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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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
01/07/2024Common challenges and suggestions for risk of bias tool development
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Exploring factors influencing quality of life variability among individuals with coeliac disease
BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Identifying the Optimum Strategy for Identifying Adults and Children With Celiac Disease
Value in Health
Liver function tests in patients with hypertension in primary care
BJGP Open
Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in primary care.
BMJ Open Quality
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