About

MASHnet – The UK Network for Modelling and Simulation in Healthcare was established in January 2005. It was originally funded for three years by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with a research network grant. Subsequently it received some funding from the UK Operational Research Society. Currently MASHnet is hosted at the Peninsula Medical School as part of the Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Health Research and Care (PenCLAHRC).

The primary aim of MASHnet is improve the application of modelling and simulation in healthcare. To achieve this aim, it strives to bring together all the parties engaged in healthcare modelling and simulation to ensure the more successful realisation of these approaches in the delivery of health services. The three main professional groups identified as central are the healthcare services, the research community, and the commercial sector. MASHnet provides a range of services and organises activities designed to improve effective interaction and collaboration between these groups.