Dr Joanna Long

School of Social Policy and Society
Senior Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
School of Social Policy and Society
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Joanna has diverse experience managing large scale research studies in complex environments (NHS, MoJ and Voluntary sector) using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. She has worked with Professor Simon Pemberton since 2017 and is part of the Women, Crime, and Justice Research Group who are are dedicated to transforming the lives of women involved in the criminal justice system by providing the evidence base for ‘what works’ in Women’s Centres.

Qualifications

  • PhD Sport and Exercise Science 2012
  • BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science 2008

Research

Has had a diverse research career, spanning three different Colleges in the University of Birmingham. Experience managing and carrying out large scale randomised trials in exercise and vaccination responses, international observational studies in ovarian cancer surgery, and is now part of the Women, Crime, and Justice Research Group in the School of Social Sciences.

Publications

  • Lakhiani A, Cummins C, Kumar S, Long J, Arora V, Balega J, Broadhead T, Duncan T, Edmondson R, Fotopoulou C, Glasspool R, Kolomainen D, Manchanda R, McNally O, Morrison J, Mukhopadhyay A, Tidy J, Wood NJ, Sundar S. Analysis of Anxiety, Depression and Fear of Progression at 12 months post cytoreductive surgery in the SOCQER2 (Surgery in Ovarian Cancer - Quality of Life Evaluation Research) prospective, international, multicentre study. Cancers (2023) (in press) 
  • Women’s Risk Needs Assessment Tool Probation module v7 Technical Report: Cognitive Interview Findings 2023
  • Sundar  S, Cummins C, Kumar S , Long JE, Arora V, Balega J, Broadhead T, Duncan T, Edmondson R, Fotopoulou C, Glasspool R, Kolomainen D, Leeson S, Manchanda R, McNally O, Morrison J, Mukhopadhyay A, Paul J, Tidy J, Wood N. (2022) Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Radical Surgery on Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Using Population-Based Data in a Multicentre UK Study. Cancers. 14(18), 4362.
  • Sundar  S, Cummins C, Kumar S , Long JE, Arora V, Balega J, Broadhead T, Duncan T, Edmondson R, Fotopoulou C, Glasspool R, Kolomainen D, Leeson S, Manchanda R, McNally O, Morrison J, Mukhopadhyay A, Paul J, Tidy J, Wood N. (2022) Quality of life from cytoreductive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer: Investigating the association between disease burden and surgical complexity in the international, prospective, SOCQER-2 cohort study. BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 1–11
  • Pemberton S, Balderston S & Long JE (2019) Trauma, Harm and Offending Behaviour: What works to address social injury and criminogenic need with criminal justice involved women?
  • Kumar S, Long JE, Kehoe S, Sundar S, Cummins C. Quality of life outcomes following surgery for advanced ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019) International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer 29(8) 1285-1291.
  • Long JE, Drayson MT, Taylor AE, Toellner K, Lord JM, Phillips AC. Morning vaccination enhances antibody response over afternoon vaccination: A cluster-randomised trial (2016) Vaccine. 34(24), 2679-2685.       
  • Long JE, Ring C, Bosch JA, Eves F, Drayson MT, Calver R, Say V, Allen D, Burns VE. (2013)  A life-style physical activity intervention and the antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination in women. Psychosomatic Medicine 75(8), 774-82.
  • Long JE, Ring C, Bosch JA, Eves F, Drayson M, Calver R, Say V, Allen D, Burns VE. (2012) Vaccination response following aerobic exercise: Can a brisk walk enhance antibody response to pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations? Brain, Behaviour and Immunity. 26: 680-7.