Dr Paddy Gillespie
Phone:
091-495740
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Job Title:
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Biography:
Paddy Gillespie is an affiliated post-doctoral researcher with the Irish Centre of Social Gerontology and the Discipline of Economics at NUI Galway. His research interests are health economics and health technology assessment and his work to date has explored a variety of research questions in relation to heart disease, diabetes, dementia, multimorbidity, and infectious disease. He also teaches and contributes to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses for the disciplines of Economics, Psychology, Health Promotion and General Practice at NUI Galway.
Qualifications:
B.Comm, MSc, PhD
Research Interests:
Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment
Research Projects:
The Atlantic Diabetes in Pregnancy (ATLANTIC DIP) Study
The Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease in General Practice (SPHERE) Study
The Enhancing Care in Alzheimer’s Disease (ECAD) Study
The Irish Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) Study
A study examining the impact of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Primary Care in Ireland: The PRINCE Study
The West of Ireland Diabetic Foot (WOIDF) Study
Links to selected research
Journal Articles
Gillespie P, O’Shea E, Cullinan J, Lacey L, Gallagher D, Ni Mhaolain A, Lawlor B. The Effects of Dependence and Function on Costs of Care for Alzheimer’s Disease and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment in Ireland. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2012; (In Press)
Connolly S, Gillespie P, O’Shea E, Cahill S, Pierce M. The Economic and Social Costs of Dementia in Ireland. Dementia. 2012; DOI: 10.1177/1471301212442453
Gillespie P, O'Shea E, Paul G, O'Dowd T, Smith SM. Cost Effectiveness of Peer Support for Type 2 Diabetes. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2012; 28:1, 3-11
Gillespie P, O'Neill C, Adams E, Turner K, O'Donovan D, Brugha R, Vaughan D, O'Connell E, Cormican M, Balfe M, Coleman C, Fitzgerald M, Fleming C. The cost and cost effectiveness of opportunistic screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in Ireland. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2012; DOI:10.1136/sextrans-2011-050067
Cullinan J, Gillespie P, Owens L, Dunne F. Accessibility and Screening Uptake Rates for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Ireland. Health and Place, 2011; DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.11.001
Gillespie P, O’Shea E, Murphy AW, Smith SM, Byrne MC, Byrne M, Cupples ME. Relative cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention in selected patient subgroups with existing coronary heart disease. The European Journal of Health Economics, 2011; DOI:10.1007/s10198-011-034.
Brugha R, Balfe M, Jeffares I, Conroy RM, Clarke E, Fitzgerald M, O'Connell E, Vaughan D, Coleman C, McGee H, Gillespie P, O'Donovan D. Where do young adults want opportunistic chlamydia screening services to be located? Journal of Public Health, 2011; DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdr028
Gillespie P, O’Neill C, Avalos G, O’Reilly M, Dunne F, ‘The Cost of Universal Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Ireland’, Diabetic Medicine, 2011; DOI 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03293.
Glynn L, Valderas J, Healy P, Burke P, Burke E, Newell J, Gillespie P, Murphy, A, ‘The prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care and its effect on healthcare utilisation and cost’, Family Practice, 2011; (0):1-8.
Gillespie P, O’Shea E, Murphy A W, Smith S M, Byrne M C, Byrne M, Cupples M E, ‘The cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease’, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2010;26(3).
Book Chapters
O'Shea, E, Gillespie, P. Health Policy in Ireland, in Healy, S., Reynolds, B. and Collins, M. (Eds.), Social Policy in Ireland: Principles, Practice and Problems, (pp. 271-295). Dublin: The Liffey Press. 2006