Dr Clare Davenport BSc, MBChB, MSC, PhD, FFPH

Clare Davenport

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor
Joint Head of Education for the Department of Applied Health Sciences

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 8036
Email
c.f.davenport@bham.ac.uk
Address
Test and Prediction (TAP) team
Department of Applied Health Sciences
College of Medicine and Health
黑料吃瓜网
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Clare Davenport is an Associate Clinical Professor working in the Department of Applied Health Sciences. She is a member of the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and Modelling team.

Clare collaborates on methodological and applied health research projects. Her research interests include methods for undertaking systematic reviews of test accuracy, methods for evaluating the impact of testing on patient outcomes and diagnostic decision making.

Clare has several scientific and advisory roles. She has an editorial role for the Cochrane Collaboration. 

Qualifications

  • SFHEA, Advance HE, 2024
  • PhD in Applied Health Research, 黑料吃瓜网, 2012
  • MSC Public Health, University of London, 1996
  • MBChB, University of Leicester, 1992
  • BSC, Medical Sciences 1st class Hons, University of Leicester, 1989
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians, 2006

Teaching

  • MBChB
  • MPH
  • MSc Clinical oncology

Continuing Professional Development

  • Systematic Reviews and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy
  • Clinical Reasoning 

Other activities

  • External Examiner: Bristol University, MSc in Public Health

Scientific and Advisory Committees:

  • Member QUADAS-3 Steering group
  • Member, Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Test Methods Group
  • Member QUADAS-2C Steering group

Editorial positions:

  • Editor, Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Davenport, C, Richter, A, Hillier, B, Scandrett, K, Agarwal, R, Baldwin, SW, Kale, AU, Alderman, J, Macdonald, T & Deeks, JJ 2025, '', BMJ, vol. 390, e085546.

Hillier, B, Deeks, JJ, Alderman, J, Kale, AU, Macdonald, T, Baldwin, SW, Scandrett, K, Agarwal, R, Richter, A & Davenport, C 2025, '', BMJ, vol. 390 , e085547.

Sundar, S, Agarwal, R, Davenport, C, Scandrett, K, Johnson, S, Sengupta, P, Selvi-Vikram, R, Kwong, FL, Mallett, S, Rick, C, Kehoe, S, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T, Van Calster, B, Stobart, H, Neal, RD, Menon, U, Gentry鈥怣aharaj, A, Sturdy, L, Ottridge, R, Deeks, J & the ROCkeTS collaborators 2024, '', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1371-1386.

Jay, R, Davenport, C & Patel, R 2024, '', British journal of hospital medicine.

Tomlinson, E, Cooper, C, Davenport, C, Rutjes, AWS, Leeflang, M, Mallett, S & Whiting, P 2024, '', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

the ROCkeTS collaborators, Kwong, FL, Kristunas, C, Davenport, C, Aggarwal, R, Deeks, J, Mallett, S, Kehoe, S, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T, Stobart, H, Neal, R, Menon, U, Gentry鈥怣aharaj, A, Sturdy, L, Ottridge, R & Sundar, S 2024, '', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, pp. 1-11.

Grazadio, S, Gregg, E, Allen, AJ, Neveux, P, Monz, BU, Davenport, C, Mealing, S, Holmes, H & Ferrante di Ruffano, L 2024, '', Value in Health, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 585-597.

Arevalo-Rodriguez, I, Mateos-Haro, M, Dinnes, J, Ciapponi, A, Davenport, C, Buitrago-Garcia, D, Bennouna-Dalero, T, Roqu茅-Figuls, M, Van den Bruel, A, von Eije, KJ, Emperador, D, Hooft, L, Spijker, R, Leeflang, MMG, Takwoingi, Y & Deeks, JJ 2024, '', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2024, no. 10, CD015618.

Sundar, S, Agarwal, R, Davenport, C, Scandrett, K, Johnson, S, Sengupta, P, Selvi-Vikram, R, Kwong, FL, Mallett, S, Rick, C, Kehoe, S, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T, Van Calster, B, Stobart, H, Neal, RD, Menon, U, Gentry鈥怣aharaj, A, Sturdy, L, Ottridge, R, Deeks, J & the ROCkeTS collaborators 2024, '', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1371-1386.

Kwong, FLA, Kristunas, C, Davenport, C, Deeks, J, Mallett, S, Agarwal, R, Kehoe, S, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T, Stobart, H, Neal, R, Menon, U, Gentry鈥怣aharaj, A, Brenton, J, Rosenfeld, N, Sturdy, L, Ottridge, R, Sundar, S & the ROCkeTS collaborators 2024, '', International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.

Chapter

Leeflang, MM, Davenport, C & Bossuyt, PM 2023, . in JJ Deeks, PM Bossuyt, MM Leeflang & Y Takwoingi (eds), Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. John Wiley & Sons, pp. 75-95.

Leeflang, MM, Steingart, KR, Scholten, RJ & Davenport, C 2023, . in JJ Deeks, PM Bossuyt, MM Leeflang & Y Takwoingi (eds), Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. John Wiley & Sons, pp. 349-376.

Comment/debate

Sundar, S, Davenport, C, Scandrett, K, Timmerman, D, Bourne, T & Deeks, J 2025, '', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. e4-e5.

Review article

Man, R, Vance, JL, Abdullahi, H, Davenport, C, Yuan, M, Ormesher, L, Usman, S, Castleman, J, Fox, C, Hudsmith, LE, Morris, RK & Morton, V 2025, '', Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica.

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, Davenport, C, Arevalo-Rodriguez, I, Mateos-Haro, M, Berhane, S, Dinnes, J, Spijker, R, Buitrago-Garcia, D, Ciapponi, A, Takwoingi, Y, Deeks, JJ, Emperador, D, Leeflang, MMG & Van den Bruel, A 2024, '', The Cochrane Library, vol. 2024, no. 12, CD014780.