Jan Savinc
jan savinc

Jan Savinc

Research Fellow

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  J.Savinc@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

I am a Research Fellow in Health Data Science at Edinburgh Napier University and the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Science.

My research interests are in using large datasets collected routinely by public bodies for studies to benefit public health. I am interested in areas of mental health, childhood adversity, end of life care, suicide prevention, alcohol & drug use.

I am also interested in using population data research to inform policy, and in educating the public about how their data are used by public agencies and researchers.

My current projects include investigating the increase of home deaths since the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland, and a study of mental health and substance use contacts for people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE). I have previously worked on projects looking at childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE), and on the 2015-2020 evaluation of the Glasgow Improving Cancer Journeys (ICJ).

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Advisory panel to Scottish Government: Spiritual Care Minimal Data Set
  • Scottish Government CMO/CNO Care Home Data & Analytics Steering Group

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Adult social care linked data research: opportunities & challenges in identifying a UK four nations approach

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Research poster prize, Annual Research Meeting of the NRS mental health research network
  • Nomination for Response to Covid-19 Award by ADR UK

 

Grant Reviewer

  • ESRC Peer Review College Member

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer: BJPsych Open
  • Reviewer: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
  • Reviewer: BMC Palliative Care
  • Reviewer: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Reviewer: IPDLN 2022 conference abstracts
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS)
  • Reviewer: Journal of Research in Nursing

 

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BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.5

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021)
BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.5. [Blog]

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.4

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021)
BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.4. [Blog]

Increased deaths at home in Scotland during COVID-19 pandemic

Presentation / Conference
Savinc, J. (2021, May)
Increased deaths at home in Scotland during COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at SCADR Public panel, Online

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.3 [blog]

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021)
BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.3 [blog]. [Blog]

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic - No.2

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021)
BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic - No.2. [Blog]

BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2021)
BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home during the pandemic. [Blog]

Palliative care at home: implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future [Policy brief]

Report
Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. (2021)
Palliative care at home: implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future [Policy brief]. SCADR

Evaluation of Improving the Cancer Journey: Final Report

Report
Young, J., Snowden, A., & Savinc, J. (2020)
Evaluation of Improving the Cancer Journey: Final Report. Macmillan

Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow

Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2020)
Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow. [Application]
An online demo version of the application can be viewed at https://jsvnc.shinyapps.io/dashboard-pivot-data/; Please allow a minute to load, then click on "Load made-up data" o...

Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study

Journal Article
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2020)
Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 20(1), Article 528. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07022-w
Background Cancer impacts on patients and their families across a range of different domains. For that reason, optimal cancer care has moved away from a disease-centric focus ...