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Dr Dermot O'Reilly

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Dermot O'Reilly

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Using administrative data to explore social factors related to health and well-being, including a study of social inequalities.

More recent focus has on mental health, suicide and self-harm, the health of migrants, factors affecting screening uptake, the effects of mixed marriages, the mortality risk of caring or volunteering, patterns of alcohol consumption at older ages, admissions to and care in care homes, the effect of long working-hours, social determinants in the age of retirement and financial wellbeing at older ages. 

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  • D.Oreilly@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 8949, +44 (0)28 906 32738

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Administrative data related to ageing, pensions, poverty at older ages

  • Research on looked after children or children known to social services.

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Research students

PhD Title A Record Linkage Examining the Impact of Poor Mental Health on Breast Screening Uptake
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  The utility of administrative data in understanding the distribution and causes of poor mental health in younger people
Country  Greece
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Measuring Mental Health: A pharmacological study of antidepressant and anxiolytic drug uptake in Northern Ireland
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position  Lecturer CPH
   

 

 


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