Investigators within the health economic center are available to provide consultative services and to serve as collaborators on research projects.  When the effort of the health economist is provided on a grant application the services are provided free of charge.  However, the services of the HEC are also available on a consultative basis with an hourly charge.

In the pre-funding stages of a project the health economist could be involved in the following:

1. Hypothesis development;
2. Study design;
3. Identifying relevant methods or instruments for the measurement of the health economic-related outcomes;
4. Provide expertise on health economic data and other datasets that may be available to the investigator; and
5. Grant writing, including preparation of the health economics section, identifying relevant literature, and incorporating health economic theory.

Post-funding, the health economist could collaborate with the investigator on:

1. Development of data collection forms for the health economic data;
2. Training study staff on the administration of health economic instruments;
3. Participate in quality assurance work on data collected during the study;
4. Conduct the health economic analyses;
5. Assist with reporting the health economic analysis via posters, presentations and publications.