Selected Publications

• Al-Ansary L, Farmer A, Hirst J, Roberts N, Glasziou P, Perera R, and Price C P (2011) Point-of-Care Testing for Hb A1c in the Management of Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis. Clin Chem.

• Blacklock C L, Hirst J A, Taylor K S, Stevens R J, Roberts N W, and Farmer A J (2011) Evidence for a dose effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibition on progression of microalbuminuria in Type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. Diabet Med, 28(10):1182-7.

Dr Jenny Hirst

Jenny joined the Department of Primary Health Care in September 2009 as a Systematic Reviewer and Epidemiologist. She works within the Centre for Monitoring and Diagnosis (MaDOx) where she is involved in the diabetes group, conducting systematic reviews both on renal monitoring and the optimal prescribing of glucose lowering therapy.

Jenny previously worked in the medical diagnostics industry where she looked into potential new disease areas and diagnostic methods in the fields of cardiology, infectious disease and oncology.