Jeremy is Professor of Social Sciences and Applied Health Research at The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol Medical School. He is Intervention Optimisation and Implementation Theme Lead for NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Behavioural Science and Evaluation. He co-leads the Behavioural and Qualitative Science Team for National Institute for Health Research Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West).  His is also co-director of the Sexual Health Improvement Programme (SHIP) Health Intergration Team.

Jeremy is a social scientist with a background in psychology. He uses a range of qualitative and mixed method approaches in the development and evaluation of complex interventions/health services. He has an interest in developing pragmatic and collaborative intensive qualitative methods to support more effective implementation of healthcare innovation. He has expertise in the integration of qualitative methods with randomised controlled trials to improve their design and conduct.  

His research interests including users' experience of health and health services, acceptability of clinical interventions, infectious diseases, primary care, public health and sexual health.

He is Principal Investigator/qualitative lead for a number of NIHR funded trials and applied health research projects:

• EPIToPe - Evaluating the Population Impact of Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment as Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs
• ADEPT-2 - A randomised controlled trial of guided self-help for depression for autistic adults
• Common Ambition Bristol -  Co-producing Sexual Health services with African & Caribbean heritage communities
• Pharmacy delivery of PrEP
• Improving HIV prevention and testing in GP practices
• Vending machines offering free sexual health testing kits
• The Bristol Evaluation of Advertising Restrictions Study (BEAR study)
• The ADViSE programme: Using sexual health services to support people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse
• Improving HPV vaccine uptake
• Emergency Department opt out blood born virus testing

Jeremy has been involved in successful grant applications from the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), including NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR); NIHR Health Technology Assessment, (HTA), NIHR School for Primary Care Research, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), NHS England, The Health Foundation, The Royal College of General Practitioners. 

Teaching leadership:

Joint Helical Theme Lead for Behavioural and Social Science in Medicine - MB21 Undergraduate Medical Curriculum.

Deputy Director - Bristol Medical School Short Course Programme in Population Health Sciences