Sarah Byford

Sarah Byford is a British economist. She is the André professor of health economics and director of King's Health Economics (KHE) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. She specialises in the economic evaluation of mental health services and clinical and economic evaluation of complex interventions, including services for children and adolescents.

She is a senior economics advisor at the Social Care Institute for Excellence, a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry and a Mental Health Review Journal editorial board member.

Academic career

Byford began her academic career by completing a BSc (Hons) in economics at Brunel University. She continued her education by attaining an MSc, first in health economics (1993) and then health sciences (2004) at the University of York. Byford was awarded her PhD in health economics at King's College, London in 2009.

Editorial roles Byford holds key editorial roles at a number of journals: 2013–present Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology editorial board 2011–present Royal College of Psychiatrists Publication Management Board 2007–present British Journal of Psychiatry associate editor 2007–present Mental Health Review Journal editorial board member