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Helen Jarvis

NIHR GP Academic Clinical Lecturer

  • 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 am the liver lead on the Primary Care Society of Gastroenterology (PCSG) steering commitee, sit as a primary care advisor on the UK Liver Alliance (UKLA) and I am a 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 have recently completed an NIHR funded PhD and now hold and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer position.

My research interest is liver disease in the community setting.

The focus of my doctoral research was using mixed methods to guide implementation of chronic liver disease management pathways in the primary care setting with the aim of developing a framework for widespread use. I used 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. 


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 no formal teaching responsibilities within the university. 

Publications