Dr Anju Devianee Keetharuth

BA, MA, MBA, PhD (Sheffield)

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Research Fellow

Health Economist

d.keetharuth@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0884
Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Anju Devianee Keetharuth
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined HEDS as a Health Economist in November 2010. I am also an adviser working for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Support Service Hub delivered by University of York and Partners.  I work part-time (3 days a week). 

I completed a Phd in Development Economics at the ±¬ÁÏTV and worked as a trade policy adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in Fiji (Overseas Development Institute Fellow). I then worked as an Economic Affairs Officer researching Foreign Direct Investment at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. Afterwards I taught economics at the ±¬ÁÏTV.  I retrained as a health economist and worked at as an Economic Adviser at the Department of Health in Leeds.

Research interests

As a health economist, I design, supervise and conduct cost-effectiveness analyses alongside clinical trials mainly funded by the NIHR. I am particularly interested in economic evaluation of mental health interventions and have worked in several conditions (diabetes, lifestyle interventions, surgery) and populations. 

My research interests also include development of outcome measures (including preference-based measures) and their assessment (psychometrics).  I led the development of the commonly used outcome measures in mental health called the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL). I have an interest in modifying patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for different populations.  I have been involved in the development of several outcomes sets by the International Consortium of Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM).

I have an interest in incorporating lived experience in my work including methodological research. 

In my spare time, I am a yoga teacher and interested in researching how yoga can improve the health of the population.

Current Phd students 
Nick Burke – Department of Sociology, ±¬ÁÏTV (Developing a measure for adoptees) 
Yingpen Qiu – Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, ±¬ÁÏTV (Topic Selection Process for Health Technology Assessment in China)

I am interested in supervising students working on economic evaluation, development and assessment of outcome measures.

Past Phd students 
Hannah Hussain -  Quality of life for Dementia economic evaluation: 
integrating self and proxy report 
Ahmed Aber - Developing outcome measures for patients with vascular conditions

