
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
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
27/04/2023Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
New England Journal of Medicine
Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training
Nursing Open
Impact of PSA testing on secondary care costs in England and Wales: estimates from the Cluster randomised triAl of PSA testing for Prostate cancer (CAP)
BMC Health Services Research
National PReCePT Programme: a before-and-after evaluation of the implementation of a national quality improvement programme to increase the uptake of magnesium sulfate in preterm deliveries
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Patient-Reported Outcomes 12 Years after Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment
NEJM Evidence