Professor Jo Thompson-Coon
Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Health Policy & Theme Lead for Methods for Research & Implementation
Expertise
Evidence Synthesis
Biography
I have been part of the Evidence Synthesis Team within ARC South West since 2009 where I am involved in producing systematic reviews to inform locally relevant evidence based practice. The Evidence Synthesis Team also plays an integral role in the identification and prioritisation of research projects for development within the South West peninsula.
I graduated with an honours degree in Pharmacology from the University of Leeds in 1992 and from 1993 to 1997 was employed as a research assistant in a large respiratory medicine department at a teaching hospital in Nottingham. I was involved in the design and conduct of clinical trials (phase I to IV) in patients with asthma and healthy volunteers. I gained my PhD in 1998. I then spent three years as a Research Fellow in Complementary Medicine performing systematic reviews of the safety and effectiveness of herbal medicines before joining PenTAG in 2004. Whilst with PenTAG, I was involved with producing Technology Assessment Reports for NICE and the HTA Programme for approximately five years.
Projects
- Health and social care interventions in the 80 years old and over population: an evidence and gap map
- Optimising health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness (HOPE)
- Neonatal Oral Antibiotics at Home (NOAH)
- Meaningful Engagement for People Living with Dementia in Residential Care Settings
- What do we know about topical steroid withdrawal syndrome?
- Characteristics, quality and volume of the evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study
- Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19
- COVID-NURSE: Impact of Covid-19 and other conditions requiring isolation on the provision of fundamental nursing care in hospital
- PhD Project – Non-pharmacological interventions for dementia behaviours: developing and evaluating a ‘living’ evidence and gap map
- Systematic review of patient-initiated appointment systems (PIAS) in secondary care for people with chronic disease
- The University of Exeter and Care Homes Knowledge (ExCHANGE) Collaboration
- Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach
- Improving continence in children and young people with neurodisability (ICoN study)
- What are the effects of ‘robopets’ on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Caring about Care – Improving the Experience of Care for People with Dementia in Hospital
- Improving the mental health of children and young people with long term conditions
- Effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes
- Teacher-led interventions on social and emotional behaviour in primary school children
- What are the benefits and costs of providing peer support to parents of disabled children?
- Effectiveness of interventions to reduce ordering of thyroid function tests: a systematic review
- The Care Home Implementation and Knowledge Mobilisation Project (CHIK-P)
