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Helen Jarvis

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow

  • Email: helen.jarvis2@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Population and Health Sciences Institute
    Newcastle University
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE4 5PL
Background

I am a GP with a background in clinical hepatology and a masters in public health who is interested in researching how primary care can be improved for people at risk of, and living with chronic liver disease. 

I currently hold an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship.

I am the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) clinical champion for liver disease, I sit as a primary care advisor on the UK Liver Alliance (UKLA) and I am the primary care advisor to the British Liver Trust (the largest liver charity in the UK).

I am a recognised primary care expert on liver disease and have given invited presentations at national conferences including the RCGP annual conference and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) annual conference. I have published several peer reviewed papers in the area of primary care management of liver disease (see publications).




Research

I am a GP studying for a PhD at Newcastle University.

My research interest is liver disease in the community setting.

The focus of my doctoral research is studying the implementation of a chronic liver disease management pathway in the primary care setting with the aim of developing an embedded and implementable framework for widespread use. I am using implementation science theory (in particular normalization process theory) to underpin my research with the aim to understand and accelerate the implementation of a liver disease management pathway from evidence base to routine clinical practice. 

The title of my thesis is:

Development and evaluation of a framework for managing liver disease in primary care 

Other current funding: 

Co-lead on a NIHR applied research collaborate (ARC) funded study researching the implementation of a blood borne virus testing prompt (for HIV, Hep B and Hep C) in Primary Care in the North East and North Cumbria: OFC 2021_53 Implementation of a primary care clinical decision support application, BBV_TP, to increase testing for HIV and viral hepatitis. (£60 000)

Co-Investigator joint MRC/NIHR CARP funded study to develop optimal biomarker strategies to identify liver disease in primary care: MR/V037331/1 stratification of liver disease (SOLID): Determining the optimum biomarker strategies for the detection of advanced liver disease in primary care. (£333 000)

Co-investigator on a study developing a GP led Hepatitis C pathway in primary care being led by a team from Napier University in Edinburgh. Optimising Hepatitis C Treatment for People Who Inject Drugs: Developing a GP-led Patient Pathway. Whiteley D, Elliott L, Flowers P, Hamilton E, Davidson K, Jarvis H, Quinn M. CSO Scotland. (£201 473)

Teaching

I have teaching responsibilities for the RCGP as their clinical champion for liver disease. I have organised and led several half day national workshops on liver disease for GPs with further workshops planned in Northern Ireland. 


I have no formal teaching responsibilities within the university. 

Publications