Publications

Journal articles

  • Keetharuth A, Mukuria C, Peasgood T & Wailoo A (2025) . Value in Health.
  • Hussain H, Keetharuth A, Wailoo A & Rowen D (2025) . Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 11(1).
  • Pollard D, Keetharuth A, Brennan A, Bodicoat DH, Glab A, Hadjiconstantinou M, Mensa J, Northern A & Davies MJ (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(2).
  • Powell PA, Rowen D, Keetharuth A, Mukuria C & Shah K (2024) . Social Science & Medicine, 355.
  • Gould RL, McDermott CJ, Thompson BJ, Rawlinson CV, Bursnall M, Bradburn M, Kumar P, Turton EJ, White DA, Serfaty MA , Graham CD et al (2024) . The Lancet.
  • Keetharuth AD, Gould R, McDermott C, Thompson B, Rawlinson C, Bradburn M, Bursnall M, Kumar P, Turton E, Tappenden P , White D et al (2024) . European Journal of Neurology, 31(8).
  • Davies MJ, Bodicoat DH, Brennan A, Dixon S, Eborall H, Glab A, Gray LJ, Hadjiconstantinou M, Huddlestone L, Hudson N , Keetharuth A et al (2024) . BMC Primary Care, 25.
  • Wickramasekera N, Hole AR, Rowen D, Wailoo A & Keetharuth AD (2024) . Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 17(3), 301-317.
  • Keetharuth AD, Gray L, McGrane E, Worboys H & Orozco-Leal G (2024) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 22(1).
  • Innes N, Fairhurst C, Whiteside K, Ainsworth H, Sykes D, El Yousfi S, Turner E, Chestnutt IG, Keetharuth A, Dixon S , Day PF et al (2024) . Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 52(4), 469-478.
  • Powell PA, Rowen D, Keetharuth A & Mukuria C (2024) . Social Science & Medicine, 340.
  • Swaby L, Perry DC, Walker K, Hind D, Mills A, Jayasuriya R, Totton N, Desoysa L, Chatters R, Young B , Sherratt F et al (2023) . Bone & Joint Open, 4(11), 873-880.
  • Grochtdreis T, König H-H, Keetharuth AD, Gallinat J, Konnopka A, Schulz H, Lambert M, Karow A & Dams J (2023) . The European Journal of Health Economics, 24(4), 499-512.
  • Hussain H, Keetharuth A, Rowen D & Wailoo A (2022) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20(1).
  • Keetharuth AD, Hussain H, Rowen D & Wailoo A (2022) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20(1).
  • Rowen D, Wickramasekera T, Hole AR, Keetharuth A & Wailoo A (2022) . Value in Health, 25(8), 1404-1415.
  • Mayland CR, Keetharuth AD, Mukuria C & Haugen DF (2022) . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 64(1), E23-E33.
  • McKenzie E, Matkin L, Sousa Fialho L, Emelurumonye IN, Gintner T, Ilesanmi C, Jagger B, Quinney S, Anderson E, Baandrup L , Bakhshy AK et al (2022) . Psychiatric Services, 73(3), 249-258.
  • Xu RH, Keetharuth AD, Wang L-L, Cheung AW-L & Wong EL-Y (2022) . The European Journal of Health Economics, 23(2), 165-176.
  • Seligman WH, Fialho L, Sillett N, Nielsen C, Baloch FM, Collis P, Demedts IKM, Fleck MP, Floriani MA, Gabriel LEK , Gagnier JJ et al (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(11).
  • Barkham M, Saxon D, Hardy GE, Bradburn M, Galloway D, Wickramasekera N, Keetharuth AD, Bower P, King M, Elliott R , Gabriel L et al (2021) . The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(6), 487-499.
  • Keetharuth AD, Rowen D, Bjorner JB & Brazier J (2020) . Value in Health.
  • Aber A, Phillips P, Hughes J, Keetharuth AD, Rooney G, Radley S, Walters S, Nawaz S, Jones G & Michaels J (2020) . British Journal of Surgery, 107(8), 1004-1012.
  • Taylor Buck E, Smith CM, Lane A, Keetharuth AD, Young T & Cooke J (2020) . Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1).
  • Carlton J, Peasgood T, Khan S, Barber R, Bostock J & Keetharuth AD (2020) . Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1).
  • Keetharuth D, Bjorner JB, Barkham M, Browne J, Croudace T & Brazier J (2019) . Quality of Life Research, 28(4), 1005-1015.
  • Grundy A, Keetharuth D, Barber R, Carlton J, Connell J, Taylor Buck E, Barkham M, Ricketts T, Robotham D, Rose D , Kay J et al (2019) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17.
  • Keetharuth D, Taylor Buck E, Acquadro C, Conway K, Connell J, Barkham M, Carlton J, Ricketts TN, Barber R & Brazier JE (2018) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7).
  • Keetharuth D, Brazier J, Connell J, Bjorner J, Carlton J, Taylor Buck E, Ricketts T, McKendrick K, Browne J, Croudace T & Barkham M (2018) . The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 212(1), 42-49.
  • Mountain G, Windle G, Hind D, Walters S, Keertharuth A, Chatters R, Sprange K, Craig C, Cook S, Lee E , Woods R et al (2017) . Age And Ageing, 46(4), 627-634.
  • Mukuria C, Young T, Keetharuth A, Borghs S & Brazier J (2017) . Quality of Life Research, 26(3), 749-759.
  • Duncan R, Essat M, Jones G, Booth A, Buckley Woods H, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E, Keetharuth AD, Palfreyman S & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327.
  • Poku E, Duncan R, Keetharuth A, Essat M, Phillips P, Woods HB, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2016) . Health Qual Life Outcomes, 14(1), 161.
  • Rowen D, Brazier J, Mukuria C, Keetharuth A, Risa Hole A, Tsuchiya A, Whyte S & Shackley P (2016) . Medical Decision Making, 36(2), 210-222.
  • Rowen D, Brazier J, Keetharuth A, Tsuchiya A & Mukuria C (2015) . Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.
  • Ara R, Basarir H, Keetharuth AD, Barbieri M, Weatherly HLA, Sculpher MJS, Ahmed H & Brown S (2014) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 30(4), 381-393.
  • Longworth L, Yang Y, Young T, Mulhern B, Alava MH, Mukuria C, Rowen D, Tosh J, Tsuchiya A, Evans P , Keetharuth AD et al (2014) Use of generic and condition-specific measures of health-related quality of life in NICE decision-making: a systematic review, statistical modelling and survey. Health Technology Assessment, 18(9), 1-224.
  • Roberts J, Lenton P, Keetharuth D & Brazier JE (2014) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 12(6).
  • Ara R, Basarir H, Keetharuth A, Weatherly H, Barbieri M & Sculpher MJ (2013) . Value in Health, 16(7), A411-A411.
  • Sprange K, Mountain GA, Brazier J, Cook SP, Craig C, Hind D, Walters SJ, Windle G, Woods R, Keetharuth AD , Chater T et al (2013) . Trials, 14.
  • Marshman Z, Ainsworth H, Fairhurst C, Whiteside K, Sykes D, Keetharuth A, El Yousfi S, Turner E, Day PF, Chestnutt IG , Dixon S et al () . Health Technology Assessment, 1-142.

