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)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
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
Public involvement in suicide prevention
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/07/2007 to 01/10/2009
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
18/04/2024Addressing barriers and identifying facilitators to support informed consent and recruitment in the Cavernous malformations A Randomised Effectiveness (CARE) pilot phase trial
EClinicalMedicine
Laparoscopic or open abdominal surgery with thoracotomy for patients with oesophageal cancer
British Journal of Surgery
Preparing for responsive management versus preparing for renal dialysis in multimorbid older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (Prepare for Kidney Care)
Trials
Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening and 15-year Prostate Cancer Mortality
JAMA
Quality improvement interventions to increase the uptake of magnesium sulphate in preterm deliveries for the prevention of cerebral palsy (PReCePT study)
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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