Dr Damon Morris

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Fellow

d.j.morris@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0841
Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Damon Morris
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined ScHARR (HEDS) and the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) as a Research Associate in March 2020.

Currently I work on the development of the Sheffield Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Model (STAPM), an economic and epidemiological model of alcohol and tobacco consumption and health dynamics used to appraise public health policy. My other main area of research is in the development of economic models to appraise the cost-effectiveness of employment support interventions for populations with work-limiting health conditions, and incorporating work-related outcomes into economic evaluations of health interventions. 

Recent projects include:
- Development and use of STAPM to appraise recent reforms to UK alcohol tax policy, and minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland and Wales.
- Estimating the impacts of alcohol and tobacco consumption on the wider economy. 
- Estimating causal econometric models of the relationship between health and work outcomes.
- Modelling the health and employment impacts of workplace interventions to support individuals with health conditions. 
 

Qualifications

PhD Economics - ±¬ÁÏTV
MSc Economics and Health Economics - ±¬ÁÏTV 

Research interests

The economics and modelling of alcohol and tobacco policy

Public health and labour economic modelling

Health and work interactions, and incorporation of work outcomes in health-economic models

Applied micro-econometrics

Publications

Journal articles

  • Morris D, Gillespie D, James M, Breeze P & Brennan A (2026) . Addiction.
  • Chen RKL, Morris D, Angus C, Gilmore A, Hiscock R, Holmes J, Langley TE, Pryce R, Wilson LB, Brennan A & Gillespie D (2026) . Tobacco Control.
  • Gillespie D, Morris D, Angus C, Wilson LB, Chen RKL, Leeming G, Holmes J & Brennan A (2025) . Tobacco Control.
  • Morris D, Angus C, Gillespie D, Stevely A, Pryce R, Wilson L, Henney M, Meier P, Holmes J & Brennan A (2024) . The Lancet Public Health, 9(10), e719-e728.
  • Morris D, Gillespie D, Dockrell MJ, Cook M, Horton M, Brown J & Langley TE (2024) . Tobacco Control.
  • Pryce R, Wilson LB, Gillespie D, Angus C, Morris D & Brennan A (2024) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(1), 315-324.
  • Dickerson A, McDool E & Morris D (2022) . Education Economics.
  • McDool E & Morris D (2022) . The Manchester School, 90(5), 473-499.
  • McIntosh S & Morris D (2021) . Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 68(5), 535-552.
  • Morris D, Gregory-Smith I, Main BGM, Montagnoli A & Wright P (2021) . Oxford Economic Papers, 73(3), 1304-1323.
  • Holmes J, Morris D, Gillespie D, Brennan A, Leeming G, Chen RKL, Wilson L & Angus C () . PLOS Medicine, 23(1), e1004792-e1004792.

Reports

  • Morris D, Gillespie D, Angus C, Chen RKL & Brennan A (2024)

Working papers

  • Morris DJ, Gregory-Smith I, Main BGM, Montagnoli A & Wright P (2015) The Impact of 'A - Day' on Executive Pensions and Pay for Performance. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 201502.
Research group

Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG)

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