Book chapters

  • Keetharuth D, Knupfer M & Taylor Buck E (2023) In Krägeloh C, Alyami M & Medvedev ON (Ed.), International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment Springer

Conference proceedings

  • Bjorner JB, Croudace T, Keetharuth A, Brazier JE & Browne J (2016) Factor analyses identified one dominant global factor in a new scale for recovering quality of life (ReQoL) for mental health patients. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 25 (pp 95-95)
  • Rowen D, Brazier JE, Keetharuth A, Tsuchiya A, Robinson A & Mukuria C (2014) Comparison of an online survey and face-to-face interviews for eliciting societal preferences. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 23 (pp 49-49)
  • Keetharuth A, Brazier J, Gibbons E, Ricketts T, Khan M, Connell J & Barkham M (2014) PROMs in Secondary Mental Health Services in the UK: a Feasibility Study and Lessons Learnt. JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS, Vol. 17 (pp S10-S10)
Grants

2025. Funder: NIHR HTA.  Metformin to prevent anti-psychotic induced weight gain. £3m. Chief Investigator: Professor Paul French, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
2024. Funder: NIHR Research Capability Funds via the Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust. Modifying the ReQoL measure for use with people with learning disabilities. £17k Chief Investigator: Dr Anju Keetharuth, ±¬ÁÏTV  
2024. Funder: NIHR HTA.  Treatment of Toddlers Fractures: Observation or Immobilisation (TOTs). £1m. Chief Investigator: Nicolas Nicolaou, Sheffield Children’s Hospital 
2023. Funder: Department of Health and Social Care/ NIHR Policy Research Programme. EEPRU3. £5.4m. Chief investigators: Professor Allan Wailoo (±¬ÁÏTV), Professor Mark Sculpher (University of York)

2023. Funder: NIHR HTA.  Pain Relief After Instrumented Spinal surgEry trial (PRAISE Trial). £1.4m. Chief Investigator: Professor Matthew Wilson, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; ±¬ÁÏTV
2022. Funder: NIHR HTA.  A Patient-reported outcome measure for PRolApse, Incontinence and meSh complication surgEry: The APPRAISE study. £1.5m. Chief Investigator: Professor Georgina Jones, Leeds Beckett University

2021. Department of Health and Social Care. Clinical Negligence Cost Reduction Policy Research. £87k. Chief Investigator: Dr Anju Keetharuth, ±¬ÁÏTV  

Teaching activities

I currently teach on the Economic Evaluation module (HAR 6260), MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling.

Professional activities and memberships

Faculty of Health representative to the University Research Ethics Committee to the Senate (Committee of Senate), ±¬ÁÏTV.
I work closely with the Clinical Trials Research Unit at the ±¬ÁÏTV.
I have been a member of EEPRU, the NIHR Policy Research Unit in the Economic Methods of Evaluation of Health and Care Interventions since 2010.
Associate Editor Associate editor for Frontiers in Global Women’s Health – quality of life speciality.

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