Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr, BSc, MSc, PhD
Alex is a Research Fellow in Health Economics. His research primarily focuses on the development and application of econometric techniques to evaluate changes to the organisation and financing of healthcare. This includes large scale evaluations of hospital financial incentive schemes, the devolution of health and socal care powers to Greater Manchester (GM Devo), and interventions to improve social and emotional well-being in childhood.
Alex's research also examines the determinants of health and healthcare. His PhD examined the causes and consequences of non-cognitive skills in childhood, with a particular focus on the effects of in-utero exposure to disease.
Alex's current research projects include:
In October 2019, Alex began a 3-year Presidential Fellowship at the University of Manchester titled "Development of specialist skills to evaluate organisational and service delivery interventions". The fellowship will develop and test new econometric techniques for the evaluation reform implemented via staged roll-out, and apply these techniques to examine the effects of a financial incentive scheme targeting reductions in smoking during pregnancy.
Alex is also Co-Director and Lecturer on ECON32202 Health Economics, a third-year undergraduate module on the BA/BSc in Economics.
Alex completed his BSc in Economics at the University of Manchester in 2011, achieving a first. He then completed an MSc in Economics & Econometrics at the University of Manchester in 2012, acheiving a distinction.
Alex joined the Manchester Centre for Health Economics as a Research Associate in 2013.
In October 2013, Alex was awarded PhD funding as a President's Doctoral Scholar to research the causes and consequences of social and emotional well-being in childhood. His thesis was submitted in September 2016 and his PhD awarded in December 2016 with no corrections.
In September 2016, Alex was recruited as a Research Fellow in Health Economics.
Academic acheivements
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):
Doctor of Philosophy, An economic analysis of the causes and consequences of social and emotional well-being in childhood, The University of Manchester
1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sept 2016
Award Date: 2 Dec 2016
Master of Economics, MSc Economics & Econometrics (Distinction), The University of Manchester
1 Sept 2011 → 30 Sept 2012
Award Date: 30 Sept 2012
Bachelor of Economics, BSc Economics (First), The University of Manchester
1 Sept 2008 → 31 Jul 2011
Award Date: 31 Jul 2011
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Turner, Alexander (Recipient), 1 Aug 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Turner, A. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Turner, A. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Turner, Alexander (Recipient), 1 Apr 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Alexander Turner (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Alexander Turner (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Alexander Turner (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Alexander Turner (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Alexander Turner (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Student thesis: Phd