Profile
Jack is a PhD student on the Wellcome Trust-funded Health Data in Practice doctoral training programme. He is based within the Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) at the Centre for Primary Care. His current research focuses on incorporating neighbourhood and environmental factors into the development of cardiovascular prognostic models and comparing traditional statistical techniques to machine learning models. He will be using electronic health records procured through the SAIL databank, in addition to open-source environmental datasets.
Jack has previously completed an MRes in Health Data in Practice. He has worked as a research assistant at the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency, and a data manager at the Institute of Global Health, University College London. Prior to this he completed an MSc in Global Health and Development at UCL and has a BSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London.
Publications
Featured publications
Sexual behaviour, STI and HIV testing and testing need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men recruited for online surveys pre/post-COVID-19 restrictions in the UK. BMJ Journal (2023). Jack RG Brown; David Reid; Alison R Howarth; Hamish Mohammed; John Saunders; Caisey V Pulford; Dana Ogaz; Gwenda Hughes; Catherine H Mercer
Difficulty accessing condoms because of the COVID-19 pandemic reported by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the UK: findings from a large, cross-sectional, online survey. Sage Journal( 2021). Jack RG Brown; David Reid; Alison R Howarth; Hamish Mohammed; John Saunders; Caisey V Pulford; Dana Ogaz; Gwenda Hughes; Catherine H Mercer
Mpox diagnosis history, behavioural risk modification, and vaccination uptake in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the UK: findings from a large, online community cross-sectional survey (RiiSH-Mpox) undertaken November/December 2022. Medrxiv (2023) Dana Ogaz; Qudsia Enayat; Jack RG Brown; Dawn Phillips; Ruth Wilkie; Danielle Jayes; David Reid; Gwenda Hughes; Catherine H Mercer; John Saunders et al.
Changes in STI and HIV testing and testing need among men who have sex with men during the UK’s COVID-19 pandemic response. BMJ Journals (2022). Jack RG Brown; David Reid; Alison R Howarth; Hamish Mohammed; John Saunders; Caisey V Pulford; Gwenda Hughes; Catherine H Mercer