Diarmuid Coughlan, PhD MSc.
Fellow
National Cancer Institute
9609 Medical Center Drive
Bethesda,
MD
USA
20892
Biographical Sketch: Diarmuid Coughlan, MPharm, MSc (Health Econ), PhD, has joined the Surveillance Research Program as a Cancer Prevention Fellow. He is working on the projections of the cost of cancer care with Dr. Angela Mariotto.
Dr. Coughlan received his Masters in Pharmacy at University of Sunderland, England, Masters in Health Economics at University of York, England, and his PhD from NUI Galway, Ireland. As part of his PhD training, co-sponsored by the NCI, he spent two years at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy & Management. His dissertation focused on the health economics of HPV-related head and neck cancer and how it relates to burden, survivorship, and health literacy. Dr. Coughlan is a hospital pharmacist and has practiced throughout England, Ireland, Australia, and the U.S. His professional interests include how best to analyze cost data and evaluating cancer care resource utilization.
Papers:
BALANCE SHEET APPROACH TO FINANCIAL DEBT AND ASSETS IN CANCER SURVIVORS
PATTERNS OF CARE IN TREATING CHILDHOOD NEUROBLASTOMA: EVIDENCE FROM A POPULATION LEVEL STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES