Dr James Shearer
Lecturer in Health Economics
Research interests
- Psychology
Biography
Dr James Shearer is Lecturer in Health Economics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.
James joined King’s Health Economics in February 2013 following posts at the Health Economics Group at the University of Exeter, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
His areas of research interest are in the application of economic evaluation techniques in the addictions and neurological disorders, including trial design, outcome valuation, costing methodology, and modelling methodology.
Research interests
- Health Economics
- Economic Evaluation
- Economic Modelling
Teaching
James is the Health Economics module lead at the Masters of Public Health taught at the School of Public Health and Environmental Sciences.
Expertise and public engagement
James works in a joint post providing health economics consultancy for the Research Design Service, London as well developing a program of work at King’s Health Economics.
Research
King's Health Economics
King's Health Economics, led by Professor Sarah Byford (Director), and Dr Barbara Barrett (Deputy Director), consists of a team of health economists with expertise in designing and conducting high quality economic evaluations of healthcare programmes and policies that contribute to healthcare policy and practice in the UK and abroad.
Alcohol Dependence and Adherence to Medications (ADAM)
Alcohol dependence causes considerable physical and mental health problems;
Project status: Ongoing
TIES Project
Telephone delivered Incentives for Encouraging adherence to Supervised methadone consumption:development and feasibility study clinical and cost effectiveness.
Project status: Ongoing
DISCOVER research group
The DISCOVER research group is investigating effective and accessible forms for adolescent mental health interventions.
Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST)
A clinical trial designed to understand whether the DISCOVER workshop programme can positively impact the mental health of 16-18-year-old sixth-form students.
Project status: Ongoing
Developing a question to identify gambling harms to individuals or affected others and piloting it in three local authorities
We will test a question that we hope will enable people identified as affected by gambling harms to help to get the support they need.
Project status: Completed
Research on Gambling Harms Group
Research studies focusing on gambling and potential related harms
Supporting Parents And Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE) Trial
A randomised control trial evaluating whether a digital public health parenting intervention can help parents to manage their children’s behaviour problems.
Project status: Ongoing
Pre-pregnancy Care for Women with Type 2 Diabetes
The PREPARED study is an integrated primary care-based programme of pre-pregnancy care to improve pregnancy outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes.
Project status: Ongoing
DrinksRation
DrinksRation is a smartphone app designed to reduce alcohol misuse in the Armed Forces using digital technology and behavioural change theory.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Research about the economics of implementing new clinical pathways in the NHS wins King's Outstanding Thesis Award
Dr Tiago Duarte de Oliveira Rua has been awarded a 2021 King’s Outstanding Thesis Award for his doctoral research conducted at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS...
Research
King's Health Economics
King's Health Economics, led by Professor Sarah Byford (Director), and Dr Barbara Barrett (Deputy Director), consists of a team of health economists with expertise in designing and conducting high quality economic evaluations of healthcare programmes and policies that contribute to healthcare policy and practice in the UK and abroad.
Alcohol Dependence and Adherence to Medications (ADAM)
Alcohol dependence causes considerable physical and mental health problems;
Project status: Ongoing
TIES Project
Telephone delivered Incentives for Encouraging adherence to Supervised methadone consumption:development and feasibility study clinical and cost effectiveness.
Project status: Ongoing
DISCOVER research group
The DISCOVER research group is investigating effective and accessible forms for adolescent mental health interventions.
Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST)
A clinical trial designed to understand whether the DISCOVER workshop programme can positively impact the mental health of 16-18-year-old sixth-form students.
Project status: Ongoing
Developing a question to identify gambling harms to individuals or affected others and piloting it in three local authorities
We will test a question that we hope will enable people identified as affected by gambling harms to help to get the support they need.
Project status: Completed
Research on Gambling Harms Group
Research studies focusing on gambling and potential related harms
Supporting Parents And Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE) Trial
A randomised control trial evaluating whether a digital public health parenting intervention can help parents to manage their children’s behaviour problems.
Project status: Ongoing
Pre-pregnancy Care for Women with Type 2 Diabetes
The PREPARED study is an integrated primary care-based programme of pre-pregnancy care to improve pregnancy outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes.
Project status: Ongoing
DrinksRation
DrinksRation is a smartphone app designed to reduce alcohol misuse in the Armed Forces using digital technology and behavioural change theory.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Research about the economics of implementing new clinical pathways in the NHS wins King's Outstanding Thesis Award
Dr Tiago Duarte de Oliveira Rua has been awarded a 2021 King’s Outstanding Thesis Award for his doctoral research conducted at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS...