Dr David N. Jeevan BSc MBChB MRCOG

• Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 2016
• Medicine 2007
• Physiology & Management BSc, King’s College London 2002 

David Jeevan graduated in Physiology and Management at King’s College London in 2002 before reading Medicine. David elected to train in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and is now a senior registrar (ST6). He has focussed on developing his surgical skills and management of patients and has completed his postgraduate examinations (MRCOG). Whilst caring for patients with ovarian cancer David developed a desire to become involved in translational medicine. He is particularly interested in novel methods of diagnosing ovarian cancer at early stages.

In 2016 he obtained a competitive starter fellowship from the Institute of Translational Medicine and was appointed as a Clinical Research Fellow in Steroid Metabolomics and Cancer at the Institute of Metabolism & Systems Research.

He has also been awarded a Cancer Research UK grant to support his research into ovarian cancer. In 2017 David was awarded the prestigious Wellbeing of Women Research Training Fellowship to investigate the steroid metabolome in ovarian cancer. 

• MBChB 2nd Year Endocrinology - Tutor for small group teaching sessions.
• BMedSc 3rd Year Project Supervisor

David is carrying out research on steroid metabolism in ovarian cancer. Using mass spectrometry, he is investigating how steroids are involved in the progression of ovarian tumours and is aiming to develop proof of concept for a steroid test for early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.  David is delighted that the Wellbeing of Women has chosen to fund a project in this field of gynaecological cancer.

1 in 3 women with ovarian cancer in the UK die within the first year after diagnosis. Regrettably, over 10% of UK women with ovarian cancer actually never receive any treatment because they are too ill by the time they are diagnosed.

Research shows that women with ovarian cancer who have been diagnosed earlier have better outcomes, so earlier diagnosis can potentially save lives.

Research Groups

• Department of Metabolism and Systems Research
• Phenome Centre Birmingham
• Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

• Senior Registrar (ST6) in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Member of All Party Parliamentary Group on Ovarian Cancer
• Cancer Research UK: Ovarian Cancer Public Engagement Group Member
• Legal Case Advisor to Medical Collations & Chronology
• Medical Advisor to Hat Trick Productions (Sky 1 medical drama ‘Critical’)