Emily McDool

PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Associate

e.m.mcdool@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0677

Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Emily McDool
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile: I joined ScHARR (HEDS) and the SCHARR Outcomes group in August 2020. I previously worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Economics at the University of Sheffield for the Institute for Economic Analysis of Decision-making (InstEAD) and for the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER).

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Sheffield
MSc Economics, University of Sheffield

Research interests

Measuring and valuing health and quality of life (HRQoL)
Evaluating existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
Developing preference-based measures of health
Measuring and valuing HRQoL of life in rare conditions

Publications

Journal articles

Rowen D, Carlton J, McDool E, Holz FG, Zakaria N, Terheyden J H JH, Finger RP, Agostini H, Aires ID, Altay L , Atia R et al (2025) Psychometric performance of a new condition-specific preference-weighted measure, VILL-UI, and EQ-5D-5L in patients with age-related macular degeneration: A MACUSTAR Study Report. Value in Health, 27(12).
Mukuria C, Rowen D, Mulhern B, McDool E, Kharroubi S, Bjorner JB & Brazier JE (2024) The short form 6 dimensions (SF-6D): development and evolution. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. View this article in WRRO
McDool E, Powell P & Carlton J (2024) Measuring health related quality of life (HRQoL) in Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs): a rapid scoping review of available tools and domains. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 19. View this article in WRRO
McDool E, Carlton J, Powell PA, Coates E, Knox L, Mayberry E, Appleby N, Griffiths AW, Hobson E & McDermott CJ (2024) Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neurology, 103(2).
McDool E, Mukuria C & Peasgood T (2024) Psychometric performance of the EQ Health and Wellbeing short (EQ-HWB-S) in a UK population sample. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
McDool E & Morris D (2022) Gender differences in science, technology, engineering and maths uptake and attainment in post‐16 education. The Manchester School.
McDool E, Mukuria C & Brazier J (2021) A comparison of the SF-6Dv2 and SF-6D UK utility values in a mixed patient and healthy population. PharmacoEconomics.
Mcdool E, Powell P, Roberts J & Taylor K (2020) The internet and children’s psychological wellbeing. Journal of Health Economics, 69, ---. View this article in WRRO
McDool E (2019) Ability grouping and children’s non-cognitive outcomes. Applied Economics incorporating Applied Financial Economics. View this article in WRRO
Rowen D, McDool E, Carlton J, Powell P & Norman R () Deriving a preference-weighted measure for people with hypoglycaemia from the Hypo-RESOLVE-QoL. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
Schneider P, Ludwig K, Marten O, McDool E, Peasgood T, Devlin N, Shah K, Brazier J, Greiner W & Mukuria C () Using the OPUF approach to create a value set for the EQ-HWB-S: An exploratory feasibility study. Wellcome Open Research, 9, 359-359.
Mukuria C, Peasgood T, Mcdool E, Norman R, Rowen D & Brazier J () Valuing the EQ Health and Wellbeing Short (EQ-HWB-S) using time trade-off and a discrete choice experiment: a feasibility study. Value in Health.
Rowen D, Mukuria C & McDool E () A systematic review of the methodologies and modelling approaches used to generate international EQ-5D-5L value sets. PharmacoEconomics.
Dickerson A, McDool E & Morris D () Post-compulsory education pathways and labour market outcomes. Education Economics, 1-27.
McDool E, Mukuria C & Brazier J () Correction to: A Comparison of the SF-6Dv2 and SF-6D UK Utility Values in a Mixed Patient and Healthy Population. PharmacoEconomics.

Conference proceedings papers

Rowen D, Carlton J, McDool E, Terheyden JH & Finger RP (2024) EE391 Psychometric Performance of EQ-5D-5L and VILL-UI, a New Condition-Specific Preference-Weighted Measure, in Patients With Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Macustar Study Report. Value in Health, Vol. 27(12) (pp S132-S132)
Rowen D, McDool E, Carlton J, Powell P, Norman R, de Galan B, Gall M-A, McCrimmon R, Rosilio M & Heller S (2024) Eliciting preferences of people living with diabetes using the Hypo-RESOLVE-QoL-8D to determine the impact of hypoglycaemia to inform economic evaluation. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 33 (pp S95-S95)
Rowen D, Carlton J, McDool E, Terheyden JH, Poor S, Zakaria N & Finger RP (2024) Assessing the psychometric performance of a new condition-specific preference-weighted measure, VILL-UI, and EQ-5D-5L in patients with age-related macular degeneration: A MACUSTAR Study Report. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 33 (pp S213-S213)
Mukuria C, Peasgood T, McDool E, Norman R, Rowen D & Brazier JE (2022) VALUATION OF THE EQ HEALTH AND WELL-BEING SHORT USING TIME TRADE-OFF AND DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(12) (pp S413-S413)

Scholarly editions

McDool E Class Setting and Children’s Non-Cognitive Outcomes.

Working papers

McDool EM (2017) Neighbourhood Effects on Educational Attainment: Does Family Background Influence the Relationship?. Sheffield Economics Research Papers (SERPS), 2017002. View this article in WRRO
McDool EM (2016) The Effect of Primary Converter Academies on Pupil Performance. Sheffield Economic Research Paper (SERPS), 2016013. View this article in WRRO
McDool EM, Powell P, Roberts J & taylor K (2016) Social Media Use and Children’s Wellbeing. Sheffield Economics Research Papers (SERPS), 2016011. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

McDool E, Powell P, Roberts J & Taylor K (2016) Social Media Use and Children's Wellbeing, SSRN Electronic Journal.

Research group: SCHARR Outcomes