Patrick FitzGerald BAppSc(WAIT) PhD(Western Australia

Research Fellow

Address:
HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0815
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
E-mail: p.fitzgerald@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 1018

Biography

I joined ScHARR in August 2008. I have worked in academia, government health agencies and health economic consultancies in Australia.

Research Interests

My research interests include:

• Evidence synthesis
• Measuring uncertainty in health economic models
• Analysis of correlated discrete data, incomplete data

Teaching Interests

My main teaching areas are in probability and statistical methods used in health services research and health economics and decision making

Current Projects

• MRC methods for extrapolation of RCT evidence (£384,000)
• The NeuRx RA/4 Diaphragm Pacing Trial for Motor Neuron Disease (DiPALS) (£500,00)

Key Publications

• Pandor A, Fitzgerald P, Stevenson M, Papaionnau D. Mifamurtide for the treatment of osteosarcoma: a single technology appraisal. Health Technology Assessment 2009;13 Supp 3:55-60
• Guitera P, Li L, Crotty K, Fitzgerald P, Mellenbergh R, Pellacani G, Menzies S. Melanoma histological Breslow thickness predicted by 75-MHz ultrasonography. British Journal of Dermatology 2008;159:364-9.
• Weston A, Fitzgerald P. Discrete choice experiment to derive willingness-to-pay for methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy versus simple excision surgery in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma. Pharmacoeconomics 2004;22:1195–208.
• FitzGerald PEB. Extended generalized estimating equations for binary familial data with incomplete data. Biometrics 2002;58:718-26.
• Thompson JR, FitzGerald P, Willoughby ML, Armstrong BK. Maternal folate supplementation in pregnancy and protection against acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in childhood: a case-control study. Lancet 2001;358:1935-40.