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 麻豆社区 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

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

 

Grant Reviewer

  • ESRC Peer Review College Member

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer: conference abstracts & workshops, ADR UK 2025
  • Reviewer: Discover Mental Health
  • Reviewer: BJPsych Open
  • Reviewer: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
  • Reviewer: BMC Palliative Care
  • Reviewer: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Reviewer: International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS)
  • Reviewer: IPDLN 2022 conference abstracts
  • Reviewer: Journal of Research in Nursing

 

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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 ...

Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study

Journal Article
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R. C., Williams, B., 鈥olan, L. (2020)
Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1338
Introduction Suicide is a tragic outcome with devastating consequences. In 2018, Scotland experienced a 15% increase in suicide from 680 to 784 deaths. This was marked among y...

Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study

Journal Article
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2018)
Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study. Cancer Medicine, 7(9), 4836-4845. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1709
Background: It is increasingly internationally recognised that a cancer diagnosis impacts on people practically and financially as well as physically and psychologically. It ...