Professor Trevor Sheldon is Professor of Health Services Research in the Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Research Mentor at the Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary. He joined QMUL in July 2020 from the University of York where he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and then Dean of the Hull York Medical School. He studied medicine, economics and medical statistics. His research interests are broad and include: analysis of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of healthcare and public health interventions, patient safety, health policy and evaluation, inequalities in health, and public sector resource allocation. He uses a range of research methods including evidence synthesis, observational, quasi experimental and experimental designs.