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Gene Feder

Wellspring surgery, University of Bristol, Guy's Hospital Medical School, University of Sussex, Montpelier Health Centre, International School of Geneva

Research areas: Social Sciences · Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7890-3926
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Gene Feder MD FRCGP OBE FMedSci

Professor of primary care
Centre for Academic Primary Care
NIHR School for Primary Care Research
School of Social and Community Medicine
University of Bristol
I qualified at Guy's Hospital medical school in 1982. This followed a BSc in Biology and Philosophy from the University of Sussex. I trained as a GP and was a principal in Hackney, east London for 21 years until I moved to Bristol in 2007. My research group carried out the first epidemiological study of domestic violence in primary care in Europe, landmark systematic reviews on domestic violence screening and on survivors’ expectations of clinicians, and randomized controlled trials of domestic violence interventions. I led the NIHR-funded Programme of Research on Violence in diverse Domestic Environments www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/projects/provide, am co-editor of Intimate partner abuse and health professionals and of Domestic violence and mental health, and co-author of the intimate partner violence chapter in Cecil’s Medicine. I chaired the 2010 domestic violence subgroup of the Department of Health’s task-force on responding to violence against women and children, the 2013 WHO intimate partner violence guideline development group and the 2014 NICE domestic violence programme development group. From 2011 to 2014 I was the RCGP domestic violence clinical champion. In 2016 my research group started our second NIHR- funded programme: Reaching Everyone Programme of Research on Violence in diverse Domestic Environments http://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/researchthemes/reprovide/. In have led an MRC-funded gender-based violence prevention research project with colleagues in Brazil and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and an NIHR global health group with additonal partners in Nepal and Sri Lanka: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/researchthemes/hera/. I collaborate with epidemiologists at University of Bristol and UCL on the epidemiology of domestic violence. Since 2023 I have been director of VISION, a UK Prevention Research Partnership: https://vision.city.ac.uk/
I am a GP in Bristol one day a week.

Employment

Education

  • Guy's Hospital Medical School MBBS
    1982 - Present
  • University of Sussex BSc Biology
    1976 - Present
  • International School of Geneva International Baccalaureate
    1971 - Present

Projects & Funding

  • Maximising the impact of perpetrator behaviour change programmes for both perpetrators and victim/survivors of domestic abuse National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2025 - 2026
  • NIHR Global Health Research Group on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children: University of Birmingham/University of Cape Town in partnership with the Lancet Commission National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2024 - 2028
  • The role of survivor-support services integrated within domestic abuse prevention programmes National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2023 - 2025
  • Violence, Health and Society: VISION Medical Research Council
    2021 - 2026
  • Primary care response to domestic violence and abuse in the COVID-19 pandemic: interrupted time series and qualitative study UK Research and Innovation
    2020 - 2022
  • Bridging religious studies, gender & development and public health to address domestic violence: A novel approach for Ethiopia, Eritrea and the UK UK Research and Innovation
    2020 - 2024
  • NIHR Global Health Research Group on health system responses to violence against women at University of Bristol National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2018 - 2022
  • Sir Halley Stewart Trust Supporting Survivors of Rape and Sexual Assault (SSORS);feasibility study of peer-led support. Sir Halley Stewart Trust
    2018 - 2019
  • Determinants and health sequelae of intimate partner violence and abuse in young adult relationships: a mixed methods study (principal investigator) Medical Research Council
    2018 - 2021
  • MRC: Improving the primary health care response to violence against women in low and middle income countries (chief investigator) Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2019
  • Improving the primary health care response to violence against women in low and middle income countries Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2019
  • Centre for Research Excellence to promote Safer Families: Tailoring early identification and novel interventions for intimate partner violence National Health and Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2022
  • NIHR SPCR Establishing Research Priorities to improve the management of patients with advanced heart failure using the James Lind Alliance Method. NIHR
    2017 - 2018
  • NIHR RfPB Dentistry Responding In Domestic Violence and Abuse (DRIDVA) NIHR
    2017 - 2019
  • ESRC Impact Acceleration Account IRISi Ltd – Social Enterprise Set Up and Support Economic and Social Research Council
    2017 - Present
  • HARMONY: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a whole of general practice intervention to prevent and reduce domestic violence among migrant and refugee communities National Health and Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2021
  • NIHR School for Primary Care Improving the evidence-base for primary care: NIHR Evidence Synthesis working group (co-investigator & workstream lead) NIHR
    2017 - 2020
  • European Commission DAPHNE IV RESPONSE (co-investigator) European Commission
    2017 - 2020
  • REPROVIDE (Reaching Everyone Programme of Research On Violence in diverse Domestic Environments) National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2016 - 2024
  • NIHR Programme for Applied Research Reaching Everyone Programme of on Violence in Diverse Domestic Environments (chief investigator) NIHR
    2016 - 2022
  • An overview of interventions aimed at improving outcomes for children exposed to domestic violence: systematic review evidence synthesis and research recommendations NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre
    2013 - 2014
  • Bridging the knowledge and practice gap between domestic violence and child safeguarding: developing policy and training for general practice National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2012 - 2016
  • Women's Evaluation of Abuse and Violence Care Randomised Controlled Trial- long term outcomes National Health and Medical Research Council
    2011 - 2013
  • Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2009 - 2014
  • Improving the health care response to domestic violence National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2009 - 2014
  • Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2008 - 2009
  • AGREE next steps, Phase II. Continuous quality improvement in the evaluation of clinical practice guidelines Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2007 - 2009
  • Women's Evaluation of a randomised controlled trial for Abuse and Violence in General Practice National Health and Medical Research Council
    2007 - 2009
  • Diabetes Prevention in People from Bangladesh; A Pilot Trial in East London Medical Research Council
    2006 - 2009
  • How far does screening women for partner violence in different health care settings meet the UK National Screening Committee criteria for a screening programme in terms of condition screening method and intervention? NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre
    2006 - 2007
  • AGREE next steps. Continuous quality improvement in the evaluation of clinical practice guidelines Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2005 - 2007
  • REPROVIDE: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group programme for men who are concerned about their abusive behaviour in relationships with women: A randomised controlled trial (REPROVIDE) National Institute for Health and Care Research

Publications (464)