Personal profile
Research interests
I am a General Practitioner and Consultant Senior Lecturer in Primary Care. I am also Chair of the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
I have received three consecutive personal National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Fellowships including a Academic Clinical Fellowship, Doctoral Fellowship and Academic Clinical Lecturer awards, and have been involved in the delivery of >£2M of research funding. In 2022 I was awarded the Society for Academic Primary Care Doctoral Award and the North American Primary Care Research Group 'Distinguished Paper' prize. In 2024 I was Scientific Chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Annual Conference in Bristol.
My research uses a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer questions about when doctors should use blood tests, how they should interpret results, and how to share information about tests with patients. Three of my publications have featured in the British Journal of General Practice 'Top 10' papers. My research has been featured on BBC Radio 4 'More or Less' and on ITV live national news, and I have done Podcasts with the BMJ, BJGP, NBMedical and the RCGP.
External positions
Chair of the Primary care Academic CollaboraTive
1 Feb 2023 → 31 Jan 2026
Research Groups and Themes
- Centre for Academic Primary Care
- Diagnosis
- Blood tests
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Practice pointer: Interpreting a covid-19 test result
Watson, J., Whiting, P. F. & Brush, J. E., 12 May 2020, In: BMJ. 2020, 7 p., 369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Use of multiple inflammatory marker tests in primary care: using Clinical Practice Research Datalink to evaluate accuracy
Watson, J., Jones, H., Banks, J., Whiting, P., Salisbury, C. & Hamilton, W., 1 Jul 2019, In: British Journal of General Practice. 69, 684, p. e462-e469 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Blood tests in primary care: a qualitative study of communication and decision making between doctors and patients
Watson, J. C., Whiting, P. F., Salisbury, C., Hamilton, W. & Banks, J. P., 29 Oct 2022, In: Health Expectations. 25, 5, p. 2453-2461 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Accessible Results: enabling patients with diverse needs to access and understand their blood test results online
Watson, J. C. (Principal Investigator)
2/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Developing evidence based optimal testing strategies to monitor long term conditions in primary care
Watson, J. C. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1/06/21 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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DIALS: DIALS – DIAgnosis of Liver diseaSe in primary care
Abeysekera, K. W. M. (Co-Investigator), Hickman, M. (Co-Investigator), Fraser, H. (Principal Investigator), Vickerman, P. T. (Principal Investigator) & Watson, J. C. (Principal Investigator)
2/11/26 → 1/12/31
Project: Research
Datasets
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CPRD codes: infections and autoimmune diseases
Watson, J. (Creator), Hamilton, W. (Contributor), Salisbury, C. (Contributor), Whiting, P. (Contributor) & Payne, R. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 19 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.2954m5h0ync672u8yzx16xxj7l, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/2954m5h0ync672u8yzx16xxj7l
Dataset
Prizes
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Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Watson, J. C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Election to learned society
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North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Reciprocal Prize
Watson, J. C. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Thesis
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The diagnostic utility of inflammatory markers in primary care: a mixed methods study
Watson, J. C. (Author), Banks, J. (Supervisor), Whiting, P. (Supervisor), Hamilton, W. (Supervisor) & Salisbury, C. (Supervisor), 28 Sept 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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