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Profile summary
John has an applied background having worked across the NHS, public health, and in the community. John has an academic interest in the adoption of person centred care, and health behaviour change practices, to support the self-management of chronic diseases. John specialises in implementation science and evaluation methodologies to support transformation and organisational change. John's current focus is on understanding, and supporting, how digital innovations are created, navigated, and translated to routine practice across healthcare.
Professional memberships
Fellow of Advance HE
Roles on external bodies
Editorial board member- International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Teaching interests
Health promotion Health behaviour change
Person centred care
Implementation science
Research methods
Digital transformation
Person centred care
Implementation science
Research methods
Digital transformation
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Modernising the Curricula to Realise the NHS 10 Year Plan
Downey, J. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Varga, M. (RF - Research Fellow)
1/10/25 → 1/10/26
Project: Research
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End of life care across the rural and coastal communities of the South West peninsula. A participatory realist evaluation
Asthana, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Byng, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Gibson, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Pearce, S. (PI - Principal Investigator), Downey, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hodge, G. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Kallis, G. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
NHS National Institute for Health Research
1/10/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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Enhancing the delivery of mental health care by supporting the wellbeing of the community mental health workforce through XR applications
Shankar, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Downey, J. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Loizou, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/03/24 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
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Scaling up a whole systems and place based approach for physical inactivity: The role of AI in evaluation and capacity building
Downey, J. (PI - Principal Investigator)
30/04/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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iPoorly: iPoorly: child symptom checker
Neill, S. (PI - Principal Investigator), Carey, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Downey, J. (RF - Research Fellow) & Berry, N. (RA - Research Assistant)
Project: Other
Research output
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Acute Practitioners’ Experiences of Implementing Frailty Same Day Emergency Care: A Researcher-in-Residence Study
Downey, J., Green, K., Asthana, S. & Watson, J., 18 Jun 2026, In: International Journal of Integrated Care. 26, 2, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-production of a mobile application for parents of acutely ill children under five: ‘iPoorly child symptom checker’
Neill, S., Rathbone, A., Downey, J., Lakhanpaul, M., Roland, D. & Carey, M., 1 Jul 2026, In: Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 89, 2026, p. 91-99 9 p., 89.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collecting and Sharing Person-Centered AI Clinical Summaries Across Frailty Services Provided by the National Health Service and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise: Protocol for a Co-Design and Feasibility Study
Green, K., Downey, J., Asthana, S., Ponce Ponte, O. & Watson, J., 18 Sept 2025, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-production of a mobile application for parents of acutely ill children under five: ‘iPoorly Child Symptom Checker
Neill, S., Rathbone, A., Downey, J., Lakhanpaul, M. & Carey, M., 17 Dec 2025, 21 p. (SSRN Electronic Journal).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Preprint
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Explaining the medical record: A research agenda for non-medical practitioners.
Jones, R., Jones, A., Abey, S., Schofield, P., Shawe, J., Paton, J., Freeman, J., Collinson, A., Peres, N., Downey, J. & Asthana, S., 26 Oct 2025, p. 34-37. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review