Professor Jonathan Michaels
BA (Cantab), MB BChir MA (Cantab), FRCS (Ed), MChir (Cantab)
School of Medicine and Population Health
Honorary Professor of Clinical Decision Science


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School of Medicine and Population Health
1011
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
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I have had close links with the School of Health and Related Research in Sheffield since moving to Sheffield as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon in 1994. I was appointed to an Honorary Chair at the School of Health and Related Research in 2003 and to a Chair of Professor of Vascular Surgery in 2004. I stopped my clinical practice in 2011 but have continued with a number of research projects related to technology appraisal and decision science.
I recently completed an extensive research programme looking at The Design, Development, Commissioning and Evaluation of Patient Focused Vascular Services, funded by a six-year NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research.
Recent and ongoing projects
- Studies of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of treatments for peripheral arterial disease.
- Studies of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of new treatments for varicose veins.
- Studies relating to clinical decision making in areas of vascular disease including aortic aneurysm and carotid disease.
- Studies of the drivers to the configuration of sub-specialist vascular services.
- Studies of patient and societal preferences for various aspects of service provision and delivery.
- The development of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for vascular disease.
- Studies of disparities in access treatment and outcomes of vascular services based upon socioeconomic factors and ethnicity.
- Research interests
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My research interests include clinical decision science, economic and decision analytic modelling, technology appraisal, the organisation and delivery of sub-specialist services and the ethics of evidence-based healthcare policy. Due to my previous clinical experience many of these projects relate to areas of vascular disease, although I also have wider interests relating to a range of technologies and issues around outcome assessment, decision science and the ethics of policy decisions in healthcare.
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In the past I have been closely involved in teaching of both clinical trainees and post graduate students on the masters programmes. I was involved in the development and running of the masters programme in clinical research and have supervised and examined for higher degrees.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Chair of Steering Committee for BASIL 2 and BASIL 3 Trials
- Member of Steering Committee for the UK-COMPASS Trial
- Previous Chair of a Research Special Interest Group for Vascular Service Provision and Access for The Vascular Society for Great Britain and IrelandPrevious Vice Chair of NICE Appraisal Committee
- Previous Chair of NICE Guideline Development Group for Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Previous Chair of Interventional Procedures Priorities Panel and Member of Prioritisation Group and Strategy and Oversight Group for the NIHR HTA Programme
- Recent Blog Posts and Podcast
- Podcast: Mason Institute Investigates Episode 5: Clinical decision making: Evidence based, or Values based?
- Michaels, J. A. (2021). 'Paying more for highly specialised technologies: equity or profligacy?' The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 3 June 2021; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2020). ‘Valuing the care in healthcare: priorities and trade-offs', The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 16 March 2021; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2020). ‘NICE’s wrong turns: opportunity costs and missed opportunities', The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 30 November 2020; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2020). ‘Covid-19: Value-based decision making', The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 8 July 2020; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2020). 'Don’t blame the science', The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 4 June 2020; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2020). 'Evidence-based injustices', The Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. 29 May 2020; Available from:
- Michaels, J. A. (2016). 'Bridging the gap between academics and practitioners', The BMJ Opinion. Available from:
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