Dr Jelena Savovic
M.Pharm.(Belgrade), Ph.D.(Bath), M.Sc.(London)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Evidence Synthesis.
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
My main research interests are in Evidence Synthesis, particularly in the sources of bias in randomized controlled trials and non-randomized studies and the effects of such biases on the results of meta-analyses.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR Evidence Synthesis Group
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) is one of nine, UK-based, research groups commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Evidence Synthesis Programme to identify, appraise, and combine…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
Bristol TAG
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2027
Evaluation of ICON to prevent instances of Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) in infants
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Mixed methods study aiming to determine whether implementation of the ICON programme has resulted in a reduction in the incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in children. This is underpinned by…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2021 to 31/03/2024
Predictors and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (concussion) in children
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when the brain is injured by external forces – either a blow to the head, or rapid starting/stopping of movement. TBI may be unintentional (accidental)…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2023
8072 MRC HTMR: Refinement of and extension to the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for Randomised Trials
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2018 to 31/08/2019
Publications
Recent publications
25/02/2025Effectiveness of stress management and relaxation interventions for the management of hypertension and pre-hypertension
BMJ Medicine
Factors associated with effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children
BMJ Public Health
Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Virtual Wards for People with Frailty – Evidence to Think Anew?
A multiple criteria decision analysis to establish the use cases and candidate point of care tests to enter into a platform trial of multiple in vitro diagnostic point of care tests in the prehospital environment [version 2; peer reviewed]
NIHR Open Research
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