Dr Padraig Dixon is Senior Researcher in Health Economics at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. He is also a Research Fellow at Reuben College, Oxford, and Associate Director in Health Economics for the Central and South Genomic Medicine Service Alliance.  He has degrees in Economics from Trinity College, University of Dublin (BA) and Nuffield College, Oxford (MPhil and DPhil), and in Health Economics from the University of York (MSc).

His research interests relate to economic issues associated with the increasing availability of genetic data, particularly in relation to how these data might be used to support causal inference, screening, prognostic modelling, and the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of stratified therapies.

Before returning to Oxford, he held a personal Medical Research Council Skills Development Fellowship at the Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol. He also spent several years as an economic consultant in the private sector, advising regulators, governments, and large corporations on economic issues related to the regulation of network industries