Professor Jonathan Ross MBChB MD FRCP

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
• Doctorate in Medicine
• MBChB

Professor Ross’s research is focused on improving the delivery of high quality sexual and reproductive health care through:

• a program of health care services research
• increasing research capacity within the field of sexual health and HIV
• supporting the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network

His research partners include Birmingham City University, Aston University, Warwick University, University of Nottingham, Glasgow Caledonian University, Public Health England and the Sanger Institute.

The sexual health and HIV research team is based within the Umbrella Sexual Health Partnership and comprises:

• 15 NHS consultant medical staff
• 6 Medical Trainees
• 1 Research Manager
• 2 Clinical Research Fellows
• 1 Academic Research Fellow
• 2 Research Nurses
• 1 Research Assistant
• 7 PhD Students

The major research themes of the unit are focused on:

• sexual health service delivery
• diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
• human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

• Medicine and Surgery MBChB

Supervisor for PhD projects at University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, Birmingham City University and Aston University:

• 2016-2021 - Evaluation of the impact on individuals and wider society of remote testing for sexually transmitted infections.
• 2017-2021 - Evaluating Pharmacy delivered sexual health services.
• 2017-2022 - Immune responses to N gonorrhoeae.
• 2018-2022 - Identifying and developing approaches for the economic evaluation of sexually transmitted infection screening and testing interventions: a case study of the Umbrella sexual health system in Birmingham and Solihull.
• 2018-2021 - Measuring and assessing patient experience and satisfaction with Umbrella services.
• 2018-2021 - Identifying, measuring and valuing intersectoral costs and benefits: a case study of sexual health services.
• 2018-2022 - Teens' experiences of sexual assault.
• 2019-2023 - An exploration of the barriers and facilitators at the level of the service user and healthcare provider that influence health care utilisation after sexual violence

Current and recent research funding

2020-2025

• Improving care for people with sexually transmitted infections in a digital NHS
• NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research - £2.5 million (co-applicant)

2020-2023

• Assessing the impact of introducing online STI postal self-sampling services into sexual health provision within the UK on health inequalities, access to care and clinical outcomes.
• NIHR HS&DR - £927 225 (co-applicant)

2019-2023

• Dequalinium versus usual care antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (DEVA): a multicentre randomised, open label, non-inferiority trial
• NIHR Health Technology Assessment - £1.1 million (co-chief investigator)

2019-2020

• Accessing testing for sexually transmitted infections online
• Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Foundation - £7761 (co-applicant)

2017-2021

• A randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of topical lactic acid gel for treating second and subsequent episodes of bacterial vaginosis
• NIHR Health Technology Assessment - £1.5 million (chief investigator)
• Sexual Health and HIV Research Report 2022

Professor Ross is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Journals Library Editor and Treasurer of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, a member of the Editorial Board for the European Sexually Transmitted Diseases Guidelines and sits on the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Funding Committee.

He is the author of UK and European Guidelines on Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, and has written a number of chapters on pelvic infection for medical textbooks. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Collaboration Sexually Transmitted Diseases Collaborative Review Group and the International Journal of STD and AIDS Journal.