Meghna Jani

Meghna Jani is a Clinical Senior Lecturer (Hon Cons Stat) in the Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences at the University of Manchester and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. She holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship at the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis and has been recognized as a 2018 UK recipient of the Farr Institute/HDR UK-Canadian Fellowship. Her work focuses on leveraging digital data, including electronic health records, to address opioid safety and personalized care for musculoskeletal and rheumatic diseases.

Education:

• MRCP (Member of the Royal College of Physicians)
• MSc
• PhD in evaluating biologic drugs' effectiveness and safety using observational data, funded by an MRC Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics fellowship.

Research Interests:

• Pharmacoepidemiology (biologics, opioids)
• Digital epidemiology for treatment response biomarkers
• Therapeutic drug monitoring implementation
• Personalized medicine strategies
• Research translation into clinical practice

Her work integrates machine learning and national data to assess drug safety and optimize care for rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions.

Publications Trends:

• Recent articles emphasize opioid-associated adverse events, leveraging digital health data and systematic reviews.
• Focus on pain management, mortality risk, and cohort studies in musculoskeletal patient populations.

Scientific Awards:

• BSR Young Investigator Award (2019)
• BSR Best Practice Award (2020)
• EULAR Clinical Science Abstract Award (2023)
• BMA Doris Hillier Fellowship (2016)

Advising & Grants:

• Accepting self-funded PhD students focusing on opioid safety via digital data analysis.
• Lead Principal Investigator (PI) on projects like 'Harnessing Digital Data for Opioid Benefit/Harm Analysis' (2021–2027) and 'Trends in Opioid Utilisation in RMDs' (2020–2026).
• Collaborates with MHRA, NICE, and international task forces on opioid guidelines and rheumatology practices.

Labs & Teams:

• Affiliated with the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis.
• Part of European/EULAR task forces for rheumatoid arthritis management and remote monitoring.