Daniel Pollard

MSc

School of Medicine and Population Health

Lecturer

Dan Pollard
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d.j.pollard@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6126

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Daniel Pollard
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined HEDS in December 2013 as a Research Assistant. Prior to this I studied at the University of York, completing my MSc in Health Economics in 2013 and my BSc(Hons) in Economics in 2012. Since joining HEDs I have been involved in the modelling projects in many different disease areas, including diabetes, oncology and emergency medicine.

Research interests

My research involves conducting health economic evaluations of new strategies to improve the health of people with specific conditions. My most commonly used methods to do this involve using individual level simulation models to estimate differences in costs and benefits over a lifetime horizon. Although I have used other techniques, e.g. cohort models and analysis of cost and benefits within a study when this appropriate.

The most common disease area I do research in is the evaluation of strategies to improve the health of people with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. But I have worked across a number of disease areas, including, but not limited to, emergency medicine, oncology, gastroenterology and cardiology.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Breeze P, Pidd K, Pollard D, Ren S, Bates S, Thomas C, Ahern A, Griffin S & Brennan A (2025) . International Journal of Obesity, 49(8), 1598-1607.
  • Onuwe T, Highton PJ, Batchelor D, Brennan A, Caba M, Davies MJ, Funnell MP, Game F, Gillies CL, Glab A , Gray LJ et al (2025) . Diabetic Medicine, 42(6).
  • Pollard D, Keetharuth A, Brennan A, Bodicoat DH, Glab A, Hadjiconstantinou M, Mensa J, Northern A & Davies MJ (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(2).
  • Heathcote L, Pollard D, Brennan A, Davies M, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gillett M, Gray L, Griffin S, Hardeman W , Henson J et al (2024) . BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 12(2).
  • Pollard D, Fuller G, Goodacre S, van Rein EAJ, Waalwijk JF & van Heijl M (2022) . BMC Emergency Medicine, 22.
  • Tew M, Willis M, Asseburg C, Bennett H, Brennan A, Feenstra T, Gahn J, Gray A, Heathcote L, Herman WH , Isaman D et al (2022) . Medical Decision Making, 42(5), 599-611.
  • Si L, Willis MS, Asseburg C, Nilsson A, Tew M, Clarke PM, Lamotte M, Ramos M, Shao H, Shi L , Zhang P et al (2020) . Value in Health, 23(9), 1163-1170.
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Kasera A, Brennan A, Heller S & Ismail K (2020) . Health Technology Assessment, 24(28), 1-232.
  • Goodacre S, Horspool K, Shephard N, Pollard D, Hunt BJ, Fuller G, Nelson-Piercy C, Knight M, Thomas S, Lecky F & Cohen J (2018) . Health Technology Assessment, 22(47).
  • Palmer AJ, Si L, Tew M, Hua X, Willis MS, Asseburg C, McEwan P, Leal J, Gray A, Foos V , Lamotte M et al (2018) . Value in Health, 21(6), 724-731.
  • Pollard DJ, Brennan A, Dixon S, Waugh N, Elliott J, Heller S, Lee E, Campbell M, Basarir H & White D (2018) . BMJ Open, 8.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Taggart L, McDermott G, Dunkley A, Truesdale M, Coates V, Khunti K, Clarke M, Pollard D, Brennan A, Hadjiconstantinou M , Caba M et al (2025) . NIHR Open Research, 5.
  • Pollard DJ, Besser REJ, Dayan C, Townson J, Singh H, Greenwood R, Farmer A, Aveyard P & Brennan A (2025) . NIHR Open Research, 5.
  • Gharibzadeh S, Lee J, Highton P, Greenlaw N, Gillies C, Zaccardi F, Brennan A, Pollard DJ, Valabhji J, Game F , Stanley B et al (2025) . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
  • Breeze P, Pidd K, Pollard D, Ren S, Bates S, Thomas C, Ahern A, Griffin S & Brennan A (2025) . International Journal of Obesity, 49(8), 1598-1607.
  • Onuwe T, Highton PJ, Batchelor D, Brennan A, Caba M, Davies MJ, Funnell MP, Game F, Gillies CL, Glab A , Gray LJ et al (2025) . Diabetic Medicine, 42(6).
  • Pollard D, Keetharuth A, Brennan A, Bodicoat DH, Glab A, Hadjiconstantinou M, Mensa J, Northern A & Davies MJ (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(2).
