Dr. Vincent O'Sullivan is a Lecturer in Economics at University of Limerick. From 2014 to 2021, he was a lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University where he mostly taught health economics. Between 2010 and 2014, he was a research fellow at The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
His main strand of research examines the effect of environment, policy, and behaviours on the well-being of older people. Another strand of research, arising from his PhD, examines the determinates of educational outcomes. His research has featured in print and broadcast media in major outlets such as the BBC and The New York Times.
Dr. O’Sullivan has over 20 years of experience teaching Stata and statistics/econometrics to undergraduates, postgraduates, and professionals at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, University of Warwick, Lancaster University, and the University of Limerick. He is an applied econometrician who has published in the fields of epidemiology, psychiatry, and public health, as well as economics. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
Vincent has previously held positions as a Research Associate of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and as a Research Fellow at The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). He has also provided Stata training and consultancy to the government of Nigeria.
Read Vincent's recent article of why he used Stata for health research: Health Research using Stata with Dr Vincent O'Sullivan
Dr Vincent O'Sullivan often runs annual courses for Timberlake using Stata software. With recent teachings being based on Data Science for Health Research and An Introduction to Stata.