Rosemary Murphy

Rosemary Murphy is a Lecturer in Economics at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, specializing in Health Economics with emphasis on business applications. She serves as Director of the PhD (Health Economics) program and is an active member of the Health Economics Group.

• B Comm Degree (Economics), University College Cork, 1997
• Masters of Economics Science, University College Cork, 1998
• PhD (Health Economics), University College Cork, 2006

Her research centers on the intersection of health policy and economic measurement, with doctoral work investigating medical card eligibility equivalence scales in Ireland. Current focus examines how economic frameworks quantify subjective well-being, analyzing behavioral patterns in healthcare resource allocation. She integrates business economics principles to evaluate healthcare system efficiency through empirical modeling and policy analysis.

As PhD program director, she oversees thesis supervision in health economics with emphasis on well-being metrics. Her academic leadership extends to conference contributions and collaborative research within the Health Economics Group, which bridges business strategy with healthcare economics.

Based in Áras na Laoi (AL 2.08), she teaches across Business, Health and Quantitative Economics curricula while advancing research on healthcare regulation and economic measurement systems.