  • Davies MJ, Agarwal S, Bodicoat DH, Brennan A, Dixon S, Eborall H, Glab A, Gray LJ, Hadjiconstantinou M, Huddlestone L , Hudson N et al (2025) . Programme Grants for Applied Research, 13(2), 1-72.
  • Mueller J, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Pidd K, Brennan A, Hill AJ, Morris S, Hughes CA, Bates SE , Pollard D et al (2025) . Diabetologia, 68(5), 969-980.
  • Franklin M, Pollard D, Sah J, Rayner A, Sun Y, Dube F, Sutton A & Qin L (2024) . Advances in Therapy, 41(7), 2700-2722.
  • Heathcote L, Pollard D, Brennan A, Davies M, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gillett M, Gray L, Griffin S, Hardeman W , Henson J et al (2024) . BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 12(2).
  • Pidd K, Breeze P, Pollard D, Ahern A, Mueller J & Brennan A (2023) . The Lancet, 402(1), S75-S75.
  • Søholm U, Broadley M, Zaremba N, Divilly P, Nefs G, Carlton J, Mader JK, Baumann PM, Gomes M, Martine-Edith G , Pollard DJ et al (2023) . PLOS ONE, 18(3).
  • Divilly P, Zaremba N, Mahmoudi Z, Søholm U, Pollard D, Broadley M, Abbink E, de Galan B, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Renard E , Evans M et al (2022) . Diabetic Medicine, 39(9).
  • Søholm U, Broadley M, Zaremba N, Divilly P, Nefs G, Mahmoudi Z, de Galan B, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Brennan A, Pollard DJ , McCrimmon RJ et al (2022) . BMJ Open, 12(2).
  • Pollard D, Fuller G, Goodacre S, van Rein EAJ, Waalwijk JF & van Heijl M (2022) . BMC Emergency Medicine, 22.
  • Tew M, Willis M, Asseburg C, Bennett H, Brennan A, Feenstra T, Gahn J, Gray A, Heathcote L, Herman WH , Isaman D et al (2022) . Medical Decision Making, 42(5), 599-611.
  • Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies M, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gray L, Hardeman W, Heathcote L , Henson J et al (2021) . Health Technology Assessment, 25(77).
  • Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall HC, Edwardson CL, Gray LJ, Hardeman W, Heathcote L , Henson J et al (2021) . BMC Medicine, 19.
  • Latimer N, Pollard D, Towse A, Henshall C, Sansom L, Ward R, Bruce A & Deakin C (2021) . BMC Health Services Research, 21.
  • Coates E, Amiel S, Baird W, Benaissa M, Brennan A, Campbell M, Chadwick P, Chater T, Choudhary P, Cooke D , Cooper C et al (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(1).
  • Si L, Willis MS, Asseburg C, Nilsson A, Tew M, Clarke PM, Lamotte M, Ramos M, Shao H, Shi L , Zhang P et al (2020) . Value in Health, 23(9), 1163-1170.
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Kasera A, Brennan A, Heller S & Ismail K (2020) . Health Technology Assessment, 24(28), 1-232.
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Brennan A, Heller S & Ismail K (2020) . Diabetic Medicine, 37(5), 735-746.
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Brennan A, Heller SR & Ismail K (2020) . BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 8(1).
  • Tappenden P, Simpson E, Hamilton J, Pollard D, Clowes M, Kaltenthaler E, Meiklejohn D & Morley N (2019) . PharmacoEconomics, 37(3), 333-343.
  • Goodacre S, Horspool K, Shephard N, Pollard D, Hunt BJ, Fuller G, Nelson-Piercy C, Knight M, Thomas S, Lecky F & Cohen J (2018) . Health Technology Assessment, 22(47).
  • Palmer AJ, Si L, Tew M, Hua X, Willis MS, Asseburg C, McEwan P, Leal J, Gray A, Foos V , Lamotte M et al (2018) . Value in Health, 21(6), 724-731.
  • Pollard DJ, Brennan A, Dixon S, Waugh N, Elliott J, Heller S, Lee E, Campbell M, Basarir H & White D (2018) . BMJ Open, 8.
  • Heller S, White D, Lee E, Lawton J, Pollard D, Waugh N, Amiel S, Barnard K, Beckwith A, Brennan A , Campbell M et al (2017) . Health Technology Assessment, 21(20), 1-278.
  • Heller S, Amiel S, Campbell M, Choudhary P, Cooper C, Dimairo M, Elliott J, Hammond P, Lee E, Lindsay R , Waugh N et al (2017) . BMJ, 356.
  • Basarir H, Brennan A, Jacques RM, Pollard D, Stevens K, Freeman J, Wales J & Price K (2016) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 32(4), 203-211.
  • Pandor A, Pollard D, Chico T, Henderson R & Stevenson M (2015) . Pharmacoeconomics.
  • Kruger J, Pollard DJ, Basarir H, Thokala P, Cooke D, Clark M, Bond R, Heller S & Brennan A (2015) . Medical Decision Making, 35(7), 872-887.

