He received a BSc in Mathematics, majoring in Operations Research, an MSc in Health Services Research and then completed a PhD in Health Economics and Decision Sciences, all at the University of Sheffield, located in the United Kingdom. In 2004, he moved to Vancouver, receiving post-doctoral training at the University of British Columbia. He then proceeded to work with the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences and in 2014 was the recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator award. Bansback’s research uses different methods of decision analysis to improve health. In addition, his methodological areas of research include measuring and valuing health, economic evaluation and network meta-analysis.