Simon McNamara

Simon McNamara is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) within the School of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Sheffield, concurrently serving as Consulting Director at BresMed health economics consultancy.

His educational qualifications include:

• PhD in Public Health Economics and Decision Science, University of Sheffield
• MSc in Health Economics, University of York
• MSc in Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
• BSc in Economics, University of York

Dr. McNamara specializes in advancing health economic evaluation methodology with twelve years' industry experience spanning pharmaceuticals and consulting. His core research examines health inequality quantification in economic models, surrogacy relationship integration into health economics frameworks, and real-world data applications specifically within oncology modeling contexts.

Teaching contributions include the MPH module "Economic Evaluation and Health Care Financing", MBChB "Critical Numbers" medical statistics course, and ScHARR's "Measuring and Valuing Health" MOOC.

His dual academic-industry role facilitates direct translation of methodological innovations into practical healthcare decision-making through ScHARR's research infrastructure and BresMed's consultancy operations.