Professor Jenny Donovan
B.A.(Hons) Liverpool, Ph.D.(Lond.), FMedSci, FFPH, NIHR SI, AcSS, OBE
Current positions
Professor of Social Medicine
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Collaborative and intensive pragmatic qualitative (CLIP-Q) research
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The CLIP-Q approach involves:
• Collaboration at all stages of projects, including their design, conduct and implementation.
Where possible, co-produce projects with people with lived experience. Meaningful collaboration enables the diverse…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/07/2023
Translating the QuinteT Recruitment Intervention into randomised trials in the United States of America
Principal Investigator
Description
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are acknowledged to be the most important and effective study design to evaluate interventions, particularly relating to health and care, but they are difficult to complete.…Managing organisational unit
Dates
12/11/2018 to 20/11/2019
PReCePT Study – A cluster randomised trial evaluating the impact of an enhanced support implementation of the PReCePT quality improvement toolkit to increase the uptake of magnesium sulphate in pre-term deliveries for the prevention of neurodisabilities
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Preterm labour and birth guideline recommends use of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) in deliveries below 30 weeks’ gestation to prevent cerebral…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/06/2018 to 31/05/2021
NIHR CLAHRC - UHB
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2014 to 30/09/2019
IB 8071 Dept of Health 96/20/99 Original ProtecT code (USE R137572-101 FOR INCOME)
Principal Investigator
Description
Prostate cancer is a serious health problem. There are 35,000 new cases every year in the UK, and around 10,000 deaths.
We need to find out about the best way of…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2008 to 30/06/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
12/02/2026Exploring spillover effects following surgical de-implementation
Implementation Science Communications
Exploring spillover effects following surgical de-implementation. An observational evaluation of primary care, referrals, and time to surgical intervention following reductions in the use of tonsillectomy and Dupuytren’s Contracture.
Implementation Science Communications
Genomic risk model to implement precision prostate cancer screening in clinical care
Nature Cancer
Patient-reported outcome measures in prostate research
BJU International
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity
Health Technology Assessment
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