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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Jenny L Donovan is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on oncology and health systems research. Their academic work centers predominantly around prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, alongside explorations in health economics and quality of life assessments related to cancer care.

The scientist has published 166 works primarily within the domain of medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, economics and econometrics, general health professions, and oncology.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Among the notable recent publications authored by Jenny L Donovan are:

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes 12 Years after Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment, 2023, NEJM Evidence
  • Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (the POUT trial): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the associations between body mass index, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, and prostate-specific antigen, 2020, Cancer Causes & Control

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Freddie C. Hamdy
  • David E. Neal
  • Richard M. Martin
  • J. Athene Lane
  • Emma L. Turner

Frequent publication venues for Jenny L Donovan's research are:

  • British Journal of Urology
  • Trials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Health Services Research

Jenny L Donovan has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • 10-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

    Freddie C. Hamdy;Jenny L. Donovan;J. Athene Lane;Malcolm Mason

  • ICIQ: a brief and robust measure for evaluating the symptoms and impact of urinary incontinence.

    Kerry Nl Avery;Jenny L Donovan;Tim J. Peters;Christine Shaw

  • Using meta ethnography to synthesise qualitative research: a worked example.

    Nicky Britten;Rona Campbell;Catherine Pope;Jenny Donovan

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

    Donovan Jl;Hamdy Fc;Lane Ja;Mason M

  • Evaluating meta-ethnography: a synthesis of qualitative research on lay experiences of diabetes and diabetes care

    Rona Campbell;Pandora Pound;Catherine Pope;Nicky Britten

  • Patient non-compliance: deviance or reasoned decision-making?

    Jenny L. Donovan;David R. Blake

  • Multiple newly identified loci associated with prostate cancer susceptibility.

    Rosalind A Eeles;Rosalind A Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Graham G Giles;Graham G Giles;Ali Amin Al Olama

  • The Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: development and psychometric testing.

    S. Jackson;J. Donovan;S. Brookes;S. Eckford

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • The standardisation of terminology in nocturia: report from the Standardisation Sub-committee of the International Continence Society.

    Philip van Kerrebroeck;Paul Abrams;David Chaikin;Jenny Donovan

  • Evaluating meta-ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research.

    Rona M Campbell;Pandora Pound;M Morgan;Gavin Daker-White

  • Quality improvement report: Improving design and conduct of randomised trials by embedding them in qualitative research: ProtecT (prostate testing for cancer and treatment) study. Commentary: presenting unbiased information to patients can be difficult.

    Jenny Donovan;Nicola Mills;Monica Smith;Lucy Brindle

  • Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sara Benlloch;Edward J. Saunders

  • Why don't patients do their exercises? Understanding non-compliance with physiotherapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

    R Campbell;M Evans;M Tucker;B Quilty

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • A systematic review of geographical variation in access to chemotherapy

    Charlotte A Chamberlain;Amanda L Owen-Smith;Jenny L Donovan;William Hollingworth

  • Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Damian R Griffin;Damian R Griffin;Edward J Dickenson;Edward J Dickenson;Peter D H Wall;Peter D H Wall;Felix Achana

  • Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study

    Rosalind A. Eeles;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Ali Amin Al Olama;Graham G. Giles;Graham G. Giles

  • The International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire: www.iciq.net

    Paul Abrams;Kerry Avery;Nikki Gardener;Jenny Donovan

  • Evaluating meta ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research (poster presentation)

    Rona M Campbell;Pandora Pound;C Pope;Jenny L Donovan

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Neal
David E. Neal University of Cambridge
Freddie C. Hamdy
Freddie C. Hamdy University of Oxford
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Rosalind A. Eeles
Rosalind A. Eeles Institute of Cancer Research
Jane M Blazeby
Jane M Blazeby University of Bristol
Kenneth W. Muir
Kenneth W. Muir University of Manchester
Jyotsna Batra
Jyotsna Batra Queensland University of Technology
Johanna Schleutker
Johanna Schleutker Turku University Hospital
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright
Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah

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