Dr Clare Davenport BSc, MBChB, MSC, PhD, FFPH

Clare Davenport

Institute of Applied Health Research
Associate Clinical Professor

Contact details

Address
Test and Prediction (TAP) team
Institute of Applied Health Research
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Clare Davenport is an Associate Clinical Professor working in the Institute of Applied Health Research. She is a member of the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and Modelling team.

Clare collaborates on methodological and applied health research projects. Her research interests include methods for undertaking systematic reviews of test accuracy, methods for evaluating the impact of testing on patient outcomes and diagnostic decision making.

Clare has several scientific and advisory roles. She has an editorial role for the Cochrane Collaboration. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham. 2012
  • MSC Public Health, University of London, 1996
  • MBChB, University of Leicester, 1992
  • BSC, Medical Sciences 1st class Hons, University of Leicester, 1989
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians, 2006

Teaching

Continuing Professional Development

  • Systematic Reviews and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy
  • Clinical Reasoning 

Other activities

Scientific and Advisory Committees:

  • Member QUADAS-3 Steering group
  • Member, Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Test Methods Group
  • Member QUADAS-2C Steering group (

Editorial positions:

  • Editor, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews

Publications

Recent publications

Article

the ROCkeTS collaborators, Kwong, FL, Kristunas, C, Davenport, C, Aggarwal, R, Deeks, J, Mallett, S, Kehoe, S, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T, Stobart, H, Neal, R, Menon, U, Gentry‐Maharaj, A, Sturdy, L, Ottridge, R & Sundar, S 2024, 'Investigating harms of testing for ovarian cancer – psychological outcomes and cancer conversion rates in women with symptoms of ovarian cancer: A cohort study embedded in the multicentre ROCkeTS prospective diagnostic study', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17813

Lien Kwong, AF, Davenport, C & Sundar, S 2023, 'Evaluating the Harms of Cancer Testing—A Systematic Review of the Adverse Psychological Correlates of Testing for Cancer and the Effectiveness of Interventions to Mitigate These', Cancers, vol. 15, no. 13, 3335. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15133335

Ferrante di ruffano, L, Harris, IM, Zhelev, Z, Davenport, C, Mallett, S, Peters, J, Takwoingi, Y, Deeks, J & Hyde, C 2023, 'Health technology assessment of diagnostic tests: a state of the art review of methods guidance from international organizations', International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 39, no. 1, e14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462323000065

Davenport, C, Rai Talapadi, N, Sharma, P, Deeks, J, Berhane, S, Mallett, S, Saha, P, Champaneria, R, Bayliss, S, Snell, K & Sundar, S 2022, 'Menopausal status, ultrasound and biomarker tests in combination for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in symptomatic women', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2022, no. 7, CD011964. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011964.pub2

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2022, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection', The Cochrane Library, vol. 2022, no. 7, CD013705, pp. CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub3

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2022, 'Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID-19', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2022, no. 5, CD013665. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013665.pub3

Yang, B, Mallett, S, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Hyde, CJ, Whiting, PF, Deeks, J, Leeflang, MM & QUADAS-C Group 2021, 'QUADAS-C: a tool for assessing risk of bias in comparative diagnostic accuracy studies', Annals of internal medicine, vol. 174, no. 11, pp. 1592-1599. https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-2234

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 3, CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID-19', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 2, CD013665. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013665.pub2

Comment/debate

Dinnes, J & Davenport, C 2022, 'COVID-19 rapid antigen testing strategies must be evaluated in intended use settings', The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, vol. 25, 100542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100542

Deeks, JJ, Dinnes, J, Davenport, C, Takwoingi, Y, McInnes, M, Leeflang, MM & Cunningham, J 2021, 'Letter to the Editor regarding Peto T; UK COVID-19 Lateral Flow Oversight Team: COVID-19: rapid antigen detection for SARS-CoV-2 by lateral flow assay', EClinicalMedicine, vol. 38, 101037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101037

Review article

Wells, I, Simons, G, Davenport, C, Mallen, CD, Raza, K & Falahee, M 2022, 'Acceptability of predictive testing for ischemic heart disease in those with a family history and the impact of results on behavioural intention and behaviour change: a systematic review', BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 1751. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14116-6

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2022, 'Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2', The Cochrane Library, vol. 2022, no. 11, CD013652. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013652.pub2

Davenport, C, Rai, N, Sharma, P, Deeks, J, Berhane, S, Mallett, S, Saha, P, Solanki, R, Bayliss, S, Snell, K & Sundar, S 2022, 'Diagnostic models combining clinical information, ultrasound and biochemical markers for ovarian cancer: cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis', Cancers, vol. 14, no. 15, 3621. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153621

Deeks, J, Dinnes, J, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Spijker, R, Taylor-Phillips, S, Adriano, A, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Van De Bruel, A, McInnes, MDF, Stuyf, T, Domen, J, Horn, S, Yang, B, Langendam, M, Ochodo, E, Guleid, F, Holtman, G, Verbakel, J, Stegeman, I, Salameh , JP, McGrath , TA, van der Pol , CB, Frank , RA, Prager , R, Hare , SS, Dennie , C, Jenniskens, K, Korevaar , DA, Cohen , JF, van de Wijgert, J, Damen , JAAG, Agarwal, R, Baldwin, S, Berhane, S, Herd, C, Kristunas, C, Quinn, L & Scholefield, B 2020, 'Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2', Cochrane Library, vol. 2020, no. 6, CD013652. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013652

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