Jennifer Evans BA(Cantab) MSc Phd
- Room 390, 3rd Floor, South Courtyard
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
- T: +44 (0) 20 7958 8167
- F: +44 (0) 20 7958 8325
I have a Natural Sciences degree and have been working in ophthalmology since 1988, with a break to do my Masters in Epidemiology at LSTHM. For my masters project I analysed the causes of visual impairment for national blindness registration data. I have worked on a variety of projects including randomised controlled trials in Nigeria and Nepal (ivermectin for onchcocerciasis and cataract surgery respectively). I have worked with Professor Barker's group in Southampton looking at early growth and age-related eye disease and with Professor Astrid Fletcher in the Epidemiology Unit on visual impairment in older people.
Affiliation
Teaching
I teach on the MSc Community Eye Health.
I am a module organiser for IDM301 Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries and co-module organiser for EPM101 Fundamentals of Epidemiology. Both these modules are distance-based learning courses.
Research
At present I work with the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group working on reviews of interventions for eyes diseases and visual impairment.
I also work with Dr Sivaprasad at King's College Hospital on ethnic variations in diabetic retinopathy in the UK (DRIVE-UK) and am collaborating with Dr Hennig in Nepal developing a randomised controlled trial of cataract surgery.
Research areas
- Systematic reviews
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
- Blindness
- Diabetes
- Disability
- Eye diseases
Countries
- Nepal
- United Kingdom
-
Selected publications
-
Antibiotics for trachoma.
Evans, J.R. ; Solomon, A.W. ;
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2011; 3:CD001860
-
Age related macular degeneration
Chakravarthy, U.; Evans, J.; Rosenfeld, P.J.
British Medical Journal, 2010; 340
-
Evidence-Based Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Evans, J.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010; 149(5):701-703
-
Associations between chronic kidney disease and age-related macular degeneration.
Nitsch, D.; Evans, J.; Roderick, P.J.; Smeeth, L.; Fletcher, A.E.;
Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 2009; 16(3):181-6
-
Risk of admission to a nursing home among older people with visual impairment in Great Britain.
Evans, J.R.; Smeeth, L.; Fletcher, A.E.;
Arch Ophthalmol, 2008; 126(10):1428-33
-
Depression and anxiety in visually impaired older people.
Evans, J.R.; Fletcher, A.E.; Wormald, R.P.;
Ophthalmology, 2007; 114(2):283-8
-
28 000 Cases of age related macular degeneration causing visual loss in people aged 75 years and above in the United Kingdom may be attributable to smoking.
Evans, J.R.; Fletcher, A.E.; Wormald, R.P.;
Br J Ophthalmol, 2005; 89(5):550-3
-
Age-related macular degeneration causing visual impairment in people 75 years or older in Britain: an add-on study to the Medical Research Council Trial of Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community
Evans, J. R.; Fletcher, A. E.; Wormald, R. P.
Ophthalmology, 2004; 111(3):513-7
- → View all Jennifer Evans's publications
