Dr Sharon Walsh is a Assistant Professor in Economics at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway. Her research interests lie in the application of applied economic methods to explore and inform important policy questions related to health and ageing. In particular, she applies these techniques to examine key economic issues of finance, provision, and access in the context of ageing and health policy. In terms of her methodological expertise, she employs discrete choice experiments, applied econometrics, geographic information systems and evidence synthesis, including systematic reviews and meta-analysis to explore these questions.