Conference proceedings

  • Soholm U, Broadley M, Zaremba N, Divilly P, Martine-Edith G, Nefs G, Mahmoudi Z, Gomes M, Mader J, Cigler M , Renard E et al (2023) IMPACT OF NOCTURNAL SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC PERSON-REPORTED HYPOGLYCAEMIA ON MORNING FUNCTIONING AMONG ADULTS WITH INSULIN-TREATED DIABETES: THE HYPO-METRICS STUDY. DIABETES TECHNOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, Vol. 25 (pp A266-A267)
  • SOEHOLM U, BROADLEY MM, ZAREMBA N, DIVILLY P, MARTINE-EDITH G, NEFS G, MAHMOUDI Z, MADER JK, CIGLER M, RENARD E , ABBINK EJ et al (2022) . Diabetes, Vol. 71(Supplement_1)
  • Pollard D, Brennan A, Coates L & Heller S (2019) . Value in Health, Vol. 22 (pp S584-S584)
  • Brennan A & Pollard D (2019) . Value in Health, Vol. 22 (pp S577-S577)
  • Pollard D, Brennan A, Coates L & Heller S (2019) PRETRIAL MODELLING METHODS TO JUSTIFY AND INFORM THE DESIGN OF LARGE RCTS - EXPECTED VALUE OF SAMPLE INFORMATION FOR THE DAFNEPLUS DIABETES EDUCATION CLUSTER RCT. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 22 (pp S584-S584)
  • Brennan A & Pollard D (2019) A HEALTH ECONOMIC AND DECISION MODELLING ANALYSIS PLAN FOR AN INTEGRATED DATABASE OF OVER 100 CLINICAL TRIALS MEASURING HYPOGLYCAEMIC ATTACKS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES: A HEDMAP FOR HYPORESOLVE. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 22 (pp S577-S577)
  • Pollard D, Goodacre S, Stevenson M & Fuller G (2017) . Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 34(12) (pp A867-A868)
  • Brennan A, Pollard D, Coates L, Strong M & Heller S (2017) EXPECTED VALUE OF SAMPLE INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUAL LEVEL SIMULATION MODELS TO INFORM STOP/GO DECISION MAKING BY PUBLIC RESEARCH FUNDERS: A METHODOLOGY FOR THE DAFNEPLUS DIABETES EDUCATION CLUSTER RCT. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 20(9) (pp A776-A776)
  • Upsher RJ, Stahl D, Pollard D, Gillett M, Brennan A, Heller S, Ismail K & Winkley K (2017) A Systematic Review of Psychological Interventions to Improve Glycaemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes. DIABETES, Vol. 66 (pp A214-A214)
  • Basarir H, Pollard D, Brennan A, Elliott J, Heller S & Campbell MJ (2014) . Value in Health, Vol. 17(7) (pp A350-A350)
  • Basirir H, Brennan A, Jacques R, Pollard D, Stevens K, Freeman J, Wales J & Price K () . Endocrine Abstracts

Reports

  • Latimer N & Pollard D (2019) Pre-read document 1 : challenges in valuing and paying for combination regimens in oncology
  • Whyte S, Pollard D & Cree I (2016) Generic Cancer Screen - Economic modelling report

Preprints

  • Pollard D, Fuller G, Goodacre S, Rein EAJV, Job FW & Heijl MV (2021) , Research Square Platform LLC.
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Brennan A, Heller S & Ismail K () .
  • Winkley K, Upsher R, Stahl D, Pollard D, Brennan A, Heller S & Ismail K () .
Teaching interests

My teaching interest revolve around the principles behind conducting economic evaluation of health technologies, how to build economic models to assess health technologies and statistical techniques that can inform economic assessments.

Teaching activities

I am the module leader on HAR 672, advanced simulation methods. I am the deputy module leader on HAR6260: Economic Evaluation and HAR6167: Cost-effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment. I also coordinate the module HAR6178: Further Statistical Methods for Health Economic Analysis.