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Dr Nathan Bray is a Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Improvement and leads Bangor University’s Academy for Health Equity (AHE). He has an MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion and a PhD in Health Economics. His research focuses on public health and disability, in particular the application of methods of economic evaluation to disability and assistive technology. In 2016 Nathan was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by Health and Care Research Wales to develop a new preference-based instrument for measuring the quality of life of people who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids. Dr Bray has received research funding from a range of organisations including the National Institute for Health Research, the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, Health and Care Research Wales and NHS England. As lead applicant and co-applicant Dr Bray has contributed to over £7.5million worth of grant capture. From 2015 to 2018 Dr Bray chaired the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals’ comparative effectiveness research committee, and was an Associate Editor for the British Journal of Dermatology from 2017 to 2021. Nathan is currently a member of the Health and Care Research Wales Social Care PhD Studentship Committee and College Lead for Sustainability, and is College Director of Postgraduate Research and Sustainability
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Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate, PhD, Health Economics, Bangor University
Award Date: 1 Dec 2015
Postgraduate, MSc, Public Health and Health Promotion, Bangor University
Award Date: 19 Jul 2013
Undergraduate, BSc, Psychology, University of Liverpool
Award Date: 25 Jun 2007
External positions
Associate Editor, British Journal of Dermatology
1 Feb 2017 → …
Health and Care Research Wales Fellow, Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW)
1 Sept 2016 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Drones in healthcare, are they ready to fly?
Tanaka, A., Thomas, E., Purves, A., Heward-Mills, D., Bray, N. & Payne, R. E., 6 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Innovations.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Economic costs of health and social care for a child with a life-limiting condition in their last year of life: a systematic review
Prendergast, L., Crane, E., Bray, N. & Noyes, J., 16 Jul 2025, In: BMJ paediatrics open. 9, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating the costs of palliative and end-of-life care for children with life-limiting conditions in Wales
Prendergast, L., Crane, E., Bray, N. & Noyes, J., 24 Sept 2025, (Unpublished) 44 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Use of patient-centred outcome measures alongside the personal wheelchair budget process in NHS England: A mixed methods approach to exploring the staff and service user experience of using the WATCh and WATCh-Ad
Tuersley, L., Quaye, N. A., Pisavadia, K., Edwards, R. T. & Bray, N., 10 Jan 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cross-cutting themes influencing well-being and well-becoming across the life-course
Spencer, L., Hartfiel, N., Lynch, M., Bray, N., Anthony, B., Lawrence, C. & Edwards, R. T., 26 Sept 2024, Health economics of well-being and well-becoming across the life-course . Oxford University Press, p. 71-130Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Adaptation and Quality of Life: Improving methods of outcome measurement in disability and assistive technology use (AdaptQoL)
Bray, N. (PI)
1/04/25 → 15/04/27
Project: Research
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CHESS: Investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of targeting everyday family routines to improve self-care in children with neurodisability
Bray, N. (PI)
1/02/24 → 15/02/28
Project: Research
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An exploration of the opportunities to provide health promotion to the population of Wales within the NHS 111 Wales service
Bray, N. (PI)
1/10/23 → 15/10/27
Project: Research
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LOad Monitoring and Alert System (LOMAS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration
Bray, N. (PI)
1/01/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Investing in housing for a return on health - can warmer homes save lives and money?
Bray, N. J. (Contributor), Winrow, E. (Contributor) & Edwards, R. (Contributor)
31 Oct 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Investing in warmer housing could save the NHS billions
Bray, N. J. (Contributor), Winrow, E. (Contributor) & Edwards, R. (Contributor)
5 Oct 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Warmer homes can improve population health in the UK
Bray, N. (Contributor)
15 Jun 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation