Jennifer Downing
University of Liverpool, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Lancashire, Liverpool John Moores University
Research areas: Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Adolescent Health and Behaviors
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About
I am a research fellow in the NIHR ARC NWC. I support and contribute to the development of a programme of research focusing on prioritised areas of person-centred complex care (Digital Health, Multimorbidity, Integrated Models of Care). This collaborative work brings together members across academic and clinical health and social care to identify prioritised questions and co-develop appropriate research and implementation projects and external nationally competitive grant applications. I am responsible for cross-ARC liaison to ensure we contribute to the national priority programme and conduct joined up working across areas wherever possible. I manage multidisciplinary teams across multiple member organisations ensuring that our work is underpinned with the core values of public involvement and a focus on reducing health inequalities. One of the main areas of research currently focuses on healthcare utilisation, including via remote consultations. This work examines the impact of this change in practice on the reconfiguration of healthcare services and the health inequalities implications of this service change, particularly on those with complex needs. A variety of current project are examining changes to healthcare delivery since COVID-19. Associated with this we are using our Household Health Survey data to examine digital health inequalities.
I also supervise PhD students. Recent projects include, personalised renal function monitoring in patients with heart failure taking diuretics, the development of tools to improve the detection, reporting and self-management associated with adverse drug reactions, and health inequalities in personalised healthcare.
Employment
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University of Liverpool Research Fellow2025 - Present
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University of Liverpool Research Fellow2019 - Present
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University of Liverpool Theme Researcher Manager2014 - 2019
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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Research Fellow2010 - 2014
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Liverpool John Moores University Senior Researcher2002 - 2010
Education
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University of Central Lancashire Bioethics MA1998 - 2000
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University of Central Lancashire Health Studies BA 2.1 (hons)1995 - 1998
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Liverpool John Moores University PhD - Understanding adolescent and young people's sexual health and development in a public health context: research studies and interventions? - 2014
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (76)
- Personalising renal function monitoring and interventions in people living with heart failure: a protocol for co-designing a care pathway in the RENAL-HF programme Save
- Telehealth to reduce compound pressures on the National Health Service and social care: a multi-methods study protocol Save
- Evaluating the impact of a structured medication optimisation review on prescribing patterns and bleeding risk among patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): a difference-in-differences study Save
- Patient Preferences for Using Remote Care Technology in Heart Failure: Discrete Choice Experiment Save
- Defining and Geospatially Mapping Multimorbidity within Emergency Hospital Settings to Inform Equitable Health and Social Care Save
- Virtually the same, but remotely different: health professionals, parents and children’s experiences of remote out-patient consultations Save
- Co-Production of the 'My SJS Passport' to Support Survivors of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Post Diagnosis and Beyond - A Proof of Concept Study. Save
- Patient preferences for using remote care technology in heart failure: A discrete choice experiment (Preprint) Save
- Developing SysteMatic: Prevention, precision and equity by design for people living with multiple long-term conditions Save
- Acceptability of virtual psychiatric consultations for routine follow-ups post COVID-19 pandemic for people with intellectual disabilities: cross-sectional study Save
- Investigating the impact of undiagnosed anxiety and depression on health and social care costs and quality of life: cross-sectional study using household health survey data Save
- P40 Are health issues exacerbated by undiagnosed mental health problems? Cross-sectional study using a household health survey to estimate healthcare costs and quality of life related to multimorbidity Save
- Strategies to Improve the Detection and Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions Save
- Characteristics of mental health stability during COVID-19: An online survey with people residing in a city region of the North West of England Save
- The impact of an integrated care intervention on mortality and unplanned hospital admissions in a disadvantaged community in England: A difference-in-differences study Save
- Socioeconomic and health factors related to polypharmacy and medication management: analysis of a Household Health Survey in North West Coast England Save
- Factors Affecting Patient and Physician Engagement in Remote Health Care for Heart Failure: Systematic Review Save
- Characteristics of mental health stability during COVID-19: An online survey with people residing in the Liverpool City Region Save
- Factors Affecting Patient and Physician Engagement in Remote Health Care for Heart Failure: Systematic Review (Preprint) Save
- Examining the uptake of predictive BRCA testing in the UK; findings and implications Save