Theme Co-ordinator (CLAHRC Theme 5)
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sophie Dann is the Theme Co-ordinator for CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) Theme 5 – Maternity Support Services.
This currently involves working as Trial Co-ordinator on a trial called ELSIPS (Evaluation of Lay Support in Pregnant Women with Social Risk), which is evaluating Pregnancy Outreach Workers (POWs) in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6524
Email s.dann@bham.ac.uk
Clinical Research Fellow
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Clare Davenport is a specialist public health practitioner coming to the end of a doctoral research programme concerned with the development of methods of conducting and presenting the results of systematic reviews of test accuracy that meet the needs of decision makers. Clare’s main area of expertise is systematic review methodology. In addition to systematic reviews and ...
Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 8036
Email c.f.davenport@bham.ac.uk
Professor of Biostatistics, Joint School Research Lead
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Jon Deeks is Professor of Biostatistics, Director of the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, and leads the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation Research Group in the School of Health and Population Sciences, where he also holds a position of Joint Research Lead.
Jon trained as a medical statistician, and has followed a career which has given him broad experience across ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 5328/PA: Anne Walker +44(0)121 414 7578
Email j.deeks@bham.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Andy Dickens is a Research Fellow on an NIHR-funded study entitled ‘The Birmingham COPD cohort study: a primary care cohort of COPD patients’.
Over the past 11 years Andy has worked in the field of health service research, developing particular research interests in trials methodology, complex interventions, health outcomes for older people and public health.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7422
Email a.p.dickens@bham.ac.uk
Senior Researcher (Methodologist)
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Jac Dinnes is a Senior Researcher in the Unit of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham UK. She is currently researching the methodology behind the evaluation of biomarkers for monitoring purposes. Her main interests lie in methodological research to identify and validate the best ways of designing and analysing studies to evaluate medical tests used ...
Telephone +44 (0)1972 510304
Email j.dinnes@bham.ac.uk
Research Reviewer and Analyst
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Janine has considerable experience in conducting evidence syntheses, systematic reviews and health technology assessments (HTA) for different customers such as NICE and commissioners of healthcare. She is currently Principle Investigator on a project on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of immunotherapy for hay fever. Janine also teaches on the HTA stream of the MPH and coordinates the ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7850
Email j.dretzke@bham.ac.uk