Dr Ava Lorenc
PhD, BSc
Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
PeRiOperative Tobacco-cEssation in patients undergoing vascular or CardioThOracic suRgery PROTECTOR Study
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Tobacco-smoking is the single biggest cause of predictable death worldwide. Patients undergoing vascular and cardiothoracic surgery have a high prevalence of tobacco smoking.
This project aims to investigate current best evidence…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2024
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2024Development of the ‘ACT now & check-it-out’ intervention to support patient-initiated follow up for Head and Neck cancer patients
Patient Education and Counseling
The experience of conducting collaborative and intensive pragmatic qualitative (CLIP-Q) research to support rapid public health and healthcare innovation
Rapid Research in Action: Lessons from the Field
Non-COVID-19 UK clinical trials and the COVID-19 pandemic
Trials
Systematic review of patients’ and healthcare professionals’ views on patient-initiated follow-up in treated cancer patients
Cancer Medicine
Clinicians’ views of patient-initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer
Clinical Oncology
Related people
Professor Jeremy Horwood
Professor of Social Science and Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Debbie Sharp
Professor of Primary Health Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Marcus Jepson
Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Health Science
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jo Kesten
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)