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Jo Leonardi-Bee

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Contact

  • workRoom C117 Clinical Sciences Building
    Nottingham City Hospital
    Hucknall Road
    Nottingham
    NG5 1PB
    UK
  • work0115 823 1388
  • fax0115 823 1337

Biography

Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee achieved her BSc in Mathematics and Chemistry at the Nottingham Trent University, MSc in Medical Statistics at the University of Leicester, before undertaking her PGCHE and PhD at the University of Nottingham.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

e-learning, reusable learning objects, systemic reviews, meta-analysis, smoking, tobacco control, dermatology

Teaching Summary

Dr Leonardi-Bee convenes two modules, Further Methods in Epidemiology for postgraduate students; and Public Health and Epidemiology for medical undergraduates; as well as teaching on other… read more

Research Summary

Dr Leonardi-Bee's main areas of research are the applications of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in the areas of tobacco control and dermatology. Her interests in tobacco control span across the… read more

Selected Publications

Additional Roles:

  • UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies - Partner
  • Royal College Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group- Member, contributed to the 'Passive smoking and Children' report.
  • Pastoral care for medical students- years 1-5
  • External examiner for two Master's courses at York University
  • External examiner for the University of South Australia
  • Statistical editor of Cochrane skin group
  • THIN (The Health Improvement Network) Scientific Review Committee- Member

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Committee Membership:

  • Divisional Undergraduate Teaching Committee- Chair
  • Divisional Postgraduate Academic Board- Member
  • Divisional Teaching Committee- Member
  • School Education Committee- Member
  • Faculty Honours Year Group Committee- Member
  • Medical Sciences Teaching Group (Undergraduate)- Member

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Invited to speak at:

  • Society for Research into Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) conference
  • Associate Parliamentary Forum at the House of Lords

Dr Leonardi-Bee convenes two modules, Further Methods in Epidemiology for postgraduate students; and Public Health and Epidemiology for medical undergraduates; as well as teaching on other undergraduate and postgraduate modules. She supervises students at undergraduate, Master's and PhD levels.

Current Research

Dr Leonardi-Bee's main areas of research are the applications of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in the areas of tobacco control and dermatology. Her interests in tobacco control span across the spectrum of this topic, from smoking in pregnancy, smoking uptake in adolescence, smoking cessation to relapse prevention.

She is currently involved in a number of trials and projects:

  • Investigating the effectiveness of self-help booklets to aid prevention of relapse to smoking with the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme.
  • Evaluating the health impacts of smoking in mental health populations with Cancer Research UK.
  • She is the methodological lead for "Improving effectiveness and reach of NHS support for smoking cessation in pregnancy", which investigates the effectiveness of self-help interventions, such as personalised text messages, designed to help prevent relapse. This trial has been awarded £1.7 million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
  • Finding new approaches to smoking cessation service delivery, prevention of passive smoke exposure in children, and healthcare cost estimation, which has been awarded £2 million by the NIHR.
  • Involved with dermatology group "Setting Priorities and Reducing Uncertainties in the prevention and treatment of people with Skin Diseases" (SPRUSD), which has been awarded £1.9 million by the NIHR.

School of Community Health Sciences

The University of Nottingham
Division of Epidemiology and Public Health
Clinical Sciences Building
City Hospital Campus
Nottingham, NG5 1PB

telephone: +44 (0)115 823 1342
fax: +44 (0)115 823 1337
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