Professor Penny Whiting
B.A.(Oxon.), M.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Amst.)
Current positions
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Biography
Penny Whiting is Co-Director of the Bristol TAG and Co-Director of the BESS Group. She has 25 years’ experience of working on evidence synthesis across a broad range of topics incorporating studies of various designs, including randomised trials, observational studies, diagnostic test accuracy studies and prognostic studies. She has experience of different types of evidence synthesis including scoping reviews, rapid reviews, full systematic reviews, and overviews of reviews.
Prof. Whiting has particular expertise in diagnostic reviews and developing robust quality assessment tools. Her methodological research has covered the full spectrum of systematic reviews including literature searching, quality assessment, synthesising results and communicating findings to improve understanding and implementation.
Prof. Whiting has particular expertise in diagnostic reviews and developing robust quality assessment tools. Her methodological research has covered the full spectrum of systematic reviews including literature searching, quality assessment, synthesising results and communicating findings to improve understanding and implementation.
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
Test Talk Tools: A mixed-methods systematic review to identify interventions to improve blood test communication in primary care
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Blood tests are commonly used in general practice. Understanding blood tests is important for patients to help them to become partners in their care and manage their health. It is…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2024
Bristol TAG
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2027
Including community pharmacies in responses to women with experience of domestic violence and abuse
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
Domestic violence and abuse is a major public health problem, with devastating consequences for women who experience it and great cost to the NHS.
Local domestic homicide review and rapid literature…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/09/2016 to 01/04/2020
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
06/01/2026Evidence-based blood tests for monitoring adults with hypertension in primary care
British Journal of General Practice
