Dr Noel Woods

Biography

Dr Woods was appointed as College Lecturer in Economics in UCC in 1997, and Senior Lecturer in 2012. He received a BA in Economics and Computer Studies in 1995, followed by an MA in Economics in 1996. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics in 2005 and a Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (MATLHE) in UCC in 2010. Dr Woods has over 40 peer reviewed published journal articles in the area of health economics. In June 2007, Dr Woods received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His research interests include health economics and in 2007 Dr Woods, as Principal Investigator, received €306,000 grant from the Health Research Board to analyse methods of financing dental services. Dr Woods is a referee for the Journal of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry and the European Association of Dental Public Health, and is economic advisor to the National Guidelines Group for the Development of Guidelines for the Use of Topical Fluorides in Dental Health. He is currently economic advisor to the Ministry of Health, Malaysia in developing viable options on financing oral healthcare for Malaysians.  In June 2011, Dr Woods was awarded €233,000 as Principal Investigator from the HRB to develop 'National and Regional Projections of GMS Community Drug Costs in Ireland to 2025: An Integrated Model for Analysing Policy Choices'.

Dr Woods was appointed as Programme Director for UCC Bachelor of Commerce Degree and Chair of the BComm Board of Studies in September 2011 and continued in these roles until October 2015. He was a member of the Student Needs Committee (SNC) and the Teaching Curriculum Development (TCD) of the Faculty of Commerce for over 10 years. In May 2012, Dr Woods was awarded a grant €1,800 by NAIRTL to carry out research on 'Predictors on Academic Success in Business Economics'. In May 2013, Dr Woods was appointed Associate Editor of BMC Oral Health. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Open Access Dentistry and is a reviewer to the Journal of Dentistry. Dr Woods is member of the advisory board to GlaxoSmithKline for developing oral health policies. In October 2014, Dr Woods was awarded the UCC Staff Recognition Award for Enhancing the Student Experience. In January 2015, Dr Woods is Irish Principal Investigator with an International Oral Health consortium, ADVOCATE, was awarded a €6 million Horizon 2020 (H2020) EU Grant to develop Oral Health Promotion and Prevention Policies for the EU.