Dr Joanna Long

School of Social Policy and Society
Senior Research Fellow

Contact details

Address: School of Social Policy and Society
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Joanna has diverse experience managing large scale research studies in complex environments (NHS, MoJ and Voluntary sector) using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. She has worked with Professor Simon Pemberton since 2017 and is part of the Women, Crime, and Justice Research Group who are are dedicated to transforming the lives of women involved in the criminal justice system by providing the evidence base for ‘what works’ in Women’s Centres.

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Qualifications

PhD Sport and Exercise Science 2012
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science 2008

Research

Has had a diverse research career, spanning three different Colleges in the University of Birmingham. Experience managing and carrying out large scale randomised trials in exercise and vaccination responses, international observational studies in ovarian cancer surgery, and is now part of the Women, Crime, and Justice Research Group in the School of Social Sciences.

Publications

Pemberton, S., Long, J., Holdsworth, E., Mackenzie, K., Ruprai, D., & Summers, R. (2025). Women's Risk Needs Assessment UK Validation: Preliminary Findings Report.
Summers, R., Pemberton, S., & Long, J. (2025). Examining the Effectiveness of Interventions for Criminal Justice-Involved Women: A Meta-Analytic Review . Criminal Justice and Behavior, 52(5)
Summers, R., Pemberton, S., Ruprai, D., Mackenzie, K., Holdsworth, E., & Long, J. (2024). Examining the Relationship Between Severity & Complexity of Needs Among Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System.
Summers, R., Pemberton, S., Ruprai, D., Mackenzie, K., Holdsworth, E., & Long, J. Women’s Risk Needs Assessment Tool Probation Module v7 Technical Report: Cognitive Interview Findings (2023).
Lakhiani, A., Cummins, C., Kumar, S., Long, J., Arora, V., Balega, J., et al. (2023). Analysis of Anxiety, Depression and Fear of Progression at 12 months post cytoreductive surgery in the SOCQER2 study. Cancers.
Sundar, S., Cummins, C., Kumar, S., Long, J.E., Arora, V., Balega, J., et al. (2022). Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Radical Surgery on Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Using Population-Based Data in a Multicentre UK Study. Cancers, 14(18), 4362.
Sundar, S., Cummins, C., Kumar, S., Long, J.E., Arora, V., Balega, J., et al. (2022). Quality of life from cytoreductive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer: Investigating the association between disease burden and surgical complexity in the SOCQER-2 cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1–11.
Pemberton, S., Balderston, S., & Long, J.E. (2019). Trauma, Harm and Offending Behaviour: What works to address social injury and criminogenic need with criminal justice involved women?
Kumar, S., Long, J.E., Kehoe, S., Sundar, S., Cummins, C. (2019). Quality of life outcomes following surgery for advanced ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer, 29(8), 1285–1291.
Long, J.E., Drayson, M.T., Taylor, A.E., Toellner, K., Lord, J.M., Phillips, A.C. (2016). Morning vaccination enhances antibody response over afternoon vaccination: A cluster-randomised trial. Vaccine, 34(24), 2679–2685.
Long, J.E., Ring, C., Bosch, J.A., Eves, F., Drayson, M.T., Calver, R., Say, V., Allen, D., Burns, V.E. (2013). A lifestyle physical activity intervention and the antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination in women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 75(8), 774–782.
Long, J.E., Ring, C., Bosch, J.A., Eves, F., Drayson, M., Calver, R., Say, V., Allen, D., Burns, V.E. (2012). Vaccination response following aerobic exercise: Can a brisk walk enhance antibody response to pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations? Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 26, 680–687.