Ruth Davies
- Professor of Operational Research
BSc (Warwick), MSc (Birmingham), PhD (Southampton)
Biography
Principle investigator on a Warwick IMRC project funded by EPSRC to explore and evaluate Lean and modelling in the Health Sector and co-investigator of an EPSRC project to explore the potential of automated simulation output. Member of the EPSRC college and of the editorial team of Health Care Management Science, Co-Chair of 2009 OR Society conference at Warwick. Has had funded projects and consultancy from the Department of Health, Health Authorities, EPSRC, Health Technology Assessment and pharmaceutical companies. Experienced in teaching simulation and a range of OR subjects. Associate Dean for Academic Policy and Practice in WBS.
Research interests
models to support service and strategic planning in the health service; simulation techniques for modelling complex systems; using simulation in determining the relative benefits of screening and in evaluating resource use in long term disease; infectious disease modelling; evaluation of the use of Lean and modelling in patient pathways; the provision of simple and reliable simulation output.
Research projects
- TAR team tender: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), April 2011 - March 2016.
- Resubmission: Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Phase II: EPSRC, April 2008 - September 2011.
- Control of hospital acquired clostridium difficile infection (MRSA: University of Birmingham, March 2009 - March 2011.
- Automating Simulation Output Analysis (AutoSimOA): Selection of Warm-up Replications and Run-Length: EPSRC, September 2006 - August 2009.
- A Study of the Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of MRSA Screening and Monitoring on Surgical Wards using a Rapid Molecular Test: University of Birmingham, September 2007 - September 2007.
- A Study of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of MRSA screening and monitoring on surgical words using a new rapid molecular test (EMMS: Department of Health, October 2006 - September 2007.
- A study of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of MRSA screening and monitoring on surgical wards using a new rapid molecular test: University of Birmingham, September 2005 - August 2007.
- A study of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of MRSA screening and monitoring on surgical wards using a new rapid molecular test: University of Birmingham, September 2005 - August 2007.
- A study of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of MRSA screening and monitoring on surgical wards using a new rapid molecular test: University of Birmingham, September 2005 - August 2007.
Publications
Journal articles
- Use of a coronary heart disease simulation model to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of drugs for the prevention of heart disease. Journal Of The Operational Research Society 59 (2008): 1173-1181.
- A study of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of MRSA screening and monitoring on surgical wards using a new, rapid molecular test (EMMS) BMC Health Services Research 7 (2007).
- Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions. Journal Of The Operational Research Society 58 (2007): 168-176.
- Stream correlations in multiple recursive generators and congruential generators. Journal of Simulation 1 (2007): 131-135.
- A Taxonomy of Model Structures. Health Economics 15 (2006): 1295-1310.
