ARC ROLE

Principal Investigator, Health Economics and Data

PROFESSIONAL ROLE

Deputy Director, EPPI-Centre, Social Research Institute, University College London 

Director, Department for Health and Social Care Systematic Reviews Facility

EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS

James Thomas is Professor of Social Research & Policy at the EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL). His research is centred on improving policy and decision-making through more creative use and appreciation of existing knowledge. It covers substantive disciplinary fields – such as health promotion, public health and education – and also the development of tools and methods that support this work conducted both within UCL and in the wider community. He has written extensively on research synthesis, including meta-analysis and methods for combining qualitative and quantitative research in ‘mixed method’ reviews; and also designed EPPI-Reviewer, software which manages data through all stages of a systematic review.