providing technical advice to the Appraisal Committee and Committee Chair