Dr Jonathan Hewitt
Clinical Senior Lecturer
- hewittj2@cardiff.ac.uk
- Llandough Hospital
- Media commentator
Overview
I am interested in all aspects of research in Older People, my areas of interest are stroke, diabetes and large scale epidemiology, especially biobanking.
I am the course leader for the MSc in Ageing Health and Disease. This course requires wide knowledge of all areas of clinical gerontology. I particularly enjoy supervising the dissertation section.
Vascular disease is close to my heart; my PhD was in diabetes in the older person and I spent a year on sabbatical in Glasgow University, focusing on stroke and hypertension.
I find systematic and Cochrane reviews particularly enjoyable. I am currently working on four systematic reviews in very diverse areas; dance therapy, multitasking, urate and laparoscopic surgery in the elderly. I also enjoy performing Cochrane reviews and I am working on my third one, have completed one in general surgery and one in general medicine.
Surgical disease in the Elderly is another area of interest. The epidemiology of surgical conditions, especially general surgical conditions, is very sparse in the older person. I have recently formed a research development group in this area and we are hoping to start large scale observational data collection and hopefully future RCTs.
My clinical responsibilities are based in Ystrad Mynach Fawr, where I am a general, geriatric and stroke physician. A job I really like doing too!
Biography
Education and qualifications
PhD, Epdemiology, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, 2005
MSc, Epidmiology, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, 2002
MBBS, University of London, 1994
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
NIHR Lead for Stroke Research In Wales
Academic positions
2012-13, Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Glasgow
2007-12, Consultant Physician Portsmouth NHS Trust
2001-2005, NHS Research and Development Fellow, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine
Speaking engagements
2016: Welsh International Sympopsium on Emergency Medicine (WISEM), Cardiff, UK
2016: Welsh Sroke Conference, Cardiff Uk
2018: Welsh Perioperative Society, Cardiff UK
2019 British Geriatric Society Meeting, Cardiff UK, Chair of the Local Organising Comittee
2019 South West Regional Stroke Conference, Exeter
2019 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
2019 UK Stroke Forum, Telford
2020 South East NIHR Stroke Research Collaboration
Committees and reviewing
Chair, School of Medicine Ethics Commitee 2015-present, member since 2014.
External
Member of the MRC Ethics, Regulation and Public Involvement Committee (ERPIC), since 2016
Member of the Research Commitee for the British Geraitric Society, since 2016
Vice Chair and Chair of the Brisith Geriatric Society (Wales), 2014-2019
Vice Chiar, Ethics and Governance Council of the UK Biobank 2014-16
Member, Ethics and Governance Coucil of the UK Biobank, 2007-14
Member of the Research Commitee for the Britsih Association of Stroke Physicians, since 2016
BGS representative of the Joint Stroke Working Group of the Royal College of Physicians of London, since 2018
Associate Editor: Age and Ageing, Geriatrics
Publications
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Current PhD Students
Alex Smith, Patient Reported Outcome Mesures in Stroke; The Stroke Association
Julia Marshall, Affect on Carers of Stroke DIsease; Welsh Government
Stephanie Gething, Compliance in Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Stroke; THrombosis Fund Neville Hall Hospital
Anna Pennington, Exercise Innterventions after a Stroke; Self Funding
Past projects
Engagement
Chair School of Medicine Ethics Commitee 2015-present (member since 2013)