Lovett, Dr Joanna

MBChB DPhil MRCP

Speciality

Neurology

Sub-speciality

Stroke

Training and Education

University of Bristol 1991-1996 (MBChB), University of Oxford 2001-2004 (DPhil)

Experience

Dr Lovett has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since 2005. 

Three years working in the Stroke Prevention Research Unit in Oxford with Professor Peter Rothwell, researching the pathoepidemiology of the high eraly risk of stroke after a TIA or minor stroke. Specialist Registrar Training in Neurology in Plymouth, Exeter and Southampton.

Key achievements

Development of the 24 hour stroke thrombolysis service in Southampton General Hospital.

Key awards and prizes

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research and Entry-Level Fellowships 2001 and 2002; Brain Neurology Entry Scholarship 2003

Research

Lovett JK, O’Connell S, Evans PH, Gutowski NJ. Neuroborreliosis in the south west of England. Epidemiology and Infection. 2008;136:1707-11

Redgrave JN, Lovett JK, Gallagher PJ, Rothwell PM. Critical cap thickness and rupture in symptomatic carotid plaques: The Oxford Plaque Study. Stroke. 2008;39:1722-9.

Redgrave JN, Lovett JK, Gallagher PJ, Rothwell PM. Histological assessment of 526 symptomatic carotid plaques in relation to the nature and timing of ischemic symptoms: the Oxford plaque study. Circulation. 2006;113:2320-8.

Oates JA, Lovett JK, Gutowski, NJ. An aspirin responsive non-progressive chronic chorea. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006;77:277-8.

Lovett JK, Redgrave JN, Rothwell PM. A critical appraisal of the performance, reporting, and interpretation of studies comparing carotid plaque imaging with histology. Stroke. 2005;36:1091-7

Lovett JK, Gallagher PJ, Hands L, Walton J, Rothwell PM. Histological correlates of carotid plaque surface morphology on lumen contrast imaging. Circulation 2004;110:2190-2197

Lovett JK, Coull AJ, Rothwell PM, on behalf of the Oxford Vascular Study. Early risk of recurrent stroke by aetiological subtype. Neurology 2004;62:569-573

Coull AJ, Lovett JK, Rothwell PM, on behalf of the Oxford Vascular Study. Early risk of stroke after a TIA in an ongoing population-based study. BMJ 2004;328:326

Lovett JK, Gallagher PJ, Rothwell P M. Reproducibility of assessments of carotid plaque pathology: implications for studies of carotid imaging. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2004;18:117-123

Lovett JK, Dennis MS, Sandercock PAG, Bamford J, Warlow CP, Rothwell PM. Estimates of the very early risk of stroke after a first TIA. Stroke. 2003;34:e138-40

Lovett JK, Howard SC, Rothwell PM. Pulse pressure is independently associated with carotid plaque ulceration. Journal of Hypertension. 2003;21:1669-76

Lovett JK, Rothwell PM. Site of plaque rupture in relation to direction of blood flow: an angiographic study of 574 ulcerated plaques. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2003;16:369-375

Hilliard A, Lovett JK and McGavin CR. The rise and fall in incidence of malignant mesothelioma from a British Naval Dockyard, 1979 – 1999. Occupational Medicine. 2003;53:209-12

Lovett JK, Rothwell PM. Suicide in a patient with symptomatic carotid occlusion. JRSM. 2002;95:93-94

Grubb H, Lovett J, Kingman HM, Copplestone JA, Prentice AG. Nomograms for the administration of unfractionated heparin. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2001;85:565