Health Economics of Well-being and Well-becoming across the Life-course

Rhiannon T. Edwards is Founding Professor of Health Economics research at Bangor University, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME), and Co-Director of Health and Care Economics Cymru, funded by Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales. She has, with colleagues, published over 400 peer-reviewed articles in health economics and is the Co-Editor of ""Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research"", Oxford University Press 2019. Her research interests are in the economics of prevention, public health and the design, conduct and reporting of trials of interventions, within and outside of the health system, to prevent avoidable ill-health and disability that lead to premature death. Catherine L. Lawrence has a broad interest in health and well-being. She has a BSc in Psychology and MSc in Psychological Research Methods from Lancaster University, and undertook her PhD research in Psycho-oncology at Loughborough University. She holds the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 qualification in Executive Coaching and Mentoring, and completed the ILM endorsed Well-being Coaching Programme through the British School of Coaching. Catherine expanded her research skills working with the Judgment and Decision Making group at the University of Leicester before moving back home to North Wales to work at the Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH), and more recently the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor University. She has experience in undertaking mixed-methods research in a range of study designs, and has published in a number of fields.