DrJames O'Mahony

James is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics at University College Dublin where he is employed as an Ad Astra Fellow. He also has a research affiliation with the Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam. He is an economist by training and his research primarily addresses the cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of cancer screening. His broader research interests include CEA methods in general, simulation modelling and the use of CEA by decision makers. James obtained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin and his thesis addressed methodological issues in CEAs of cancer screening. During his doctoral work he was a visiting student for two years at the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam. James served two terms as a member of Ireland's National Screening Advisory Committee convened following the Scally Report in response to the CervicalCheck controversy.